bospoes

I started today. Dug my hands deep in the first bag with wool. My hands got greasy grom the lanoline right away.

I pulled out handsful of wool to spread out on a piece of plastic.
And then….. I realized I have to wash the wool before I can make anything out of it.
It is full of DUNG! and PISS! And little dead beatles…

yuk.
I am washing it right now. But as you know, you cannot wash wool with warm water because it will felt. Which is the idea eventually but not right now. So I have buckets of cold water around the house, all with brown wool in in. Soaking.

Luckily sheep do not eat fat, all the dung melts away in the water. But it takes days and days of rinsing and rinsing and rinsing some more.

I’ll add some pics soon.

I have got two huge bags of sheep-fleece.
Directly from the farm to my attic.

I am going to make all beautifull things…
I dream about it at night. Can’t wait to begin.
All long brown lustrious fibre….

I did it!
I bought a cabin in the woods.
Not in norway, as I would have liked. But in the crowded Netherlands. It is more practical…with me living here…

Now a whole new branch of things to do opens up: create a space fot bees and butterflies; accomodate more birds; plant apple-trees; relax and read a book.