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| I had dyed this roving earlier and split it up and rolled each strip into balls. I wanted a chunky yarn out of this ewe's wool for mittens and a scarf. Please note that I muted my colors for this batch. |
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| I drum carded this lamb's wool and it feels like silk. I folded a piece of card stock and folded it around the tip to protect. |
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| I continue to gently roll the wool around the card stock. |
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| This is what my carded wool looks like before I stack each section. |
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| I will put each card in a sack to protect until I am ready to spin it. This soft wool will be spun into a sports weight yarn and then I will dye after I have spun it...I want to keep the air in the wool to make spinning easier. When the wool is loosely packed on the cardboard or card stock, it spins like a dream. I prefer to spin before dyeing for this reason. Dyed rovings sometimes has to be pulled and fluffed more before spinning due to the dying process. |
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| I found this dyed roving while I was going through my stash, I think this was intended to be socks. I have plenty to do...more wool to card, spin, dye, and knit...oh what a terrible perdictment. What shall I do???? |
