petergittins
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Wow, absolutely fantastic following your journey through your photos. Keep up the good work.
Wow, absolutely fantastic following your journey through your photos. Keep up the good work.
Only just seen this thread (followed link from current thread in livestock &forage).Thanks Don't mind admitting that it has been a quiet month at the woolshed, everyone needed a break after a mad December selling at Christmas fairs and farmers markets. Currently putting together a programme of workshops for 2019 on the various aspects of wool processing, will post details soon.
Processing Jacob fleeces for a spinner in the Staffordshire Moorlands; found us through TFF
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How much would you charge to get raw fleece to this stage? I keep all our coloured wool back and have wondered if there’s someone who could prepare it for spinning.
Thoroughly enjoying this thread, only just stumbled across it. I have a friend who is interested in using her own fleeces for weaving but is only at the stage of experimenting with natural dyes. Advice on an initial equipment list and good secondhand outlets would be appreciated I'm sure, if you have the time.....you look incredibly busy, well done and please keep up the thread .
Shows you how much I know....just like looking at the pretty colours and going . I'll pass the details on, I know she's been hovering around shearing sheds (not being a pervert just picking up "nice" fleeces wherever she can) and scrutinising and bemoaning her seedlings for a few months, but you know the old adage, a watched Woad never grows.....or something.....Thanks; I'm not really the busy one, I keep them locked in The Woolshed
If your friend is into natural dyes then our next workshop would be of interest - details below.
With regards weaving it's not something we have experience of (As an outsider to the dark arts of wool processing I learned early on that a good way to wind a spinner up is to ask them about weaving )
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An all day workshop using natural dyes, 20th July 2019.
Weld, Woad and Madder - the mediaeval three. These sources of yellow, blue and red respectively can give a wide range of colours. Modification of these yields browns, pinks, mauve, khaki and more. Direct dyeing from Woad leaves will be demonstrated plus a method to extract more blue from the leftover leaf-mulch.
www.spinningearth.co.uk
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How’s things going, are you upscaling at all or still sticking to small batches ?