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Buying stuff
Ugh im hating buying stuff right now. I know its needed for our super long drive. But i dont want to!! We bought a cargo basket for behind the hubbys car. Little girl wanted knee pads to ride he...
Tour De Fleece day 8? I think
I loose track of days. Todays special is mohair, It was raw, hand washed, then dyed, dried and now spun. It needs to be washed again after im done, its pretty chunky in places where there is sti...
cant even
The hubby suggests i start a new branch of my fiber dyeing for natural dyes. The purple cabbage color is going to be called swamp ass the yellow marigold color will be called, im so high. All th...
Marigold Dyeing.
So here is the first attempt at dyeing with marigold. Im really pleased and excited by how this turns out. First off we harvested marigolds. Red orange and gold. I read to dry them, but why dry...
Tour De Fleece Day one
I probably wont share all the photos i take. But it will be fun to collect some of them. This is the second wool i did today. 4ish oz of merino/ tencel blend. I actually am not happy with it. T...
Have Starling Will travel
I bring my electric spinning wheel all over the place. Figured i could share a couple photos. This is my Daedalaus Starling. An e wheel. 3 d printed. At the Matanuska Glacier. Its in the backgr...
Fleece prep in photos.
washed mohair. Possibly dry, ish. haha. very wet mohair, freshly washed and lanolin water dumped out. dried fluffed mohair. see the sheen!! dried mohair in the pot for dyeing. water vinegar ...
Wool prep for Tour De Fleece
A few groups reminded me that i HAD To get some wool prepared for tour de fleece. Even if im not going to “compete” and just participate. I need to have wool ready to go! It kicks off in 4 days. ...
Fiber prep
I suppose the easy thing about stress, is finding some way to take it out on something else. Thankfully i operate several things with sharp pokeys in them, and for some reason that always helps. ...
