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March 17, 2010

Not The Flower Show

The Guy has been down in the city this week.  I have had cereal, a grilled cheese, and corn dogs for dinner so far.

The calendar held a couple of events that required my attention but other than that, I have been figuring out ways to occupy myself.

Monday was a day of waiting for others to tell me what were my priorities.  I was worn through from doing not much and thought 'When I get home, I am going to do nothin (but on my own terms)' !'

And by nothin', I mean getting out Maggie Casey's Start Spinning and seeing about starting to scour that Jacob's fleece I have had since way too long.  I had put it off being all fearful of the dreaded lanolin and what to do with disposing of it and the potential smell and on and on and on...

With the Guy gone, and checking out some Ravelry groups on fiber prep, I decided to go for it.

And by going for it, I mean I was hugely successful in the results.  Magically successful, one might say.  Portion #2 was scoured on Tuesday, and #3 is working as I write this.  I might have the whole fleece done before the Guy comes home.

(photos were taken on Saturday)
Posted by Iron Needles at 8:10 PM
Labels: Fiber prep

7 comments:

jan said...

So when you say 'scour', you mean scrub, like with steel wool, or something. You can imagine the picture I have in my head of you scrubbing little fibers of wool...

March 17, 2010 at 10:45 PM
Lynne said...

Very cool captures of the bighorns! But... you didn't say where the shots were taken? RMN? Estes?

March 18, 2010 at 6:57 AM
Snowcatcher said...

WONDERFUL photos!!! I'm hoping I can see a few in the snow this weekend...

March 18, 2010 at 11:23 AM
Snowcatcher said...

Oh, and PS: I LOVE your new layout and banner! So springy!

March 18, 2010 at 11:24 AM
Thea said...

Love the pics! I also love grilled cheese. That's great that the scouring is going well.

March 18, 2010 at 12:35 PM
lizzzknits said...

Where are your photos of the fleece you are working on? Inquiring minds want to know! Love the bighorn sheep photos. You are really getting the hang of the new camera. I am getting my first whole fleece (shetland) which is being shorn on the 27th, and I will be sorry when I have to give back the drum carder.

March 18, 2010 at 5:40 PM
Anonymous said...

Ahh,yes! I can see it now. The bent and aproned frame of a mountain women with a can of "scouring powder in one hand and a SOS pad in the other hand. She is leaning into table made of roughly hewn logs covered by a pile of freshly harvested wool. The pungent scent of lampblack mixed with tallowy scent of lanolin made her feel nauseous, still, winter was coming and the Biker Guy would be returning north from the big city soon and he would need his warm booties. Wrapper

March 18, 2010 at 6:05 PM

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