Wool For Spinning Yarn
I have been at a loss………. You know the confusion created when you finish a project and don’t know what to do next. I had ideas……. I pulled out yarn. …nothing seemed right…. hmmm…now what???? WIPS!!!!! BOS(Basket of Shame)!!!!!! I have more of those than ever!!!!! Knitting WIPS??? […]
A Herdwick’s grey fleece is not easily dyed, and is coarse, and so is best suited to use as carpet wool. This Fleece seems to shed water and dry quicker than most wool. The kemp can be separated from the wool to create a softer hand. The staple length is about 4 inches on mine. […]
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Tunis wool is suprising soft with an almost downy handle , I usually see in down sheep types. Colors can go from light ivory to cream, natural colored fleeces are obtained from first and sometimes second shearings of lambs. The staple is long a minimum of 3.5 inches but usually longer 4-6 […]
Tunis is one of the oldest breeds of sheep, it is thought that they are descended from the fat-tailed sheep written about in the Bible. They originate in Tunisia on the norther coast of Africa. The earliest know importation to the U.S. was in the 1700’s a gift of Tunis Sheep given to Judge […]
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As I explained in the last post I’m working on a custom fiber processing and spinning order for a customer. We had decided to blend 50% newfoundland dog fur with corriedale wool to make it more spinnable. This why I did a blend: Hair doesn’t have the scales the same way wool does to catch […]
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Manx Loaghtan are a long lived sheep that will provide years of wonderful fleece. Some of these sheep retain the ability to shed their fleeces making rooing an option others will need to be sheared. The wool has a staple between 3-5 inches a fleece usually weights about 3pds making the wool really sought […]
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The Manx Loaghtan (pronounced Lock-tun), also spelled Loaghtyn or loghtan ,is a breed of sheep native to the Isle of Man which is located in the Irish Sea between Britain and Ireland. they are descended from primitive once found in Scotland, the Hebrides, and the Shetland Islands. The word Loaghtan comes from lugh dhoan […]
I spun up the beautiful light brown. I find I am really liking this wool. The brown was super soft and had a tendency to nepps. I took out many of the nepps but some stayed making a slightly thin and thick yarn. The white was dyed robins egg blue with Cushings Acid Dyes. I […]
