Thursday, 7 July 2016

Tour De Fleece day 5

I finally got round to plying the herdwick,  I spun as much as I could bear to and will save a lock or two to go with the knitted samples. The remainder is probably destined for the bin.



I didn't get round to washing the gifted fleece, will hopefully catch up with that tomorrow.

I couldn't resist having a quick spin of the Jacob now it's all dry. The fleece will be separated into colours and graded for fluffiness.


As I use Jacob in my fair isle knitting I will spin a good size skein of each colour aiming for a 4ply thickness


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2 comments:

  1. Lace-lovin' Librarian ~ Diane7 July 2016 at 12:31

    You do such beautiful work! I think I should save my pennies and make a trip just to learn from you! ;-)

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  2. Araignee8 July 2016 at 03:14

    That's an amazing amount of progress. The Herdwick looks lovely as does that pretty basket of fleece!

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