Thursday, 6 March 2008

Washing more Shetland Grey

I tried pre-drafting last night and I underestimated the speed at which I could spin when using this method. A bin of carded wool that would normally take a couple nights to spin up was quickly run through last evening. The Shetland Grey's longer staple means that it is possible to pre-draft this wool, the dark Shetland Mutt fleece's staple was roughly half the length.
I have roughly 250g of yarn on one bobbin and need another quarter kilo to fill the next bobbin. So, I rolled out the Shetland Grey fleece and selected some really nice collar pieces to wash next.
They are currently in their second wash and I decided that I had enough time to write a short entry.

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