for anyone wanting to make longies, shorties, soakers, i just saw a thread about the same topic on another forum, and someone very knowledgeable typed out this list of good wools to get

Treliske
Four Bags Full
Blackberry Ridge
Fleece Artist
Blue Faced Leicester

i think the good wool for longies (can be lanolised, is not scratchy) is of the price bracket, that suddenly, i now realise the WAHM's are not charging that much, afterall.

100% soft merino is a bit thin on the ground (at your average spotters etc).

i saw lovely wool on a NZ site called The Tin Shed too.