Over the month of January, we've had a number of fiber arts workshops. It's a lot of fun to get to work with the wool from our own sheep. Sadly, we're using wool from 2009 and since the shearer isn't scheduled until April, I doubt that the current sheep's wool will be very good (lots and lots of hay crumbles).
We started by skirting the wool, which involves picking out manure, brambles and hay. Then it gets washed which is honestly pretty gross.
We got to pick what colors to dye ours and I chose a variety of greens and yellows. It came out quite nice if you ask me, but I'm probably biased. After carding it, I'm going to spin it and knit it into a hat. More to come on my adventures with the spinning wheel!
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