#raw wool

[comfortabletextiles]

PAKIGE!!!

I had a new experiment idea!

What kind of affect has the cleaning method for raw wool on the finsihed yarn (softness, look, cleanness)

Before and after cleaning with dish detergent!

Spinning was a bit bumpy, because I didn't do any prepping

But 4,2 m on 0.21, not too bad (also very proud of the thinness)

I'll try:

scouring with potash

Suit fermentation (in tab water and destilled water)

Power scour from unicorn fiber

Plant based sapoids (chestnuts)

Store bought detergents (woolwash or dischsoap)

I bought 500g of raw Merino fleece so I can use 100g for each method (suit fermentation and store bought detergents 50g each)

I want to know how much water I need, how much energy, how much of a pain in the ass is the process, how lanolin free is the fiber after... (Any more questions I should get into? Let me know! How far friendly is it, listen I KNOW from my research that the suit method will be a PvP against my neighbors, but I need to smell for myself)

I'll dukument everything and maybe I'll write a article for my guilds magazine 👀

#fiber #wool processing #raw fleece #raw wool #suit fermentation #scouring

[sheepyhollows]

flickr

#wool #raw wool #sheep #moorit

[weavingforlooms]

The best supervisor enjoying the drying process

#zue speaks #fiber crafts #wool #raw fleece #raw wool #cats and sheeps #cat helper

[saltpixiefibercraft]

Maryland Sheep and Wool was a success!!! I ended up with 3 fleeces, a ton of other fiber, new shuttles and we had such a fun time, despite the cold and rainy weather!

Plus people were Absolutely Beside Themselves at the sheer fact my service dog was wearing boots. Her paws would have been a disaster otherwise!!!

#fibercraft #mdsw2022 #maryland sheep and wool #wool #fleece #raw wool

[happywebdesign]

Røros Tweed

#Røros Tweed #Norwegian #craftsmanship #craft tradition #raw wool #textile #designers #products #shop #white #type #typeface #font #TWK Lausanne #2023 #Week 50 #website #web design #inspire #inspiration #happywebdesign

[continent-of-wild-endeavor]

The Shame, part 2:

A complexly cabled sweater I said I'd finish for an old lady (my mom's friend's mother-in-law) when she moved to a care home and could no longer knit. I did a big swatch & matched her gauge, & started to work on a sleeve, and then she died. She died before I finished her sweater, y'all, that's how bad my procrastination failed us all.

In my defense, she was 94 to begin with. Her family said they'd like to have the sweater as a keepsake, and she'd done like 70% of it anyway, so I will be finishing it. Now there's no "deadline", though, and I haven't worked on it in a while.

On the left, a sweater I was unravelling for the yarn (Fishermen's Wool) and didn't finish, plus more unidentified scraps & balls.

On the right, an unfinished shawl that I'll probably frog bc it's acrylic anyway & I'd rather have those needles back for something else. Or I could finish it; idk. A fingerless glove that I lost the mate to, years ago, but I liked them so much I still think I might remake it one day. And a bag of very fine, very tangled wool yarn (Haapsalu) that was broken in several places, & I need to finish winding it into little balls.

Left: Bags of hexipuffs I haven't worked on in quite some time. Yes, plural bags; there's a second one behind.

Right: One of several fleeces I need to finish sorting, washing, carding, spinning. One is already mostly clean, in the folded-up drying rack. Another is partially spun. I think there's two still in the closet, untouched.

#the SHAME #my craft shame #airing of the stash #aots2023 #wool #fleeces #raw wool #hexipuffs #unfinished objects #ufos #look this is mostly tongue in cheek - i'm not super hung up about my failures #more like laughing at myself and inviting you to also witness *gestures at self* this whole mess #about me

[milkweedman]

Had to drive 3 hours for a doctors appointment but ! I passed an alpaca farm on the way there and on the way back i kinda couldnt resist at least asking if they sold fleece. Which they did.

It was a bit expensive (i think...they sold it by the basket and there wasnt a weight) but so soft.....

Very pretty country out here. Reminds me how much I hate living in the city tbh. Also the area nearby (not this pic really) looks a lot like where I grew up--scrublands and red dirt and the occasional stunted pine.

Also passed the most volcano looking volcano ive ever seen (and i grew up right under one, so I know em pretty well)

And accidentally took the route that goes over a mountain (not the mountain above btw, one about 3x bigger) which was of course covered in ice and snow still and was very stressful to drive on with one hour of sleep. Had to get out a few times just to calm down. Made what I hope will be my last snow mouse of the year. I'd like hot weather now please.

#raw wool #alpaca #ive never actually bought fleece from a farm before (cause i only got my wheel right at the start of covid iirc) so i just bought #small amounts online #super nice but sadly in a hurry and couldnt stay that long. i did go see an alpaca (probably not the one whose wool i have now but still) #but she was very disappointed that i hadnt bought her a treat so. she didnt stick around long lol #anyway. very beautiful drive but god im so tired and it was so stressful #also ive never worked with raw alpaca fleece before ! the stuff ive been spinning in good weather was made into a very loose batt #although it is unwashed #but yeah excited to figure out a new fiber type #i uh. think im gonna wash this one though #also theyre only just now shearing for spring so i got the very last fleece from last year #which is a little sad actually bc theres some beautiful chocolate brown alpacas and i would love some of that :( #ah well though. seriously the one i got is SO soft.

[little-homestead-in-the-suburbs]

New adventure: Shearing Sheep

Tomorrow I have a fabulous opportunity to help a friend shear her flock of sheep. I'm excited, and a touch nervous as I have no sheep handling experience, though I have body clipped horses for several years.

In return I get to keep all the fleece I want when we are done for the day.

Anyways off to bed so that I can feed horses early at work before heading out on my adventure. Hopefully I'll be able to get photos, if we have a spare hand or two at some point.

#fiber crafts #fibre arts #from wool to wearables #raw wool #sheep #farmlife #that rabbit hole from knitting to shepard #living vicariously through friends

[the-chattering-tower]

Yarn Accent Time

(We'll see when I'll get to finish it, but at least the lines are done)

#the tanning rack #my art #spinning wheels are very complicated to draw #im planning to keep it mostly to earth tones + some blue accents #would love to play around with colours more than that but ill be happy if one run sells over the span of a few months #so im choosing colours to suit the person im really making this for #also found the recommended sizes and proceeded to forget to apply them. so this is 750 whoops #the wool will NOT be all white im cooler than that #have you Seen multicolour raw wool before it looks like a painting #the wool with the long locks is up for interpretation i suppose but in my heart its racka <3

[woolsboutiqueuomo]

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[comfortabletextiles]

I thought, that I should probably look at how much weight the fleece lost, after cleaning. And also give a soft of report about the amount of water and energy used, and his clean it got.

Under the cut, because looooooong

Roughly 100g raw fleece, cleaned with unicorn power scour made 75,29g of fiber

Very clean, zero amount of oil or lanolin can be feeled, smells like wool and a but like the power scour. Doesn't feel felted. The ends are a tad yellow

Recourses: Used 2 liters if the hottest available tabwater (47°C), 3,8g of unicorn power scour and roughly 8 liter of hot water to rinse (around 38°C-40°C).

Work: let it soak and rinse it out. Very easy, not much Equipment or brain power needed

Roughly 100g raw fleece, cleaned with homemade chestnut detergent made 77,50g of fiber

Still dirt left, we'll see how it cleans out while combing and caring, there seems to be a minimal amount of lanolin left, but it's so little I am not Shure. Ends are almost brown. Also smells kind of bad

Recourses: 5 chestnuts peeled and cut, simmered with 300ml for 15 minutes, 2l of my hottest tab water, around 8 liters for rinsing.

Work: collecting, Peeling and cutten the chestnuts, then soaking and rinsing the wool.

Roughly 100g raw fleece, cleaned with potash made 79,95g of fiber

Very clean, no traces of oil or lanolin. Smells like clean wool, ends very compacted still, also the most felted from all the projects (not badly felted though)

Recourses: 60g potash (had to order it online, not even the alternative apothecary had it), 3 liter of cold water to rinse it beforehand, 2 liter of hot water to simmer it, something to simmer the wool in and 6 liter to rinse

Work: the most workintens process, aquire the potash, rinse the wool, simmer it (but not to hot, so you need something to monitor the temperature) rinse it again... but you can reuse the potash water lots. So good if you want to clean lots of wool, but I think it's also the one where you can make the most mistakes...

Roughly 50g raw fleece, cleaned with dish soap made 39,67g of fiber

No lanolin left, smells clean, not too yellow, but some dirt was left. Not felted

Recourses: around a table spoon of dish soap, 2 liter of hot tabwater, 4 liter of tabwater to rinse

Work: soak and rinse very easy

Roughly 50g raw fleece, cleaned with wool fiber detergent made 38,85g of fiber

Very clean, almost now yellowijg, smells like wool and hint of the detergent we use, not felted

Recourses: 60ml (one serving?) Of wool laundry detergent, 2 liter of hot tab water and 6 liter to rinse

Work: soak and rinse again

Now to the most Interesting method imo!

The suint fermentation

Roughly 50g raw fleece, cleaned with fermentating it in destilled water made 40,31g of fiber

Very clean, despite some lanolin left, the whitest of them all, not felted very soft, smells the most like wool (it's a bit dirty because I dropped it on the balcony floor)

Recourses: well I bouth a black bucket with a lid So I can do it without smell attacking my neighbors, 2 liter of destilled water (or rain water, but I can't really collect that) 4 liter to rinse (same temperature as the suint bath

Work: fill the bucket with water and wool. Then wait, rinse and let it dry in the sun (so it goes faster) I didn't mind the smell to much. You mostly smell it when you open the bucket and while rinsing, after that it vanished very fast. Needed the least amount of energy.

Roughly 50g raw fleece, cleaned with fermentating it in hard tab water made 40,66g of fiber

A bit more lanolin that the destilled water. Not Shure if that is due to the harder water or that the weather got colder and I had to stop. Very soft to the touch. A bit more yellow in the tips than the destilled water and smells like wool but in an unpleasant way (not really bad, but also nothing I want to shove my nose into)

Recourses: same as destilled water but ran water

Work: also same as destilled water

All in all, I loved the fermentation the most, also I heard that you can store the bath over a year, so you can make it in time warm season and just store it for the next?? Very cool. Feels raw in the same way that spinning the locks without combing or carding. 10/10 also very recourses friendly, doesn't take lots of energy (body, brain and electric) and the least amount of work (the most work I had with it was setting up my very safe totally not dangerous way of drying it)

My least favorite was the potash, it's lots of extra steps like: getting everything out of storage to simmer it, get some potash (that you'll need lots of) let it simmer for 8 minutes, let it rest for 8 and then rinse! If you have a dedicated space for it, it could be very easy, but I don't have that space 😬

Unicorn power scour is also good. Got it very clean, was very easy and no unpleasant smells, also very fast.

#wool washing experiment #raw wool #wool processing #long post

[sheepyhollows]

My sweet Pookie!

#tortie #barncat #raw wool

[weavingforlooms]

Meowmeow the cat coming to supervise the washing of fleece process, as messy as it’s turning out to beeeee lol

#zue speaks #fiber crafts #wool #fleece #raw fleece #raw wool

[nonbinary-ghost]

When yarn care instructions say "hand wash only, lay flat to dry" they mean it :'3

[Image description: four crochet swatches made of the same mauve yarn. They are made of back-loop half double crochet and an alpine stitches. The left two swatches are distinct, with clear stitch definition. The other two are shrunk and felted into indistinct lumps of wool. End description]

#i usually get super wash wool or acrylic and i never really think about washing instructions #but this yarn was raw silk and wool so i wanted to experiment with washing styles #the top left was soaked with vinegar water #the bottom left is with dawn dish soap #and the right two were tossed in the washer on a gentle cycle. didnt even make it to the dryer >.< #this was a fun little experiment and im glad i did this with the swatches - saved my sweater lol

[viciousewe]

My previous wheel project! Some mystery wool I’m fairly certain is polwarth. Came out to about 550yds of light fingering 3 ply.

#mmm not as springy as targhee which is unfortunate #I really enjoy that aspect of targhee #I think I’ll try to get some raw targhee when acquisition time comes #which isn’t gonna b for a long time I still have all this roving #and 2 1lb bags of alpaca and about 2lbs of Icelandic #I am trying to resolve to keep to 2 fleeces at a time and maybe 2 commercial tops #but first I have to spin down the stash some #yarn #spinning #handmade #handspinning #handspun #wip #wool #hand made

[greatgreenwelshadventures]

Spinning yarn - working with beautifully soft, long, curly Cotswold shearling fleece. Think the wheel needs an oil though 😂

#produce #wool #spinning #spinninginthegrease #raw fleece