You are such a great teacher! I'll be trying this myself for the first time as my boss gave me 5 bags of alpaca wool newly sheared from his farm, the Ashford spinning wheel that I ordered has just arrived, I can't wait, what an adventure! Thank you so much for your videos!!!🤗🧡❤
Thanks for sharing. A friend gave me some wool from her sheep. I used a kiddie pool in my backyard. Used the hose and poured boiling water in until it was more than warm. Added a squirt of clear colored dishsoap. Slowly added wool and gentle stirred it. Did this twice. Rinsed. Gentle squeezed it out and then air dried it on my picnic table. Carded and think I'm good. Lots of work but lovely fiber. Lol, may have got tendinitis from the squeezing. Be careful!
I totally understand what you mean about the squeezing motion being repetitive and potentially leading to injuries like tendinitis! I'm really happy to hear that your wool washing project worked out well and that you're enjoying the beautiful fiber you've created! It's always a pleasure to hear about successful projects in the fiber arts community.
You did good.. if you stay at it and continue to process wool (s) you'll soon learn that temps only need to be dishwashing hot and it's not as scary or complicated as it appears, it's just time consuming and rewarding that you can do it yourself.
I would like to add that I use wool from meat sheep for spinning and it is a great fleece, not at all that dirty and very soft and no matted pieces except on the butt area. It’s a shame the wool from these sheep often gets burned here in the Netherlands and Belgium and I love using it since it is very useful and great for spinning!!! Maybe you should try it again to see if your experience will differ 😊
Loving this series so far and hoping there will be a carding/combing video soon. I'm from a merino wool farm and hoping to start processing a fleece or two of my own so that I can spin it into yarn. Have you had much to do with finer type wools like that and is the process at all different? Keep up the good work!
Harley, That sounds like a great project! Yes, fine wool would be the same process. The key being to not agitate the fibers too much as you clean them.
I can second this. I have a manx loaghtan fleece with scurf at the base but it all falls out as I pick the washed fiber :) I spread the base of the locks with my fingers and maybe shake it, it's a bit slow but I love playing with wool and feeling it so it's calming for me after I comb tbe fiber all the scurf is gone and I have lovely clean yarn!
You are such a great teacher! I'll be trying this myself for the first time as my boss gave me 5 bags of alpaca wool newly sheared from his farm, the Ashford spinning wheel that I ordered has just arrived, I can't wait, what an adventure! Thank you so much for your videos!!!🤗🧡❤
Thank you that's very kind! I'm so excited for you, all that fiber will be fun to work with🙂.
Love the "close, close-ups" at the end! You can really see the awesomeness of the product!
For sure! I wish you could teach through the screen and touch the materials too, so getting the close ups is my way of trying to make it happen😁
Thanks for sharing.
A friend gave me some wool from her sheep. I used a kiddie pool in my backyard. Used the hose and poured boiling water in until it was more than warm. Added a squirt of clear colored dishsoap. Slowly added wool and gentle stirred it. Did this twice. Rinsed. Gentle squeezed it out and then air dried it on my picnic table. Carded and think I'm good.
Lots of work but lovely fiber. Lol, may have got tendinitis from the squeezing. Be careful!
I totally understand what you mean about the squeezing motion being repetitive and potentially leading to injuries like tendinitis!
I'm really happy to hear that your wool washing project worked out well and that you're enjoying the beautiful fiber you've created! It's always a pleasure to hear about successful projects in the fiber arts community.
You did good.. if you stay at it and continue to process wool (s) you'll soon learn that temps only need to be dishwashing hot and it's not as scary or complicated as it appears, it's just time consuming and rewarding that you can do it yourself.
Thanks so much! Great advice, I'll keep that in mind. I definitely can make things more complicated at first than necessary. Appreciate the feedback!
I would like to add that I use wool from meat sheep for spinning and it is a great fleece, not at all that dirty and very soft and no matted pieces except on the butt area. It’s a shame the wool from these sheep often gets burned here in the Netherlands and Belgium and I love using it since it is very useful and great for spinning!!! Maybe you should try it again to see if your experience will differ 😊
Thanks for the encouragement - people are always offering me fleece, so I will probably try again someday😁
Loving this series so far and hoping there will be a carding/combing video soon. I'm from a merino wool farm and hoping to start processing a fleece or two of my own so that I can spin it into yarn. Have you had much to do with finer type wools like that and is the process at all different? Keep up the good work!
Harley,
That sounds like a great project! Yes, fine wool would be the same process. The key being to not agitate the fibers too much as you clean them.
For the Tips i take a Flickcard, thats much Time!
And the i comb it, thats so fluffig!
Great Video Like it so much! You help me very well🥰
Happy to help!
A flicker would be helpful for getting the rest if the bad stuff out
Good suggestion, thank you!
I’m a newbie at everything spinning and wools!
Have you tried washing wool?
If you wash your Shetland fleece you may find the scurf disappears when processing the dry wool, as it just falls out not sticking to the fibres.
That’s a good thought. I’ll have to give it a try.
I can second this. I have a manx loaghtan fleece with scurf at the base but it all falls out as I pick the washed fiber :)
I spread the base of the locks with my fingers and maybe shake it, it's a bit slow but I love playing with wool and feeling it so it's calming for me
after I comb tbe fiber all the scurf is gone and I have lovely clean yarn!
Rubber gloves are the way to go…..
Definitely!