Today I will finish washing all the wool from this year's wool clip. I should have it dry and ready to ship to Stonehedge for white roving on Tuesday morning. I also have some more skeins to dye, although I am running low on some of my favorite dye colors. Maybe 2011 is the year I finally use up all the old Cushing dyes I have collected over the past 20 years!
Yesterday, the temperature topped out at 100 degrees! Today, we have 82 predicted, with thunderstorms approaching. Tomorrow, the high should be 65. The rest of the week is to be in the upper 60s and 70s.
Newest Litter
GrCH Somerhill Billy Somerhill Adela. Check out the bone on those 2 bucks on the left!
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This is the rack Chuck built me right after we moved to this farm. We had several aluminum window screens from the old farmhouse, so he... -
Tie the skein in 4 different places so that it does not get tangled during the dyeing and rinsing process. Be sure to leave it loose so...
4 comments:
that's encouraging to me Lisa. I just started rinsing 42 fleeces. I just do a hot rinse to remove excess weight before storing it away to ship to the mill in Jan. when they have the big sale. It's not going very fast but we are suppose to have one more hot week.
Lisa,won't it be NICE,that cool weather!
How do you wash your fleeces? A lot of the folks here use their washing machine, but I use the lingere bag in the sink or plastic tub inside the bathtub method. Both are very time-consuming, so I was very impressed to see so many fleeces on your drying rack.
Since you have yours commercially processed, how do you go about determining pricing at shows? (I'm thinking about next year's KSFF) Washing and carding at home save money, but take so much time. Commercial processing is the easy-fast way to go, but expensive?
BTW - a friend wants to go to A Wool Gathering, so I may get to see you there!
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