This merino wool is amazing! I was very sceptical about purchasing it, being someone who has never never or worked with wool before. But now I'm so glad a did. I researched and watched several hand knitting youTube videos (their are multiple ways to hand knit/crochet) before finally deciding to follow Bella Coco's Hand Crocheting video. I purchased 11lbs. of wool and made a runner for my king size bed. It's around 18-20 in. wide, hangs over each side or the bed about 8-10in. and is around 3in. thick. It's a total of 50 chains in length. At first I did 60 chains and it was way too long, but was very easy to pull out the chains and start again. In total it took about 3-3.5 hours to complete. It's gorgeous, super soft, much more durable than I expected and so much easier to work with than I imagined. However, I must warn that it does shed when you unravel it from from the ball. I stood at the bottom of my bed and knitted, leaving the ball and unraveled wool in the middle of the bed and it took me a good 20 mins. just to get all of the shedding off my comforter after completing the blanket. I recommend laying a couple of towels down and sitting the wool on those. I haven't noticed all shedding since completing the runner. I love it and I can't wait to order more.