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About Cascade 220 Wool Yarn - Jet #4002
Cascade 220 Yarn - 100% Peruvian Wool Cascade 220 Heather Wool Yarn is knitters and crocheters #1 favorite wool yarn. 220 yards of 100% Peruvian Wool yarn in hundreds of shades is ideal to felt with. Cascade 220 Wool Yarn makes the best warm jackets, hats, scarves, everything for warmth. Cascade 220 is neither treated with a solution to remove the scales, or coated to keep them closed. Because of this, 220 wool, has retained its thermal properties. This yarn will keep you warm, yet still allow your skin to breath. Even wet, Cascade 220 will keep you warm, unlike superwash wools. But with that trade off you do need to hand wash this yarn. Machine washing with agitation, temperature changes and ph imbalances will cause the thermal scales to open and close, ending with a felted project. 220 yarn felts extremely well, and because of that it is one of the most sought after felting yarns. But I love it for jackets, vests, hats and cardigans,
