From wool to yarn - Processing raw sheep wool into finished yarn
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- Documenting the step-by-step process of spinning fleece into finished yarn.
Music:
Ernest Bloch: Suite Modale
Gabriel Fauré: Sicilienne
Béla Bartók: Folk song, Swineherd's Dance
Flute: Wilma Sijbrandij
Piano: Alie Hamberg
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Okay, I'll quit complaining about how much yarn costs.
i wont
@@lorenzoriveraperez3652 lol
If it's like more than 80% polyester or acrylic or whatever, I will for sure complain if teh yarn costs so much.
Ya me too
Well, she's doing the whole process by hand, but obviously that's not the case with large companies; they have machines that should cut the costs... Sooo I'll keep complaining lol
Women used to be responsible for spinning, then knitting or weaving and sewing all of the clothes for their family. Makes me appreciate all that I have.
Actually, the men in some regions of Great Britain (and Europe) used to do the knitting. www.thefencepost.com/news/when-men-knitted-a-surprising-history/
@@Kayenne54 British men being useful?
@@Kayenne54 Soldiers in the trenches if WWI used to knit and crochet blankets to keep themselves warm. It was, apparently easier to send yarn than blankets to sons, brothers and father's than to ship whole blankets. And in Britain before WWII, all children, not just girls, were taught to knit at school. The goal was to start them young and have them sufficiently proficient to make socks and gloves for soldiers. Or so my Dad told me, having been one of those children himself.
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No wonder yarn cost so darn much. Amazing to see how yarn is made from sheep's wool. Thanks for sharing.
oh lol not all yarns are made out of sheep’s wool, most are made from cotton
@@lezbae yarn is made from many things, but it's mostly either wool or acrylic. Cotton yarn is in the minority. Only about 10% of yarns in Ravelry's yarn database contain cotton, for instance
@@ahlimahs oh yeah my bad, i got mixed up with acrylic yarn and cotton yarn
Most sheep’s wool yarn is made in factories with machinery, it’s an easier process when automated
What's the cost of yarns there ??
I wouldn't want to buy all the stuff I need to make this but, like, if there was a convention and they had a yarn-making tutorial I would 10000000 percent go.
Same
You can start with a cat brush and a drop spindle 😉
Looks like you need a lot of tools. Must be expensive to do it alone with your own material
@@MedusaLegend it can be but you can start with a drop spindle made from a big washer and a dowel and a dog slicker brushes make great cards.
I mean off the rip it’ll be expensive but in the long run it’s a much cheaper option
So I thought to myself, "dude what if in the future I got alpacas and I use their wool to make my own yarn." And I saw this video.
So, I have so many hobbies and interests that I'd never have time to do this, but now I have a whole new appreciation for the people who do.
Haha! I have thought the same thing about having lots of land one day and getting alpacas to make my own yarn with.
After watching this video I get a real grasp of just how tedious and much work goes into it.
Now I wonder where would I even get the time to crochet if taking on this task as well?? I mean I can literally spend all day crocheting and working on projects.
For sure have a real appreciation for handspun yarn. And I can now see why it is so costly. (I mean I knew it would probably be somewhat of a process, but seeing all this makes it even more obvious of why handspun yarn cost so much).
Im telling you right now, alpaca yarn is the softest yarn I have ever worked with! And it's also so easy to work with too!
You can do it with dog hair too! (Naturally shed ones ofc)
I used to be a farm hand on an alpaca/llama ranch! Even just the ranching part is really hard but super rewarding. The people I worked for send their fiber out to be turned into yarn by someone else (expensive af to do btw) and gave me a few recently as a goodbye present. SO SOFT
If you look at how much time we spend watching tv, that's time that can be spent spinning. I use a drop spindle; and it is just about the most relaxing thing ever. I can spin quite a decent sized cop of yarn whilst watching an hour of NCIS.
the amount of skill, practice, and patience that a craft like this takes is astounding!!! thank you for sharing your process with us!
I did this whole process once. Up to, but not including, a knitted garment. Sent the wool to a relative. Not sure she truly comprehended how much time enough wool to make a knitted jumper actually took lol.
@@Kayenne54 oh my goodness wow! that is a labour of love right there! I'd love to learn to spin, but knitting is already becoming quite the investment haha.
What’s this beautiful song playing
If anyone ever tells me yarn is too expensive I'll show them this video. Don't overconsume! Knit your own clothes and use quality yarn like this one, they will last you for many many years! Thank you for this video, this is amazing. I have been given 3 sacks of raw wool and I think I will try this.
I have nothing but respect for you. All these hours of work.
I'm really glad this video was in my recommendations, I just started knitting and had very little knowledge on how yarn was made! Amazing video, so relaxing and instructive. Thank you!
So cool! Thanks for making this and sharing the process. So many steps. This would definitely take patience, but then again, crochet and knitting certainly take patience. Would have loved to see how you dye the yarn.
The good news is that you can watch my video ‘Natural yarn dyeing’🤗
CROCHETING YAS I DO CROCHETING
So wonderful how you did it step by step...i have to say that i will always appreciate Yarn location in doha Qatar 🇶🇦 i would like one day to use your lovely yarns
I have a great appreciation for how things used to be done by hand before we started using large scale commercial manufacturing.
What you are able to do by hand is a beautiful work of art.
This is wonderful! You showed me many little tips that I hadn’t seen before like putting the wool in bags when washing, spinning with a salad spinner to get all the water out, making a perfect skein. Thank you so much. :-)
This is the loveliest video on the complete process I have ever seen!
Thank you for your compliment!
Some videos are perfect with talking, some are perfect without talking.
This video was perfect. I felt like I was standing and watching, learning from the mistress of her craft waiting for my turn to have a go
Amazing! And can not even imagine how much time from start to finish it would take for a sweater quantity, plus the dyeing . You are a patient woman. (Plus the tools you have) what a process, and yet it would be some yarn that I would definitely acquire for my personal use. Thank you from my heart❤️
First of all, beautiful work. Interesting to see how many steps it took, how much effort.
Another thing I noticed, is that 9:31 onward that is a hungarian folk song called "Csillagok csillagok." It is one of our most beautiful folk songs, I was quite surprised to hear it in a norwegian (?) video about spinning yarn. Pleasantly surprised.
Thank you!😊 The music is from the hungarian composer Béla Bartók😊 Mentioned in the end of the video.
@@Detlillespinneriet Thank you, that shows I got so excited about hearing the song, I did not watch until the very end, which I will do now. 😊
Wow! I just started my journey with my spinning wheel and it would be just AMAZING if I ever got skills like that! 💛
Thank you for your video! The music in the background created the perfect atmosphere!
Wow, amazing. Her hands must be so exhausted ! Mine would surely fall off. What a lot of work ! ♥️
One would nearly need be born into this or have the patience of Job. Same w flax. Much respect for those who figured this out eons ago, and those that still do it!
That is such a lovely fleece! I’m sitting here watching this after having spent an hour carefully aligning locks in 2 mesh bags and it is currently in the washing machine soaking . I am spinning up some pre-prepared Jacob top while watching this. I also just realized I’d forgotten how to comb wool properly when I watched you doing it properly. I ended up taking a hiatus from wool prep and spinning after having the triplets and am just now getting back to it now that they’re 7. On the plus side, I’m enjoying showing them how to prep and spin the wool now, and they got little looms for Christmas, so I’m excited to show them some basic weaving as well with they’re new yarn. I like that you showed multiple different prep methods.
Really makes you appreciate the technological advancements! the drum carder seems like a miracle
Wow!!! It’s so satisfying to watch. I can imagine making it. That is a blast. Thank you for showing us.
me before watching the video: hey, maybe now I can finally make my own yarn out of all the damn hair my dog sheds...
me after watching the video: oh.
This makes me want A fluffy dog even more can u do this with indoor cats?
@@dreadeddm5580 i read something about making yarn out of pet hair! they said that both cats and dogs could work but it takes a while
I spin dog hair almost exclusively these days. It makes fabulous yarn. No one can tell it is dog. The best fur is from a dog the looses it undercoat every year….Samoyed,Husky, Pyrenees, Shepherds, Goldens , malamute.
I just think turning wool to yarn is absolutely amazing. It can be a very therapeutic or relaxing thing to do. It probably is nice to have fur bearers for yarn production-they feel like family I guess. Wonderful video.
Thank you for showing this whole process… For us just getting into spinning, it’s wonderful to see.
Your yarn is beautiful! Be well…
I cannot express how beautiful this craft is and how much I respect the hands and minds that keep this knowledge.
8:42 specifically is a true masterpiece of motion and creation blended with aesthetic (and the videography is not lost on me either!), my oh my *what hands*!
An amazing art, craft, science, whatever. Thanks for sharing, for knowing, and for keeping it alive. It's not often that we remember how to regeneratively make from nature, and not common that we value it as we should.
This makes me want a herd of merino more than ever ☺ so therapeutic.
That was amazing! Thank you so much for sharing this with us all. So much hard work and love and care went into making all of this and those wonderful skeins thank you!
the little critter at the end
I read a story somewhere that a lady left a corporate environment cause her hobby like this became so popular she started her own farm with much support from her family and many friends. Best wishes to you. I love handmade yarns from start to finish. Occasionally get my hands on some when I can.
Woooowww.... excellent..... vraiment un travail d'artistes !!! Mes respects et félicitations de l'Algérie ❤
Absolutely amazing, and now I know how they do those fancy twisted yarn skeins! 😄
Nice to see someone else's combs are a bit gouged and dinged up. Guess it isn't just me being clumsy :-)
Me before this video: wool is way too expensive.
Me after this video: okay now I get it
I adore the aesthetic of the video! 😍 And super interesting to see how it’s made! Definitely buying hand-made yarn from now on
Wow! Lots of work n patience. Thank you so much for showing us.💕💕
Its a crazy amount of work. I have just started the process of washing, carding and spinning my own fleece from pet sheep. Spinning i'm finding the hardest so far. Alot of skill and practice. Great video thank you.
Very labour intensive. Interesting. This could be a marvelous job creation project. Especially if you have your own merino sheep. Thank you for sharing.
I want to make yarn! This was an amazing experience. Thank you for sharing!!
Amazing. I taught manufacturing of different yarns in junior college. Had this vdo been available at that time it would have been great help for me. Any way yarn manufacturer of natural fibers is so elaborately done. Amazing vdo.👏
That's really cool. I still don't understand how the yarn is spun into strands. I feel like it would just pull straight out.
The trick is to gently pull a small amount then let the twist in. This is what she is doing at 7:03. You’re right if you pull too far or too fast it will come apart.
@@Ella-iw4gk Mmm, I feel like that's something you have to get used to it. Like practice a lot or something. I feel like that balance is fragile. Thanks.
I am super impressed. Glory be to God for the beautiful skill He has blessed you with! Blessings.
I am never *not* amazed at how fleece gets clean by just soaking with no agitation.
Thank you, It is amazing to see how much work goes into producing the yarn.
No more comaining about cost from me.
😊💫
I won't ever complain about wool costing so much. It's an act of love, really. I was mesmerized.
This video just made my day 😍 I love crocheting and appreciate everything that comes from mother Nature so this was like a remedy for my heart 😊
You're very skilled and patient woman and I have a huge respect for what you're doing ❤️🌹🐑🐑🐈
Thank you for sharing 👍
It's really interesting to see how you process your fiber. Thanks for showing it through this video!
oh, it is so, so beautiful. it is my intention to someday have my own fiber animals (rabbits, goats, alpacas, oh my! Chiengora is also high on my list of fibers to play with, and I cannot resist the thought of merino). thank you for a simple, beautiful showcase of fiber processing! I'm writing a private little story and in it, my main character buys a sheepskin and will shear it down herself (the wool won't be very useful as yarn as the fibers will be very short, but she can stuff a pillow with it! and have a beautiful sheepskin to make mittens and boot liners with) and I cannot stand the thought of inaccuracy, so I'm glad I found this great video.
Thanks so much for making this video. Me and my 6 kids watched it because we are studying farming in school!😍
This seems so calming, but also like a lot of work! It’s a very impressive profession- you’re making the world a better place with your work! Thank you for what you do :)
Thank you for this too big compliment! Grateful for that🥰
Very soothing video while still being informative, thank you for sharing this with the world ❤
This was so so lovely! What a soothing and informative video.
Nice, I saw a Woolmakers Bliss! Nice wheel!
I have no idea why this showed up in my recommendations but i am not disappointed 😁
I love this video! The process was so much fun to watch! Also, The Music Is Exqisite! THANKYOU!
Bellissimo complimenti ❤️❤️ m ha fatto tornare bambino questo video anche noi filavamo la lana insieme alla nonna. Complimenti
Your video is the most relaxing thing I've ever watched. I hope you make more videos
super helpful, i didnt realize the different methods of prepping with different wools! im 3D printing a spinning machine right now and waiting to order a carding board, my best friend has sheep and told me i could have her extra wool.. im beyond exciting to start making my own yarn to use! 😁❤
Beautiful process!
This is such beautiful work
This is amazing, it's such a level of mastery and dexterity
So lovely to see your work!
Hope to see more of your work in progress videos. I subscribed. A BIG THANK YOU for sharing.😊
OK. Gorgeous video!!
What a beautiful thing to watch.🐑🐏🐑🐏🐑🐏🧶🧶🧶🧶
Wow!! I love watching this! So tedious and yet so satisfying and beautiful results! 💚💚💚
This was so fascinating! What was the wool first washed with and then later after it was spun into yarn? Makes you appreciate all of the work that goes into making the final product! I really enjoyed this!
Thank you! I wash the wool with regular shampoo, and after spinning with ‘eucalan’.
@@Detlillespinneriet Would liquid castile soap work? Or a mild dish washing soap? Thanks
@@HS-13 you could very well use castile or dishwasher soap!
@@Detlillespinneriet thank you. God bless
Im so impressed!! And inspired!! I've shared your video with a few crochet groups im in on facebook to show the process
Awesome presentation. 🙏
everyone else: I now have such a great appreciation for yarnmaking...
Me: FLUFFYYYYYYYYYY
Reminiscent of the good old days when I knew a lot of farmers and could pick out the sheep I wanted sheared. Those net bags look like a good way to keep the wool from gluing itself together while washing. Always dry by laying out the wool on something like a picnic table. Preparing the wool for carding can take a lot of time and effort.
Beautiful video! Thanks for sharing 🙏
I think I may have bought 1 of this last year
Het is geen wonder dat echte wol duur is,ik vind het fantastisch hoe ze dat doen ,wat een werk🐏🐑
Love your sweater pattern
Relaxing and educational. Awesome vidoe. Thank you.
Wow! This is so beautiful. I want to learn how to do this!
That's beautiful. It's so white and fluffy. I am hoping to start my own farm someday. For now only in the video business. Thanks for the video.
Finally, a use for salad spinners!
so kind, so quiet, so nice... thanks... it was like an antistress !))
Amazing and inspiring, thanks for sharing this magic process
Wow, this is so neat, and beautiful!
My grand grand.mother they used to do like this.but now tecnology.changed.its a amazing.thing to do.
How I would love a drum carder ❤️
I like the use of the salad spinner. 🤣
what a pretty artform! thank you for sharing, this was beautiful and informative
It's such a hard work... you nice keep going 💜
This is the highest level of ASMR
I *need* a set of those viking combs! And the drum carder! Not to mention, I'd like a distaff, too, for spinning bast (long plant fibres, like linen and nettle) fibres. And I need to get my wheel over to my brother for repairs. Ah,well, the spindle provides me with lots of fun anyway
I love crocheting.i wish I could do this with my 10 goats hair lol but that wouldnt work...but I do wanna get an alpaca someday.this would be fun to do.
I’ve always wanted to try this. It doesn’t seem practical as there are so many tools I don’t have. One thing I’m curious about is how many grams or yards of yarn can come from one average size sheep pelt? It’s difficult to get the scope of pelt to yarn.
A great way of starting out is to buy tops (already washed and combed fleece) and get a drop spindle. This is the cheapest and best way of starting out and how I started, it gets you used to spinning and working with the fleece without having to buy all the materials to process the fleece yourself 😊
Average weight off a sheep freshly shorn is between 4-9 lbs. After sorting, washing and carding it will yield about 2-4 lbs of yarn. I am knitting a jumper for my husband (he is 6'7") and I reckon it's probably taken 1/2 of the fleece from 1 sheep (tho I was picky about the fibres I selected). It's the time required that is a bit overwhelming for some. Life gets in the way, wrists get sore and time is needed in other areas so to give a realistic time it's about 3-6 months (for me) from shearing through to a wearable garment. We also raise our sheep so we have exactly the fibres we want and we know they are well cared for 🙂
@@Eternal_Hope_Q Thanks for your comment. It's very helpful. A cardigan made from fleece to finish is on my bucket list.
Oh so peaceful and beautiful
Nice to see thank you 🥰 i have my own sheep and try to make wool too💪
That wool is beautiful - what type is it? Ok I asked too soon lol - wish I could get some here in US - Florida
You can there's a few good sources. Try paradise fibers or the woolery
Such a beautiful video!
What quarantine has brought me to :
Really love the video it’s so cool to see how yarn is made ty for posting : ) ❤️
What an amazing video!! Have you perhaps thought of doing a tool tour? I'd love to research all the tools, but I don't know what they all are! 🤣
These look incredible!
Thanks for this demonstration.
Absolutley beautiful and inspiring! Thank you for sharing :)