I took my spindles and a nice Cormo fleece on our big roadtrip. This lovely fleece had been washed before I acquired it, and the cut ends were lightly felted. The curly, crimpy growth-ends have some yellowing from abundant lanolin, but it washes out.
I combed some of the wool into roving but wound up with lots of waste. Carding resulted in lots of neps (short fibers that ball up during spinning). I decided to embrace the random lumps in some of the yarn. I also discovered that unprepared wool (lightly opening the lock with my fingers) was just as easy to spin and no waste. So, I have a mixture of thin, smooth (worsted) yarn and fairly lumpy (woolen) yarn. I am presently plying the two together hoping for a soft but fluffy yarn.
I decided to knit some singles up to see how they would behave. It is a fun bit of fabric- no idea what to do with it, yet.
Ended rather well, I think. Here is the plied yarn, washed and made up into cakes. Now to decide what they will become.
The next World History of Textile Arts Workshop will be September 18th (originally scheduled for September 4th). There are still some seats available!
The next Plop-Down Sunday is September 11 from 4:30-7pm There is a sign-up slot on the Oil & Cotton website. I am adding a small fee to cover costs.
Oil and Cotton has A LOT of Textile Workshops on the calendar this Fall.
Check them out: felting, weaving, stitching, spinning and more fun stuff!
Let me know if you have any questions about any of them.
Sign up now for the next Plop-Down!
https://www.oilandcotton.com/all-workshops-and-classes/membership-fee
I can’t find Plop Down Sunday on the website yet.