Way too much fiber

[crafty_packrat]

I'm making a dedicated effort to spin up the fiber I bought this year and last at MDSW, but I really should get a kitchen scale that can do ounces or I'll never have any idea my progress.

And I need to find the sparkly blue CVM that I wanted to spin for a Suspended in Space stole.

Comments

[twistedchick]

Now, I would have sworn there's no such thing as too much fiber, just fiber you haven't gotten around to yet.

[laughingrat]

That's a pretty neat pattern.

I'm hoping that raw fleeces stay good for a long while. Most of the ones I have are washed, fortunately. My spinning has slowed way down in the last year, though.

[crafty_packrat]

I think the only thing you have to worry about with raw fleeces is pests and the lanolin going rancid...

[laughingrat]

I actually started washing my gray Corrie fleece again tonight (about 2/3 done but stopped six months or so ago) and it was fine, thankfully. And man, raw fleece sure smells good when it's being washed.

[crafty_packrat]

I always found scouring fleece pretty boring, and kind of stinky, what with the smell of wet sheep and all?

Also, somewhat nervewracking, since I was paranoid about getting it too hot and accidentally felting the fleeces (since I was working with rambo cross lamb fleece, which have a rep for felting if you look crosswise).