tubes,fittings and connectors to build a bird enclosure
Acrylic wool isn't your best material for this effect (natural wool is much better because it matts and felts well,) because the fibres are very smooth and plasticNatural wool, being made of hair has microscopic cuticles on the surface which can be opened by hot water and roughened up to catch and stick together.Also I don't know what ply it is - obviously the thicker the betterThe best I can suggest is bunching strands together, separating out the ply into strands and using a fine metal wire brush or similar to fuzz them up by brushing over them both up and down and side to sideIt will take some work thoughEdit: Thanks Sue, a thumbs up from me, in the UK we do call all sorts of yarn 'wool' - well 'home knitters' do anywayI love the tip on using cats too - why didn't I think of that?! Mind you I never would have thought of putting it in the oven either.
While acryllic yarn (acryllic is NOT wool in any way shape or form) can be tangled by cutting lengths of it and tying together at one end then comb them with a dog slicker Then wind individual locks around a dowel, put this on a foil lined cookie sheets and put this in a 250 oven for 10 to 12 minutesLet it cool and then unwind them.
