Originally Posted by
miriam
Wool yarn will hold if you tie a square knot. Test to be sure it isnt a granny knot - tug and see if it pulls out or not.
When you wash the wool it will only swell and get tighter.
Yes, Miriam, I've tied many a quilt with wool yarn. Never did one come apart. They just get tighter and tighter.
I don't care for all those long threads hanging on there, so I cut them off at about one half inch. Never come loose.
At our 4-H Quilt Camp, we were told to use pearl cotton. They were all tightly tied with square knots, and most of them came loose quite quickly.