Spinning in the half grease

I tried a minimal wash of the Shetland Grey. This was to get some of the grease and dirt out but avoid the start of the felting process.

It produced a wool that was still tough to work with in the carders but had very few felted fibres in it. Spinning was also a little tough due to the grease - but it was not like spinning raw fleece.

I am looking at a new soap called synthrapol which degrease fleece in cold water.

I am also going to more tightly control my water temperature and see if I can can completely clean a fleece with a lower temperature water and still have felt free fibres.