Kathy in WV
Down on the Farm...
I've discovered I really like working with fleeces and ending up with yarn, lol. I started out just buying fiber ready to spin, from my daughter Mandie's friend. At $16 to $18. bucks per 4 oz braid that soon got expensive! So now were getting raw fleeces and skirting, washing, carding, dyeing and spinning it ourselves. I have to say I love the whole process, even though skirting is just a nice word for picking out poop balls and crud! lol.
Finding fleeces is hard around here. Most of the local stuff is permanently spoken for by the same people every year. Sometimes we get lucky like we did this week and are just given a fleece off of a 4-H sheep/ pet. I'm completely addicted!!! Someone hurry and tell me how to find fleece before I run out again.
Also, I'm ready to buy a wheel and need any advice you think might help. Daughter has a new Spinolution and its the smoothest I've tried yet. It treadles effortlessly.
What wheels have y'all tried?
Finding fleeces is hard around here. Most of the local stuff is permanently spoken for by the same people every year. Sometimes we get lucky like we did this week and are just given a fleece off of a 4-H sheep/ pet. I'm completely addicted!!! Someone hurry and tell me how to find fleece before I run out again.
Also, I'm ready to buy a wheel and need any advice you think might help. Daughter has a new Spinolution and its the smoothest I've tried yet. It treadles effortlessly.
What wheels have y'all tried?