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14/7/2020 0 Comments

Carding Cotton - a pictorial tutorial

A quick series of images to show the process of transforming a cotton boll into a puni ready to spin.

first published on my old blog Trampled by Geese in 2015

Leave a comment if you want me to make a video or more in-depth tutorial on working with cotton.

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16/6/2020 5 Comments

How to wash wool!

Washing wool is a lot easier than it seems. The hardest part is finding a place for it to dry as it can take a couple of days, even in the sun. Wool can hold up to 30% of its weight in moisture without feeling damp, so it is essential to make sure it's extra dry before stashing it away.

As much as I love geeking out about this sort of thing, I'm going to keep this tutorial simple. You don't need to know the exact temperature lanolin and sunit melt at nor the .... any of those things. For most of human history, people didn't know all this stuff. But they managed to wash wool anyway, and so can you.

The following is suitable for most fleeces and even alpaca, llama, goat, and bunny fibre. It's good to test if your fibre felts easily. You can find this out by agitating a small handful underwater to see if it sticks together. If it does, be gentler with your fibre than I was with mine or use a method that will reduce the amount of movement within the fibre.

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