Random factoid. The Diné (Navajo) tribe in the US use Yucca roots for washing Navajo Churro wool. Yucca is a succulent that also produces Saponins. And because of the low lanolin in the fleece it works really well. Also an older technique, because there's little water on the res, is to bury it in the sand and that also removes the lanolin too.
I literally have a pile of horse chestnuts that I dried for this purpose on my desk at the moment and I wanted to use them as wool scour ❤❤❤ So glad I procrastinated so I could watch how you did it first 😂
This was a fun video, glad it worked. We used to shell tough black walnuts by putting them in burlap sacks and driving over them with the car. Maybe that would be a large scale way to process the horse chestnuts? Also, this was the first time I had heard about canarying.
So cool that it worked! We had a horse chestnut tree in the school yard when I was young, so every autumn we would collect and collect the chestnuts, comparing who got the most or the biggest, and then they would lay somewhere in my room and dry out and never be used. But now finally a reason to collect them, as I instictually still want to do!
Well done !!! Its 8 am here in S.Africa and I am watching your vid with my morning coffee and a quick bit of crochet and then off to work (in the room next door 😁 lucky me work from home). Your shenanigans make my day !! Hope you have a wonderful day too ❣❣
I fully thought this was gonna be a video about using the little excess pieces of skin that get cut off of horse legs that are also called chestnuts. But regular chestnuts are cool too 🙏🏽💗
Hi Jente, I hope you're OK xx ❣️❣️❣️❣️ Thankyou so much for sharing this video podcast. I love seeing you experiment, usually dying but this soap sounded interesting to. Soap, scouring and dying experiments in the same video is sooo much fun.🥰🥰 Love the colours you ended up with. Can't wait to see you spin them. Happy experimenting Fibre Friend 🎡🎡🌟🌟🌟 Take care and stay safe Lots of love and Big Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂🫂🫂🐕
@@MijnWolden Hi, Jente, You're very welcome xx ❣️❣️❣️ Thankyou so much for the Heart ♥ Sending Heart ♥ back to you ❤️💞 Your experiments are always fun to watch, all your video podcasts are fun to watch too 😆🥰 Happy Spinning and Dying Fibre Friend 🎡🎉🐑🥰 Hope you have a Wonderful Weekend ☀️🌞🌟 Take care and stay safe Lots of love and Big Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂🫂🫂🐕
My project table has a similsr setup, but instead of adhesive, I used 2 sheets of drawer liner to provide tons of friction. The top is heavy enough to hold itself completely in place, but i can disassembled everything with no problems.
Ace 🙌🏻🥳 thank you for sharing your experiment! I have some I've been soaking in a jar for few months 😅 🙈 you've reminded me to stick them in a pan with some wool!xxx
So cool. We have lots of horse chestnuts around here and never knew they could be used as a soap. I feel i should have known this but didn't somehow. Now I want to go collect some and try it. Thanks for sharing another interesting experiment. ❤🐻
I just realized the other day the tree outside my apartment is an oak, and i swear ive heard you can dye with acorns...might try it soon. or pick up some acorns at least.
@@MijnWolden In English, a horse chestnut is the tree. But a horse's chestnuts are those patches of rough skin on the inside of their legs. It's convoluted, yes.
Random factoid. The Diné (Navajo) tribe in the US use Yucca roots for washing Navajo Churro wool. Yucca is a succulent that also produces Saponins. And because of the low lanolin in the fleece it works really well. Also an older technique, because there's little water on the res, is to bury it in the sand and that also removes the lanolin too.
Cool factoid! I like learning about stuff like that 😁
Finally I feel validated for the hundreds of chestnuts I picked up and tried to keep as a kid...
(They were so shiny and brown and soft okay)
We had two trees when I was a kid. So much fun cracking them.
Shiny and Brown should be enough validation. I just kept picking up rocks 😄
Fun memories!
I literally have a pile of horse chestnuts that I dried for this purpose on my desk at the moment and I wanted to use them as wool scour ❤❤❤
So glad I procrastinated so I could watch how you did it first 😂
Haha, sometimes procrastination helps 😁
This was a fun video, glad it worked. We used to shell tough black walnuts by putting them in burlap sacks and driving over them with the car. Maybe that would be a large scale way to process the horse chestnuts? Also, this was the first time I had heard about canarying.
If ever I need big batches of soap, I'll use your tip 😄
So cool that it worked! We had a horse chestnut tree in the school yard when I was young, so every autumn we would collect and collect the chestnuts, comparing who got the most or the biggest, and then they would lay somewhere in my room and dry out and never be used. But now finally a reason to collect them, as I instictually still want to do!
Any reason to collect and enjoy nature is a good one 😄
Great way to use the whole nut! Making soap and a dye!
No wasting deez nuts 😎
Well done !!! Its 8 am here in S.Africa and I am watching your vid with my morning coffee and a quick bit of crochet and then off to work (in the room next door 😁 lucky me work from home). Your shenanigans make my day !! Hope you have a wonderful day too ❣❣
It's almost 8 am in Belgium, although I am in Spain (same time zone), on my last full day of vacation 😄
@@MijnWolden I hope you have had a wonderful day !!!!!!
Nice jumper.
I learned something new today! I didn’t know that horse chestnuts contain that much saponin! And that it’s that easy to extract. 😊
Learning something new everyday :)
@@MijnWolden - #LifeGoals 😊
I fully thought this was gonna be a video about using the little excess pieces of skin that get cut off of horse legs that are also called chestnuts. But regular chestnuts are cool too 🙏🏽💗
That's slightly disturbing to me. Are the chestnuts hurting the horse?
Hi Jente, I hope you're OK xx ❣️❣️❣️❣️
Thankyou so much for sharing this video podcast.
I love seeing you experiment, usually dying but this soap sounded interesting to. Soap, scouring and dying experiments in the same video is sooo much fun.🥰🥰
Love the colours you ended up with.
Can't wait to see you spin them.
Happy experimenting Fibre Friend 🎡🎡🌟🌟🌟
Take care and stay safe
Lots of love and Big Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂🫂🫂🐕
Thank you, Jen, it was a Fun experiment to do!
@@MijnWolden Hi, Jente, You're very welcome xx ❣️❣️❣️
Thankyou so much for the Heart ♥
Sending Heart ♥ back to you ❤️💞
Your experiments are always fun to watch, all your video podcasts are fun to watch too 😆🥰
Happy Spinning and Dying Fibre Friend 🎡🎉🐑🥰
Hope you have a Wonderful Weekend ☀️🌞🌟
Take care and stay safe
Lots of love and Big Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂🫂🫂🐕
Lovely episode. So intresting
Thank you 😁
My project table has a similsr setup, but instead of adhesive, I used 2 sheets of drawer liner to provide tons of friction. The top is heavy enough to hold itself completely in place, but i can disassembled everything with no problems.
Thanks for the tip!
Ace 🙌🏻🥳 thank you for sharing your experiment! I have some I've been soaking in a jar for few months 😅 🙈 you've reminded me to stick them in a pan with some wool!xxx
Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a wool- stew 😄
Oh I loved that experiment! It's always so much fun watching your videos, thanks a lot for making my day brighter :)
And thank you for making my day brighter with your comment ☺️
Amazing. In india they have wash nuts for scouring. Have a lovely day
Oh how cool to know, thank you!
So cool. We have lots of horse chestnuts around here and never knew they could be used as a soap. I feel i should have known this but didn't somehow. Now I want to go collect some and try it. Thanks for sharing another interesting experiment. ❤🐻
Merry experimenting!
I just realized the other day the tree outside my apartment is an oak, and i swear ive heard you can dye with acorns...might try it soon. or pick up some acorns at least.
Yes, yes you can! Oak leaves too. And twigs. And if gallwasps lay their eggs on the twigs and leaves: those too. Oak Trees are a dye treasure!
This is such a cool fucking idea and I love your weird energy!
Thank you 😄
and how is the hand soap in the bottle?
Very liquid. And right now: rancid because I made it over a week ago
Oh, horse chestnuts...not horse's chestnuts. I was getting ready to be completely intrigued yet grossed out.
Oh, my bad. In my native Dutch it is 'paardenkastanje', which could imply multiple horses 😅
@@MijnWolden In English, a horse chestnut is the tree. But a horse's chestnuts are those patches of rough skin on the inside of their legs. It's convoluted, yes.
I had the same thought