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 [...]
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 [...]
