CAN WOOL SAVE THE WORLD? || EWE UNIVERSITY
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Happy New Year! I hope you're having a fabulous 2022. In today's video I talk about some innovative, quirky, and not so well-known applications of sheep's wool. Some of these industrial uses of wool might surprise you but also warm your heart. Wool's versatility and eco-friendly characteristics make it perfect for saving the Earth and its people.
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If you are passionately curious and never get tired of learning new things, new skills, new ideas...I hope you enjoy watching my videos and learn something. Have a sparkly day!
where are you? you've been gone far too long!! Should we be worried?
I put my wool, and hair bits (from brushes, etc) in to my worm bin. It disappears after a bit. i haven't done scientific studies, but I'm impressed that you can't find all my holey socks ;-)
Hope to see you again-yours was a fantastic contribution to the internet.
My sister has a small flock of sheep. She has used wool from them as garden mulch to great success.
You are missed Kristine. Hope you are well.
Really interesting. Maybe I’ll start putting my hair on my plants in the garden 😂
IS HER STILL DOING VIDEOS ? IT BEEN 11 MONTHS
I always enjoy your videos and learn something everytime! I am glad you are doing Ewe University, you were missed.
Miss you Dr. Kelly. Your more academic approach to knitting and fiber arts is great, and provides and welcome perspective.
This is fascinating! It would be so great for the US to follow Britians lead with the wool initiative! Wool mattresses, packaging and agriculture!!!
So interesting! I love baseball and now I love it even more knowing the "inside" scoop. Thanks so much. 💜
I see that you have not posted for a while. I do miss your videos. I hope all is well. Take care.
Very interesting, I didn't know about some of the uses. Thanks!
Hello Kristine Wishing you your husband and your families a very happy healthy 2023 Thinking of you 🇨🇦🌞
Loved this video, Dr Kelly. I am very fond of strawberries but detest pulling weeds. Happy to have a new approach! Thanks.
Kristine kelly what hapend we haven't seen you for long time hope everything is fine with you😊
Wow amazing video Kristine. I learned so much about wool and had no idea of the many uses especially in agriculture and building insulation. Thanks so much for sharing 💕🧶✨
This is brilliant! I have a shepherdess in Switzerland who said there are no wool mills there as the wool was historically used for uniforms for the army, and so now the wool is used to insulate homes. I really liked the wool mats for weed control. Overall, I found this fascinating and wonder how long it will take to implement! You look wonderful. I am happy to see you back! Good luck in the semester!
Thanks, Gail! 💜
@James Armstrong I am in the US. Glad you're not in Canada at the moment
Thank you for sharing such information , we are curious for more and new educational videos on your channel.
Fantastic research; thank you for your diligent work!
That was great especially about the baseball I never knew what was inside. That was a great video thank you so much.
Am i the only one that comes to this channel? A year and you aren't back -- Have you abandoned us??
I really enjoyed your detailed video about the various ways wool is being used. Also, that it is bio-degradable.
I hope you see this. I miss your videos. I hope you are well.
Really interesting! Thanks for sharing!
Love your informative podcasts.
Thank you for all your work. I really enjoy your podcast 💕
Hmm ---- one of my comments has been deleted! Why? By whom?
we are in the market for a new rug, and you have prompted me to push for wool, thanks!
Thank you for this video Dr Kelly!
Pledging to stop buying synthetic yarn
I am also trying to reduce my use of acrylic, but it is cheap and many people are intolerant of all animal fibers. At least think they are: how do you tell if it is the chemicals in dyes that caused a reaction, and after that it is psychosomatic rash.
Yes -- pros and cons to both natural and synthetic fibers...
Yes, if people are truly allergic to wool or dyes, then they will have a "real" allergic reaction with histamine release. I did a video about this a while back, and the research indicates that true wool allergy is extremely rare. Lanolin allergy is a little more common but still pretty rare. Plus wool and human hair are basically the same chemical composition, so someone allergic to wool would be allergic to their own hair.
Thank you so much great information
so many fascinating things! Thank you
Love this-especially the baseballs!
I had no idea that wool had so many interesting uses! Wool mats for gardening is especially intriguing.
Thanks so much for the fun class.
Well done & very interesting!
That is fascinating! I didn't know many of those things. Did you know wool actually PRODUCES heat? No other fibre does that! Which explains why wool is warm even when damp. What a wonderful fibre!!
I did know that! And it's probably at least partly why wool makes such a great insulator. 😃
Great to see you again
I’ve just discovered your videos. You are no longer posting, I hope you are well. Very grateful for the “yarny” education. Sincerely, A beginning knitter on Morro Bay 🧶🌻😊
EXCELLENT! I have learned a lot about wool. And I agree, it just might save our planet….IF we can eliminate nuclear weapons and other demons! Thank you for doing this for humanity!
True. Hmmm... maybe wool can save us from nuclear weapons and the other evils in the world somehow.
Very interesting!
Hi, super that you are back! as alvais interesting and informative! Super! Best regards from small island Mauritius and Anna from Podcast - Knitting in Mauritius
Hi Anna -- so nice to hear from you. 💜
WOW! Thank You
Love this! I'll definitely be buying wool-based ground cover for my garden! One problem I can see specifically with building insulation, though, is that there are insects that eat wool that would see that as a tasty snack. Wouldn't want to see all my insulation disappear! My guess re: formaldehyde is that it actually reacts with the lysine residues in wool proteins so it becomes chemically bonded to the wool in way that prevents later release, unlike synthetic fibers. Great way to cut down on indoor air pollution!
Glad you enjoyed it! Yes, like everything in life there are pros and cons to using wool. I do wonder if they put insecticide in wool insulation...
I’ve come to think of wool as pretty magical, but your presentation of the research has cinched my opinion. Thanks so much. I really enjoyed hearing you talk about wool and the other places it is useful.
Great to hear from you, Gail, and glad you enjoyed it! 💜
I wonder how the air quality is in our craft rooms with all the stash. Does wearing wool outside improve the air quality around us? I think I will put my yarn scraps in the compost but have to consider since the dyes used may negate my attempt to grow an organic garden.
I like your thinking! Someone needs to do a study of craft room air quality, haha! Yes, I'm intrigued about the issue with dyes and will have to look into that.
So good to see you again. I really enjoyed this informative video, and will share it. I wonder about the dyes used in knitting wool. I would like to put some wool in my potted plants as fertilizer.
Yes, that's an interesting question about the dyes. All the applications I was talking about used undyed wool. I'll have to look into the dye issue and maybe will do another video about that. 😊
This was a great one. I watched it while knitting my husband a wool vest…he heard it and came in to see it, ended up staying the whole rest of the program…he loved the wool insulation, and then asked me to make him a baseball too! LOL 😂
That's awesome, haha! Glad both of you enjoyed it. :)
Wow.wow.wow!
Thank you so much for sharing this information. Sheep are the best! Are you okay if I link this to Facebook to share the story of the value of sheep?
Yes of course! Thanks for watching and for sharing!
I have a lot of wool in my house because I have been knitting for a very long time and we live in Wisconsin and wear woven wool garments too. Is there a way to use old worn blankets and garments in our home gardens and yards? Can you use wool fabric in some way or do you have to use a mulch generated by undyed industrial wool waste?
Hi Sandy -- great questions. I believe all the studies I talked about used some kind of prepared wool in the different applications. You could try wool fabric. I don't see how it would hurt anything.
I'm wondering if the hair and wool used for fertilizer was chopped up. Did you happen to read how it was prepared?
Hi Paula -- there are actually quite a few studies using hair/wool for fertilizer! They make it into cubes (not sure how). But that's what they said in every study I found. Interesting!
Happy New Year to you too ! Fascinating episode ! I know a farmer in Kamouraska, Québec Canada, who raises sheep for meat, he never knows what to do with the coarse yarn fibers he gets after sheering, any ways to put him in touch with companies who would want his unprocessed yarn ?
Hi Nicole -- thank you! I'm not real familiar with wool buyers, but I came across this one, which looks like they have some buyers in Canada. I guess he could contact them and inquire. Groenewold Fur & Wool Company: www.gfwco.com/
@@EweUniversity Thank you so so much. 🙏 I sure will transmit the information.
Loved this video. I didn't realize wool had such far reaching applications. That's really exciting.
Thank you for an excellent video. Thoroughly researched, interesting with fun bits. I also like your pacing and presentation. Excellent! I’ll be putting bits of wool from splicing lettlopi in my yard for the birds this year. If they don’t take it for their nests it’ll be compost.
Love this, I had decided to make 2022 my year to learn more about fiber and this video popped up. Love learning about how baseball and knitting can be part of solving our climate conundrum, not to mention all the other uses.
I always find your topics so interesting and educational. I get so excited when I see you posted a new video. Thank you!
Thank you for another amazing wool story! I so appreciate your channel.🥰😍😀
Thank you Dr Kelly , I had no idea wool was used in so many ways !!!! I’m happy to know that it is so good for the environment , thanks again for researching and informing us , 🥰
Thank you for yet another fascinating and educational episode! Wool really is a wonder fiber.
Thank you for sharing. This was fun. Who knew wool was so versatile?
Thank you so much for your comprehensive and thorough research into a fiber we all love! Makes me wish I had embarked on a career in wool engineering years ago!
Wow, it's wonderful to hear about all the studies on sustainable potential products from wool. Thank you so much for all the work you put into this informative video. 👍👍
Have a great Spring Semester!
Thank you! You too, Debra!
Thanks Dr Kelly, definitely smarter now about the many diverse uses of wool. Wishing you a very happy and healthy new year. Looking forward to your 2022 videos
Thank you, Pat! 💜