Wool Thread

This is a textured thread made of 50% Wool (Australian) & 50% Acrylic. This combination gives the thread the soft appearance, & texture, of wool with the added strength of the acrylic allowing it to be used for either machine or hand embroidery. If you have been dreaming of making a penny rug, wagga or other wool embroidery project you will enjoy embellishing your work with Lana. This unique thread gives a soft finish to the woollen fabrics and is ideal for folk art appliqué designs . The thread is available in 192 colours, including 12 variegated & 12 mottled/tweed colours

Jenny says :" I had a great time playing with this thread and learning about the embroidery capabilities of my machine. Several year ago I was very impressed by the embroidered wagga that was shown at a Guild meeting. The guest speaker was a textile artist who had come to patchwork from an embroidery background. She had combined both her creative loves into a series of hand embroidered wagga pieces that were really the Australian version of crazy patchwork. Sadly I have forgotten the speaker's name but the richness of her work lingers in my memory. Wanting a project for the Lana threads, it was this memory that inspired me to hunt out some woollen fabrics and test some of the digitised embroidery designs on my machine. I combined these blocks with some blanket stitch appliqué to create a simplified version of my own embroidered wagga. This was an interesting learning curve as I have had my current machine for nearly 7 years but, until now, have not really explored it's embroidery capabilities. I was only experimenting with designs on programmed disks but I can now see why people become fascinated with digitised embroidery. I was very pleased with the way in which the Lana thread worked in the machine. The designs look very rich & full, and there was very little thread breakage as I stitched the more heavily embroidered pieces. I had no breakage with the thread when stitching the blanket stitch appliqué and less closely worked designs.Lana does require a larger needle, preferably a 90 or 100 needle, and I would recommend that you select designs that can be worked in an enlarged format as the thread is thicker than many other embroidery threads. I found that working with wool felt, wool twill, wool suiting and woollen thread did create more lint than usual in the bobbin race. However the lint was easily removed by regular brushing of the bobbin race & needle plate. I also found that both Cotton Mako' Ne 40/2 & 50/2 worked as a bobbin thread for all the Lana embroidery work. I can see many creative uses for Lana wool blend in the future as it works so well through a sewing machine while still being suitable for hand embroidery.

Carola says :"Wool, making it strong enough for high speed machines. A unique thread made for Hoop Machine Embroidery, Quilting and ideal for Folk Art Appliqué. Lana comes in a wide range of beautiful colours including 10 variegated "watercolours".A large eye needle is recommended"

Marje says :"  Aurifil Lana is a wonderful addition to your sewing room. This thread is for your primitive, wool or felt projects. It makes a beautiful buttonhole stitch or in your embroidery machine it will give the impression of hand done crewel work The Lana is a 12wt and the red plastic spool holds 383yds. Use a size 16 topstitch needle. Marje's video