Here on the farm, my primary focus with the animals is the Icelandic Sheep, while Curt's focus is more on the Dexter cattle. While we do share responsibility (and chores), I am the lover of wool, fibre, and research.
Have you discovered the endless possibilities of creating something with fibre and wool? It can be washed (not my most favorite part), and carded, and spun, and dyed, and felted, and needle felted...there's no limit other than your imagination! I'll warn you though... it's addictive. And it requires storage space (see the picture). Lots of storage space.
Have you discovered the endless possibilities of creating something with fibre and wool? It can be washed (not my most favorite part), and carded, and spun, and dyed, and felted, and needle felted...there's no limit other than your imagination! I'll warn you though... it's addictive. And it requires storage space (see the picture). Lots of storage space.
Later on I'll be posting some tutorials on washing and dyeing that raw fibre. It's not hard, not even terribly technical. And we can do it using things you alread have around the house, provided you get ready with some rubber gloves.
Is there a particular fibre art or type of wool that is a favorite of yours? Share it with me, and maybe I'll even share your ideas with the others here! Who knows, if I've never tried it, maybe I'll even give it a go.
By the way, this is a picture of our youngest lounging on some of this year's fleeces. She won't get much accomplished that way, but she sure is having fun.
hello there. I just stumbled onto your site here. We just purchased 2 icelandic ewews with 3 babies and are very excited about this new venture. I am very interested in the wool end of this and am interested in learning more about the washing, carding etc end of it. I will keep checking your site for more info. very interesting
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