Preparation
I knew there was a need for a consistency before. It’s even more obvious to me now. Every night it’s the same thing: How do I spend my time? Do I knit? Spin? Card? Dye? All of the above? I need to create an evening schedule for myself, so that I can get time in [...]
So I bought some raw wool from Homestead Wool & Gift Farm. My wool came from an Icelandic/Merino mix, Dorsey. Exciting! I read up a lot on scouring (again, Aija’s article helped a lot), but I wasn’t confident about it. Prepped my hot hot water with just a bit of Dawn. In went the wool. [...]
I went to a fiber festival a couple of weeks ago. While I was there I purchased some raw alpaca. I finally got around to washing it this week. I was really worried about felting it! But everything turned out alright. In fact, I got brave & figured, as long as it’s already wet, I [...]
