In no particular order: I got two fleeces scoured on Thursday because it was the last warmish day for a while, I’m glad I did! I scoured a 5lb Dorset/Cotswold fleece that I got back in the spring and the 2lb Icelandic fleece I just got. They are still drying, it’s been cool and cloudy so one of the fleeces […]
Category: Fleece
New England Fiber Festival
Saturday, I went to New England Fiber Festival, which is an indoor festival because it’s in Massachusetts in November. Except it was 70F and so hot. I wore my light sweater anyway because it’s great. There were so many vendors there. This was the first time I bought from a fleece sale and it was […]
Assortments of Goings On
I went over and taught a friend how to use my little electric wheel since she’s been struggling to manage a wheel that is cranky and treadles and learn the mechanics of spinning all at once. I spun and carded fleece. We had family dinner at the farm after and I was absolutely stuffed full […]
Fleecy Adventures
On Saturday, I met up with a friend and we went on a grand fleecy adventure. My boss finally put me in contact with a friend of his who had rescue alpacas and we met up. She had 12 or 13 fleeces, none of spectacularly great quality but okay and some bits that weren’t much good for […]
Fiber Roundup
This is a bunch of stuff I’ve done in the past few months. This is a project that was mostly practicing different techniques, I warped up two warps per heddle loop so I could do a 2 by 2 pattern. I also did pickup techniques which is what the V pattern is at the top. […]
First Fleece!
First fleece down! I started out with 1 pound 8 ounces of washed Shetland fleece. The listing said the locks were 2-3 inches long, they were actually 4-5 inches long. Since I only had hand cards, I struggled for a bit to figure out how to do this. Plus it was my first time doing […]
Another rabbit hole awaits
I started working on a fleece. So I bought a washed shetland fleece a few weeks ago and the hand cards back in December. Hand cards were $45 with shipping and that was a great deal. I planned to get some in March or April but the price was good. The fleece was a 1 […]
Today’s Interesting Read
Reproduction Textiles! Link here.I’m currently working my way through the research paper that is linked in the text and describes the piece that the reproduction is based on. The paper is fascinating too!
Hmmm
I said I was going to wait until march to buy fiber prep equipment but a set of hand cards popped up for $45 including shipping aaaaaand I’m getting them I have also found some washed fleeces in weird corners of the internet so I know they are out there. I haven’t ordered any yet. […]