I’ve been spinning up this stuff and trying it out to see if it goes through my knitting machine. It is carbonised bamboo, sometimes known as black gold, or black diamond. It’s not the same as dyed black bamboo fibre. It’s made in a different way and feels and looks differently. This stuff is gunmetal grey in colour rather than a pure dark black, it also has a low sheen. When spinning it feels sort […]
Is any wool cruelty free? Can vegans wear wool?
I have been trying to spin yarn fine enough to go through my antique/vintage sock machines, and thought I’d try with wool from this young man above. This is Dexter who lives at The Same Star Sheep Sanctuary. The picture is from their Facebook page; if you are on Facebook, check them out and see the amazing work they do. They are a sanctuary in Norfolk and, as they say, providing a safe home for […]
New purchases, dyeing with madder, another bowmont fleece, and on not being allowed to use the outdoors for drying
Thoughts on preparing her fleece Belle was a sheep rescued by Caroline of The Woolly Patchwork Sheep Sanctuary near Lampeter. She had been used for breeding and for wool but as she was getting older she and her daughter, Bonnet, were going to be sent for slaughter the following spring with another frightened little soul, Blue. They weren’t really cared for in their last winter on the farm and all were bags of bones, not […]
