Tuesday 26 January 2016

All Sold



A first for me put these locks up on my Etsy website and they sold in a matter of hours

https://www.etsy.com/ie/shop/MarkreeWoolCraft?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Blue must be the color of the month!  Now I must do another dye lot

Monday 4 January 2016

Combed Tops and Carded Batts


My New Year's Resolution is to finish what I start.  No more scraps of wool in bags and boxes and so this is the start. 
 I also am processing my fibers a little differently.  I was so inspired by a You Tube of Russian wool paddles that I decided to get most of wool ready to spin using my hackle and comb. Not exactly the same but the nearest I can get with my equipment.   This is the latest project.  The top photo is a carded batt made using the wool that is left on the hackle after pulling off through the dis and I then carded it with a little addition of white and angelina sparkle.  The bottom is the combed top which I pulled through the dis off the hackle.  This leaves all the short wool behind and gives a smooth top to spin.
 I have listed the carded batt on Etsy and called it Lillie the Pink.   The top I think I will spin myself .
So I have NO pieces of pink wool in a bag or box that is not ready to spin