Weaving, Wool Washing & Ancient Living History
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- Опубліковано 20 січ 2025
- Weaving, Wool Washing & Ancient Living History
#weaving #livinghistory #cottageindustry
In this vlog -
How I skirt and wash and dry the sheep's fleeces after shearing.
Elfin hand carded and handspun an art yarn, and made a handwoven shawl on rigid heddle loom.
I finished my first weaving on an 8 shaft loom.
A visit to Butser Ancient Farm, and The Weald And Downland Museum.
Butser Ancient Farm - www.butseranci...
Music in this video -
Third Age Rivers Of Green
Cody Martin Gaelic Souls
Delbony Cross Eyed Reel
Places In Dreams
Cast Of Characters Chead Ghluin
Mountain Dreamers Celtic Reign
Cody Martin Gate Of Alfheim
Cody Martin Aisling's Rise
Wayfair Cascade Whisper
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Hello, I'm Lea, I'm a full time home educating mama to Elfie, working from home in a rural creative cottage industry. I'm a textile artist, and love heritage crafts, and history of crafts, and I'm passionate about helping to keep the old skills alive and growing.
Me and Elfie spend lots of time crafting together, we spin yarns & art yarns, weave on rigid heddle looms & tapestry looms (& I'm just setting up new work on a table loom) Elfie also tablet weaves on a backstrap loom. we sew, knit, crochet, paint, print, make jewellery, do pottery, wet felting, & needle felting, & I whittle wood, & have started learning basketry.
I started this channel to share our arts, crafts, vlogs, natural living, and I'm neurodiverse so I also share my videos about autism / aspergers and adhd as an adult female, to hopefully help other autistic people, and raise awareness, acceptance and self esteem.
Elfin’s scarf/shawl was absolutely beautiful. She is an extremely talented young person, takes after her mum and gramma I think. I just love your videos. Hugs from Canada
@@heathermcelroy3303 thank you so much for your lovely comment! I will tell Elfin about your comment 😍 It is such a beautiful weaving! Love from Lea 💗
@@heathermcelroy3303 I'm glad you love the videos! Thank you! 💗
Enjoyed seeing you wash the wool. To know that pile would turn into something beautiful was very special. That scarf was really GORGEOUS and I know the new owner will LOVE it. ❤❤❤❤❤
That's lovely, thank you so much 😍 We had some lovely photos sent from the new owner wearing Elfin's shawl, it's so lovely 🥰🌿🌸🌼🍂🍃💗
Wow, so much hard work and talent! Greetings from Germany 👋
@@TheTudorgirl hi, thank you very much! 💗
As Elfin was peddling the spinning wheel my feet were going up and down along with her lol
😅 that's ace 🥰
The scarf made by Elfin is stunning ❤
@@lesleydonnelly2622 😍 it is 🥰 thank you for your lovely comment, I'll tell Elfin 💗
Music in this video -
Third Age Rivers Of Green
Cody Martin Gaelic Souls
Delbony Cross Eyed Reel
Places In Dreams
Cast Of Characters Chead Ghluin
Mountain Dreamers Celtic Reign
Cody Martin Gate Of Alfheim
Cody Martin Aisling's Rise
Wayfair Cascade Whisper
That was fascinating and informative. Thank you, Lea. And to Elfen, congratulations on another exquisite creation.❤
@@rosaliespantry1720 thank you so much! That's lovely. I'm really glad you enjoyed it 😍🌸💗
Honestly I would’ve been beside myself with joy had i access to weaving and spinning like that as a kid, great work Elfin
That's lovely, thank you 🥰💗
Very beautiful designed and crafted👍🌺👍🌺👍🌺
Thank you so much!! 😍🥰🌿🌼🌸🍂🍃💗
Absolutely beautiful ❤
Thank you so much! 💗
@@LeaWildCreative absolutely 🥰
@@evelyngonzalez8028 🥰💗
It’s beautiful. Love the color combination 🤗🇨🇦
@@lynnelanguedoc4049 thank you very much! 🌿🌸💗
Thanks for sharing the process of washing the fleeces with us all - it’s a lot of work, but worth it I’m sure, when you see the finished result. Elfin’s weaving is just beautiful - she must be very proud of her commission piece😊👍
I'm glad you like the video. It is lovely to have all the finished fleeces ready for spinning. Thank you so much, she is very proud of it 🥰💗
Lea it’s wonderful that you are passing on the skills to Elfin
Thank you very much 🥰
Exquisitely beautiful, how I admire your skills. Just wonderful.
Thank you 💕 for another wonderful calming video. So enjoy them very peaceful sending yarny warm hugs from Katy from NZ ❤😊
Hi Katy, thank you for your lovely comment, I'm glad you found it peaceful 😍 Love from Lea 🌿🌸💗
Beautiful shawl 🎉
Thank you 💗
Another beautiful video, thank you I really enjoy them.
@@ansomemaid thank you very much, that's lovely to hear!
Cela est splendide que d'heures de travail , les points de tissage sont merveilleux, quel professionnalisme, vous êtes un maître tisserand merveilleux, merci ❤ de même que votre fille 🎉
Thank you so much for your very kind words! I'm very glad you enjoyed it! 🌿🌸🌼💗
Thank you for the tour. Your daughter is very talented and I loved it all.
@@LynetteHulton thank you, that's lovely, I'm glad you enjoyed it
Beautiful and talent young lady, God bless you!😃
Thanks so much for your lovely comment 🥰
How wonderful to see a young girl learning to spin and weave. Skills that would have been common place years ago. Well done Elfin 😊
@@sharonthomas4997 thank you for your lovely message Sharon 🥰 I'll show Elfin 💗
Such a beautiful piece of work that Elfin has made and a wonderful video. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute. The colours and patterns in your weaving are gorgeous too. Thank you so much for sharing your days with us. 😊
That's so lovely, thank you very much! I'm really glad you enjoyed the video 🥰🌿💗
Thank you for sharing your wool washing and weaving. I really enjoyed the tour of the long houses, etc. So interesting to see how people lived before the days of modern conveniences.
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. It is so fascinating to see the history. Thank you 💗
Merci pour ce partage. J'adore la laine, sa texture et puis tout faire soi-même est d'une telle qualité. Bravo à Elfie, j'aime beaucoup ce qu'elle fait. C'est tellement chouette de travailler entre mère et fille.
Merci beaucoup! It's lovely to hear from you, I'm glad you enjoyed the video and like our work. Thank you 🌿🌸💗
So interesting and beautiful,thank you❤
Thank you, I'm glad you like it 💗
What beautiful woven fabric
@@MsHighpeaks thank you very much!
That fabric is absolutely gorgeous
@@timswafford5047 thank you so much! 💗
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Thank you 💗
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@@lauraleecreations3217 thank you so much! 😍🥰🌿🌼🌸🍃💗
Thank you for your beautiful videos xxx
I'm glad you enjoy them, thank you very much 🌿🌸💗
I am impressed with your beautiful work, congratulations and all the best in your future
@@mirjanap.r.6517 thank you so much for your lovely comment!
Wonderful vidio thank you so much enjoyed every part of it x❤
@@wendyfinney6862 thank you very much! That's really nice to hear! 😍💗
Watching again..just watched on Patreon..such a wholesome video.. Lovely weavings.. Such a lot of work goes into your weaving from the beginning stages.. washing the wool etc.. great to see the process.. Love your video's.. Thanks again..❤❤✨✨
@@dawnnicholson9675 hi Dawn, I'm glad you like the video, that's so lovely to hear! Thank you very much! 🥰🌿🍄🍁💗
Fabulous!!!
@@barbaracabrera207 thank you very much! 💗
Thoroughly enjoyed this video so much, so much work goes into the fleeces and elfins weaving is amazing, im in ore of you both xx
I'm glad you enjoyed the video, thank you so much Maxine! 🌿🌸🍃💗
Wow thanks for sharing. Elfin you are inspiring and well done on your creation. I learnt so much from your fleece washing section. I will be trying your method. Unfortunately where l live in Australia we don't have green pastures for as long as you do so our fleeces are full of VM veggie matter. So worth the effort though. Happy creating from Down 🐑🐏 Under.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, I will tell Elfin about it 🥰
I'm glad the wool washing was useful. That's interesting how the fleeces are different condition coming from different land around the world. Thank you, happy creating to you too 🌼💗
I love this episode so much! Elfin is doing her own commisions now, that is incredible, and so amazing how you are raising her, raised up on an art farm, the future will be beautiful! I too am weaving on my 32" 8-shaft loom, but super fine cotton and linen threads, and I must say , I prefer what you are doing; so as soon as all this linen comes off my loom, I'm going to try some twill work in my own handspun wools. Thank you , as ever, for all the inspiration you radiate out to the world from your magical place!
@@Jen-pz6qg hi, that is so lovely to hear, thank you so much for your lovely comment and kind words! Your weaving sounds beautiful, what are you going to do with it when you take it off the loom? 🥰 Thank you very much! 💗
@@LeaWildCreative Lea, I don't expect you to remember but in the last year of learning to weave it is a great coincidence that I too have gotten the same looms as you have, unknowing of your channel. I first bought a small Ashford rigid heddle Knitters Loom, then the huge Ashford 48" rigid heddle, then only afterward did I give in and buy the Ashford 8 shaft in 32" size. I've been enchanted and inspired by your work, but have been a spinner/knitter/wool person for decades, only now learning to weave though, so much to learn! I absolutely am amazed at how you and your daughter get so much done! As for the weaving fine linen, I am only sampling, learning, this piece will not be anything, linen is very difficult to weave, but I'll be blogging about the whole experience. I kind of get carried away on the weaving notes in my posts (my blog is jenjoycedesign.com/ ) Thanks again for making wonderful videos sharing your artful work and life with us out in the world!
Oh, and Happy Autumn Equinox to you and your beautiful family! :)
@@Jen-pz6qgah that's lovely, we have the same looms 😍 I love the 48" rigid heddle loom, it's lovely to weave on 🥰 Thank you for sharing your blog, I'll look it up 😍
@@Jen-pz6qgthank you, happy Autumn Equinox to you 🌿🍄🍁🍂🍃
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Thank you 💗💗💗
There is so much work that goes into the making of yarn to weave. Wonderfully informative…. Someone mentioned your mom who also weaves? Do you have a video of her?
I'm glad you like the video, yes it's so labor intensive to make yarn. I was talking about my Mom's sewing in one of the vlogs, she doesn't weave but she makes beautiful quilts, there's one in one of the vlogs but I can't find it, I'll reply again with which vlog when I've found it.
Wow, what a lot of work. Thanks for sharing. X
@@lynettewykes9923 thank you very much! 💗
Can my family and i come live with you. There’s 4 of us and we want to live like this
Ahh that's lovely 🥰 there is an option to stay here for longer term, sometimes people come for a month or two, there are two bedrooms 💗
beatifull.desde argentina amo lo que hacen ❤
Thank you so much for your lovely comment 😍🥰💗
Thank you for a lovely vlog . Beautiful creations by you and Elfin. Love the colours and cant wait to see what you are going to do with yours Lea. Elf is an inspiration - how lucky she is to have a creative Mumma to learn from too. I really found it useful the fleece washing - I joined my local spinners and weavers guild and they do some cool stuff but I am a newbie to it all still and basic info and practical like this is so useful. I know what I will be using my polytunnel for as well as veg growing. Happy Autumn Equinox and look forward to tea in the wagon. xxx
@@taniamcallister6840 hi, thank you so much for your lovely comment, that's so nice, thank you from us both 💗 It's lovely to hear from you and I'm really glad the wool washing was helpful. It's great to hear that you are learning how to spin wool and have a poly tunnel to dry the fleeces, it works so well to dry them. Happy Autumn Equinox to you 🥰🍁🍄🍂💗
@@LeaWildCreative Thank you ❤️
Have you ever tried a suint bath?
Three of my Shetlands rooed their fleece so I thought I'd try a suint. Absolutely stinks when you take it out of the bath but when it's dried it just smells like clean wall. I like it, it keeps a little of the lanolin, which makes spinning easier . I've another three fleeces in the bath now, which I must take out soon. It's a slow method, takes about two or three months for the bacteria to break down the lanolin and release the dirt, but I prefer slow and natural. Lovely video. :)
@@tavascarow no I only wash it like this to get them ready for spinning, I do think it's an interesting way to clean it though 😍🐑 Thank you!
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Где такое райское место😅??!
🥰 it's Wales
I gave you a thumbs up but i don't like your video i love it!! 🥰
@@amyscanlon9611 🥰 thank you so much! I'm glad you loved it 💗
Lovely to see how proud E. look.
Fantastic to get opportunities to learn these skills in such a young age. ❤ 🎉 ❤
Thank you, that's lovely. She loves crafting 😍🥰💗
@@LeaWildCreative 💞💞💞