Getting there: Carding

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dorset, fiber prep, fleece, scouring, wool

Had I known how many years it would take to completion, I might never have accepted those first 5 dorset/suffolk fleeces, but here we are closer to completion than not, at last.

Every time I do a post about these, I also look for the original post, the very beginning of the project, and once again realize that it’s nonexistent. I got the first 3 fleeces before the blog began in 2012, so I never recorded the scouring etc. in here, the next two landed the year after, where I probably thought I’d already recorded it so thought nothing of it.

Waiting for the holidays to end…

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combing, gotland, grey, lamb, lanolin, scouring, wool

So that filling the house with wet fleece won’t be too obnoxious!

My friend Nina got me about 5 kg of Gotland fleeces at a very fair price. Will be interesting to see how much is left after de-greasing. Not too much degreasing however, my experience of Gotland is that it flies everywhere and acts like mohair when it’s completely dry. It also felts if you look too hard at it. Combing may be a problem this time of year since our house is quite cold, and lanolin could get stiff.

I’m sorry there are no pix of the fleeces spread out, but it’s freezing outside and we had a bit of an accident this morning when the chimneysweep came round, the entire living room is covered in near-invisible soot. Walls, laundry, my art supplies, the white cat, spinning wheel, tables, plants, everything. OMG you should have seen the bottoms of my socks! (didn’t find this out immediately of course)

I’m quite pleased with the look of them so far though, looks like there’s no straw, as opposed to my first fleeces that are something like 25% VM.

Så har jeg fået en sæk med 5 kg dejlig Gotlandsuld der skal vaskes, farves og spindes. Har absolut ingen planer med det, men det skal blive spændende at prøve. Jeg skal prøve at vaske, så det ikke er helt fedtfri, ellers er der flyvehår over det hele, gotlandsuld er ret mohair-agtigt. Men jeg kan godt lide at arbejde med det ellers og især at farve den grå uld giver en god dybde.

Der kommer billeder af hammene senere, det var for koldt at fifle med udendørs. Og stuen er dækket af sodpartikler efter et lille skorstensfejeruheld i morges, gemalen havde været ved at fyre op trods forbud, og efterlod vist lågen åben mens der blev fejet….. Han er ved at støvsuge vægge und alles mens jeg slapper lidt af her efter at have sat alt vasketøjet over igen igen. Nå, men så er der da blevet gjort julerent i rummet hele 2 dage i træk, mon ikke det kan gøre det?

Men de ser fine ud, ikke, slet ingen halm eller fnidder!