Saturday, September 13, 2008

Madness and mayhem...what is she doing?

1000 yards of hand spun yarn from this roving, fingering weight, washed and soaked in alum and cream of tartar. I spun this on my wheel last week. I usually use a drop spindle, but not for this much yardage... Big pot of simmering water and Dawn dish soap...
Little baskets of this fleece (belonging to a sheep named Pretty Girl) from Pitchfork Ranch, soaking in hot, Dawny water...

What in the world am I up to?? More later!
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7 comments:

  1. AimSeptember 13, 2008 at 5:10 PM

    My curiosity is piqued! (did I spell that right?)

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  2. Andrea J.September 13, 2008 at 5:18 PM

    Sounds like dye-works to me! :-)

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  3. fleegleSeptember 13, 2008 at 7:04 PM

    It's a good day to dye?

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  4. ~SSeptember 15, 2008 at 8:57 AM

    For a class I took on prepping fleece we used a rubbermaid storage bin with small holes in the side, it worked great and we were able to clean the whole fleece by quartering it. Nothing down the drain, which I hear is a good thing. :) I look forward to seeing what you do with your new yarn.

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  5. UnknownSeptember 19, 2008 at 9:17 PM

    Is it two-ply? I'm giggling to myself thinking about spindling 1000 yard of two-ply.

    I know I'm quite mad.

    Looking forward to see what you're going to do next.

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2008 at 9:29 PM

    Denise,
    Yes ma'am. 2-ply it is!
    Fleegle and Andrea,
    But of course, it is always a fine day to dye!
    ~S,
    I could always use a better way to wash fleece, because I hate to do it (but actually do a pretty good job...) I am done for this project, and the fiber is very nice.

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  7. LacefreakSeptember 29, 2008 at 9:05 AM

    What an interesting way to clean fleece! I've never seen this one before :-)

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