pre-wash Highlander
I'm going give this a wash, soak, ball it up and knit a small sample. This fleece is probably going to be used in my hats over winter.
After washing, I hope you can see the shine :-) the background yarn is Ryeland spun at a coffee house last week.
Will I wash and prep the whole fleece? definitely !
I hope these few posts have been interesting to spinners, I split it into three as it would have been a bit too long as a single post. For non spinners, there is another travel post coming up along with a bit of knitting and some cross stitch xx
4 comments:
It's just beautiful! I'd have to do a dye test as well because if I can't turn it into clown barf I wouldn't know what else to do with it lol...
I did wash a Romney once and it took dye in a very interesting manner. It wasn't soft enough to knit with but it wove up into some nice sturdy rugs that I still use. The cats in particular love them.
Love reading your blogs. The wool looks lovely. Look forward to seeing some knitting and cross stitch. Louise reads your blogs too. We were saying it would be nice to meet for coffee one day soon.
I responded once and it disappeared so apologies if it publishes twice. I love reading your blogs. The wool looks lovely. I look forward to seeing some knitting and cross stitch soon. Louise reads your blogs too. We were saying it would be nice to meet up for coffee and catch up sometime soon.
It's more than interesting to read a good evaluation of a new breed, Sue, and I appreciate the detail. The yarn looks beautiful, well done.
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