Hobart Wool Scour

With all the fleeces I've been washing lately it certainly feels like a cottage industry in process if not quite a fully fledged wool scour.

I don't have a studio space in this house so most of the washing has to be done in the kitchen sink. While the laundry tub is bigger, the laundry itself is tiny and so it's unsuitable.

In the last couple of weeks I've scoured 2 full merino fleeced and half a corriedale, as well as washing 2 full alpaca fleeced. I have a problem with the dust that alpacas dearly love so even these have to be washed before carding or combing.

The alpaca fleece in the photo wash the last bucket full - I only just remembered in time to take a picture. It's from Persius and is 23 microns. Yes it's very soft and a gorgeous colour.

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Spinning randomly

Randomly spinning small quantities of tops then Navaho plying them to maintain the colour separations has created a beret with circles. The pattern by Diane Mulholland is freely available on Ravelry and can be used with all types of yarns because it is based on a swatch. It was knitted in the round starting at the brim and working inwards. Approx 12 wpi.

Timetabled

6:00am Turned the heel and began work on the gusset 9:00am Sorting, sorting, sorting .... 10.30am Took a break to do some spinning and take the photos 4:30pm Can you see the difference?

Great Beanie Picnic

This lovely soft yarn from a EGMTK batt was sold at the Great Beanie Picnic held on 20th February for the exhibition of the Alice Springs Beanie Festival Travelling Show . The lady who bought it has at least one beanie in the show - she wasn't sure if she would use it for Art Beanie or for herself. either way it has gone to a good home. Most people seemed to be poking around looking for a bargain, and as any spinner knows fine blends don't come cheap! Still we had a good afternoon and I was able to demonstrate/teach a few younger people to drop spindle and showed them how to make a CD spindle of their very own.

Margaret Miller

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