Mastodawn

Having fun sampling the Schwarznase lamb fleece. Quite a different beast than the Border Leicester I'm also working on. High micron but very silky and super long staple. Easy to comb except when there's wind, so I moved inside after one pass. Still think it may work for socks. Perhaps too prickly.
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Elizenery🔻11h ago

@wplalonde That looks so much like cable plied yarn. Magical.
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Elizenery🔻1d ago

Some people feel an urge to clean their house in spring. I don't. But I do feel an urge to wash fleece. I'm only about one quarter into processing a very large fleece that I washed at the end of last summer. So I took the small bit of Walliser Schwarznase lamb fleece that I got for free with my last big fleece purchase.
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coyote witch 2d ago

Wool update on this rainy day of feeling like complete garbage. It turns out Cupcake's fleece has a break very close to the sheep side, I didn't notice before because I was combing and it pulls out the little bits. Picking and carding retains little neps but the yarn is pleasantly rustic #handspinning

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dykexis 5d ago

@Stratski

No problem-o!
I always enjoy hearing about fiber craft tools in the wild (:
Looking forward to seeing your spinning when you get a chance to try it out!

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dykexis 5d ago

@Stratski

How long/tall is it?

My first guess is a supported spindle (perhaps a goddess-style phang spindle?)-- you'd twirl it on the pointy tip (on a flat surface or a bowl) and draft with the other tip. The cop can be wound around the middle of the spindle, and you can create a temporary cop closer to where you're drafting.

I suspect the bit of string attached to it might've come from a leader that you can attach your fiber to to get started?

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