Saturday, 10 May 2014

Fleece and yarns

I attended a craft class on Friday entitled Sheep to Hat. The course lasts six weeks and I will learn all the stages from fleece to hat or make what I choose. I will probably either make a hat, slippers or a bag. We washed fleece using washing powder and rinsed a few times. There were knitting books and lots of colours of dyed felt and types of wool knitted including the lovely soft Marino wool and the silken Tussah. There was a coloured chart of the types of sheep and my cream and brown fleece came from a Jacob sheep. We took our fleeces home to dry and next week we will learn how to do carding,then how to use a spinning wheel. I always wondered what it would be like to use a spinning wheel and I am soon to find out! photo imagejpg1_zpsc41c4abc.jpg I have started knitting with this pretty blue speckly yarn and will make a purse with it. photo imagejpg1_zps0f1a0865.jpg I came across this colourful mix of yarn half of it is wool and I will make a gadget case or something nice with it. photo imagejpg2_zpsb7715917.jpg photo imagejpg3_zps717093fc.jpg
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  1. Joanne11 May 2014 at 02:40

    How interesting to see and learn the whole process from fleece to knitted item!
    I love that yarn at the bottom, reminds me of a cardigan my mum knitted me.

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  2. Catherine12 May 2014 at 09:08

    That sounds a really interesting course. Where is it? Spinning is something I've always fancied having a go at.

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  3. Craftycreate12 May 2014 at 22:52

    It is I am enjoying it. It is held locally our adult education at Truro College Cornwall.

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  4. Kim13 May 2014 at 03:14

    Your course sounds fascinating and a whole lot of fun. Love your Florentine wool.

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  5. Janine @ Rainbow Hare14 May 2014 at 00:24

    That course sounds really interesting. I hope you'll tell us all about the various stages. I'm looking forward to seeing your fleece transform into a hat or whatever you decide :)

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  6. Craftycreate18 May 2014 at 10:54

    Thank you Janine :)

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  7. Janine @ Rainbow Hare25 May 2014 at 03:36

    Sorry to be coming back to this stage, but what washing powder did you use and how hot was the water? I ask because I have some wool from our sheep and I don't know how to get the lanolin out of it without it felting into a lump.

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  8. Craftycreate25 May 2014 at 10:11

    I am sure it was a Ecover the 'green' powder and the water was warm. I have emailed Jana the tutor to make sure and will get back to you about it. :)

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