First off, my Jacob's fleece cost on $16 for 2 pounds. Even more excellent!
Liz - I had read about the 24 hour cold water soak. I didn't want to have the muck sitting around while I was gone and the pets were home alone! The 2-20 minutes soapy soaks do a bang-up job.
Thea - There is a vendor of roving and yarn at our local farmer's market. We have a wonderful market indeed!
I have just about completed cleaning the fleece and started on the carding. Next up is the partial alpaca fleece that requires cleaning. There shan't be a dirty fleece in this house!
In the meantime...snow. At least until Sunday. Then back to the 50's. Springtime in Colorado!
Fleece at the farmer's market - I guess if tomatoes don't ripen until labor day, they have to sell something!
ReplyDeleteI don't know what I thought spinning entailed...maybe just grabbng some fleece and go for it! I never knew the work. I will be watching to see this spinning done! I so love knowing that some of the "old" arts are being practiced, and it much give so much satisifation actually doing them! C
ReplyDeleteHi Becky! Just got caught up on some of your blog-- haven't had the time to check it out lately-- sounds like you are busy as ever! That wool stuff looks so soft!! And the Garden Show pics were pretty-- Den and I went to the Garden Show in Wichita and bought a barrel for catching rain water off the roof-- of course it's in the garage right now- we'll see if it ever gets set up to catch the rain!! Take care! Love ya! Tish (you dont have to post this)
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