These are the fleeces, just out of the box, center bottom is the Lincoln, top right is Icelandic, top left is the Alpaca. Since the fleece is right off the animal, it has to be ‘scoured’ (fiber speak for washed) to remove the debris and the lanolin. First, you make a hot solution of water and detergent, put the fleece in, careful not to agitate. It looks like this before the bath – tan, long and curly. It looks like the middle picture while it soaks and the dirt and ‘grease’ are lifted to the surface. Look at the color of that water!
Once it has been washed and rinsed several times, it gets laid out to dry. Even after washing, little Mac was trying to get at it! (double click on photo to enlarge)
It took much longer to dry than I expected. Then it was time to comb the locks. Please, don’t ever try to use a wool comb to comb your hair! Wool combs are much more suited to Freddy Kruger or Edward Scissorhands. These are wool combs:
The result of the combing is this delightful cream-colored puff of fiber that spins into this yarn:
Can you believe that this poofy white cloud came from this dirty mess of curls? Talk about a transformation!!
1 comment:
You are UNBELIEVABLE...Where do you even buy this stuff, and more importantly, WHY?
Who's going to have the honor of wearing the first article on their head, feet, or hands? Oh, I know, a body suit for Mac!
All kidding aside, I admire your thirst to learn. It keeps you young at heart. I have to believe that you belong to a very elite group in this country.
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