Friday I sat down with my calculator and divided the weight of two very beautiful and very clean Border Leicester fleeces by 17. Then I hauled my trusty triple beam into the garage and began bagging up the wool. The Guild’s April meeting was Saturday. I handed out 5 oz. bags of mixed black and white fleece with the idea that by a date to be selected (September’s meeting) we would use it to make a project.. pretty loose, huh? The only stipulation was that we would share our thoughts and process along the way. Learning from seeing and doing, works for me. It’ll be interesting to see what happens along the way. One member got her combs out immediately and in a few minutes had a smallish pile of gorgeous soft, lofty black wool ready to spin. I’ll probably wash mine first. Then what? Dye, blend, spin… separately, together? I love possibilities. Imagine, 17 different minds, 17 different projects.
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5 responses to “saturday spin-in”
What a fantastic sharing idea! Please keep us posted on what the members do with their wool.
FAntastic idea! I saw it on Cindy’s blog and left a simple thought. Can’t wait to see what folks do. Good use of fleece.
I love the top picture with the wool oozing out of the top of the glass pan – it looks like a souffle gone awry!
It looks like a wonderful idea to see how creative everyone is with the same starting point.
Your socks look great too, knit in the national color of the Netherlands ! It really is, no kidding.
What wonderful looking fleece! So clean and yummy!