Archive for January 2010


January 24, 2010

January 24th, 2010 — 03:21 pm

The results of the morning dye vats. Decided to try dyeing the Wensleydale in the grease. Results were good. It just took some Orvus paste and several hot rinses to clean it all up. The fun part was watching the colors brighten up and start to shine as all the lanolin washed away.

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On the Wheel

January 12th, 2010 — 08:01 am

Tencel and linen spun around a wool core. Very fuzzy soft. Quick Technique: hand card tencel down with bleached Irish linen. Pull the fiber sheet from the cards (do not roll off). While spinning the wool roving, continuously peel off airy clumps of the tencel linen blend from the carded sheets and allow to loosely wrap around the spinning wool.

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