Ialiuxh in Manitoulin Island is doing 43 things including…

Learn to spin wool

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Ialiuxh has written 3 entries about this goal

Spinning Spinning 3 years ago

I picked up a roving of Jacobs, it spins beautifully.



Dyeing with Kool Aid 3 years ago

http://www.knitty.com/issuefall02/FEATdyedwool.html

Today I dyed some of my homespun with cherry Kool Aid.



I acquired an antique walking wheel in working condition 4 years ago

There was a lady moving off the island where I live and she did not want to transport her large walking wheel. I bought it from here, with all the necessary accessories (carder, rovings, some stuff that I am not sure what it is for). There is a spinning guild here on the island, and the lady who organizes it, knows how to use a walking wheel. We intend to meet sometime over the winter to begin my lessons. My eventual goal, is the whole shebang. I want to have the sheep, sheer them by hand, dye the wool with natural plants using sun energy, spin it fine for sock yarn, then knit the socks. I live within 15 minutes of a small sheep farm, and have been learning quite a bit about sheep. I have a place to raise sheep. I have experimented with some natural plant dye using the sun. I know how to knit lovely socks. So, really, all I am missing is the middle step of knowing how to spin, and spinning to a even quality acceptable for sock yarn.



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