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 […]
Experiments in natural dyeing So, I have had success in the past dyeing wool with woad (blue) and madder (red). I have some pre-carded Shetland wool from Ewelove Sheep Sanctuary, Whitby and after spinning it up thought I would try dyeing it purple. It’s from the sheep Tink, Soldier and Belle who were rescued from the meat industry. Luckily for them they are now living out their days as sheep should. So…… Scoured it in […]
Midge, the rescued sheep, lived at the Woolly Patchwork Sheep Sanctuary in Lampeter (https://www.facebook.com/WPSSanctuary). The photos are from that site. Midge was a special sheep who even contributed to Greyhound Rescue Wales! I spun and hand dyed her wool to make a scarf to go in GRW’s Pawsome Auction (https://www.facebook.com/groups/254066462132570). Midge was given to the Sheep Sanctuary in 2015 as a 2-day old lamb. Apparently she was unable to suckle from her mother. It turned […]
