On Thursday, June 11, I went to a sister-in-law of a friend's hobby farm and picked up a whole fleece from their pet sheep, Gracie. She was much bigger than I was expecting, and so was the fleece. There were actually 3 of them from the last 3 years just hanging in their barn. I didn't think I could handle all of it, so I just took one. I can have the rest in the future if I want. Of course I'll want it--the price was right--FREE! We shoved the fleece into the bag-with the help of their goats-one kept trying to climb into the bag. I got it home and had to let it sit for a day. All I could think about at work all day was washing that pile of wool. I got home and decided to just try a few handfuls and see how well it cleans up. Its soaking right now, will have to wait to give you an update.
free is very cool. do you know what kind of sheep it is?
ReplyDeleteSo you can't just put it in the washing machine then? ;o) Good luck with that! (Dishwasher? Car wash?)
ReplyDeleteto maya-not sure what breed of sheep-large-all white-thats all they knew
ReplyDeleteto carolyn-I've wondered if you could just run the whole sheep thriugh a car wash and then shear them--could be a new business venture
Looking forward to your update! Sometimes it's all we can do to keep our hands out of the fleece around here. Lol!
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