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July 2, 2009
Last week I managed to exchange a gallon of our Elderflower Champagne for these….
The fleece on the left is from a Whitefaced Woodland and the one on the right came off a Jacob Sheep. I think I got a pretty good deal!
Other woolly goings-on this week have involved a spot of natural dyeing with Kamala extract….
and a spot of spinning……
This was some jacob ‘humbug’ roving that was a dream to spin. I can see why Jacob is recommended to beginner spinners – it’s the easiest thing I’ve spun and, although not the softest fibre out there, it makes up for it by being wonderfully light and airy.
Entry Filed under: Spinning, dyeing. Tags: Crafts, dyeing, fleece, handspun, jacob, kamala, natural, photograph, sheep, Spinning, whitefaced woodland, wool, yarn.
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1. slugs on the refrigerator | July 2, 2009 at 7:23 pm
ooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I think you got a the better end of the deal too!
2. kate | July 2, 2009 at 9:09 pm
Those fleeces look fantastic! I’m really looking forward to seeing what you do with them. That’s another lovely bit of natural dyeing as well, a beautiful colour. And the Jacob humbug yarn looks great too! It is a lovely fibre to spin and seems particularly good for hardwearing stuff like bags, rugs etc.
x x
3. Nina - Tabiboo | July 3, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Wow that is amazing and to see the fleece all as one! I’m thinking ‘that’ is a bargain!
Have a lovely weekend,
Nina x
4. alifelesssimple | July 4, 2009 at 11:03 pm
I don’t know if you are already a member but there was 8 fleeces offered on monmouth freecycle this evening
5. gwen | October 8, 2009 at 2:43 am
What a great deal.. for both parties.. It makes my fingers tingle just seeing these rolled up fleeces…
You baby has grown up since I was here.. she is a little girl now .. so Lovely… and your blog is so full of wonderful posts, it will take me a while to catch up.. Thank you!!