Yarn Opinions: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Worsted Weight

Yarn: Knit Pick Wool of the Andes Worsted Weight
Information from www.knitpicks.com and yarn label:
Content:100% Peruvian Highland Wool
Amount: 110 yards/50 gram ball
Gauge: 4.5-5 sts=1" on #6-9 needles
Price: $1.79 per skein though they just raised their prices to $1.99 per skein
Project: Anything and everything felted.

• Reality check gauge: I've never actually used a needle size that is remotely close to the size listed on the yarn label; I've only used this for felted projects so I'm using size 11 needles or larger. And it's felting. I don't check gague when I felt, I just throw it in the washer until it's small enough.
• One good thing: This yarn FELTS!!! (perhaps this could also go in the bad things column...) The only other wool I've used to felt is Cascade 220 and in comparison, Wool of the Andes Felts so much faster. I have made my husband 2 pairs of slippers, the first one was out of Cascade 220 and even though I liked the result, they took 4 cycles through my front loader machine. The 2nd pair of slippers was out of Wool of the Andes and they took 2 cycles in the same machine (I really should have pulled them out halfway through the 2nd cycle, but I forgot and had to stretch them out a bit). I wanted to see a little stitch definition in the Felted Christmas Stockings and they took about 1/2 a cycle. Just be warned that it does felt fast so if you're making something fitted, watch it like a hawk. Otherwise, be prepared to save water.
• One bad thing: I expect all 100% wool to be a little itchy and Wool of the Andes meets my itchy wool standards. I have never tried wearing WotA against my skin and I don't think I'd want to. I'll keep using WotA for my felting projects that only have minimal skin contact.
• I'm also going to note that I felted my Christmas Stockings in seperate loads and stuck a Color Catcher in with the red stocking because I was afraid it might bleed. The Color Catcher was red when I pulled it out, so the red did bleed some, but not enough to ruin the green. I've felted other projects using multiple colours such as 3 shades of blue or blue, purple and black (I don't remember which ones, sorry!) I didn't notice any bleeding with these projects, but the colours were pretty similar. My point, test felt a swatch before felting if using drastically different colours such as red and yellow.
  
• Would you use this yarn again? Yes, for any and every felting project. I would not use it to make a sweater for someone that might accidentally throw it in the wash.