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All about spinning the fleece

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May’s project

The frosty grasses in the morning but beautiful sunny afternoons have encouraged me to start my first project from my flock. Salt has a beautiful silver fleece which I will spin, knit and display to advertise the Gotland Pelt sheep fleece.

Salt and her new lamb – a boy
Salt’s fleece shorn 1 month prior to lambing – October 2018

First I had it professionally washed and carded (as I explained in the Fleece Section).

Fleece washed and carded – now ready to spin

Then I spun the wool (my first big project) and 3/4 of Salt’s wool.

Small sample of spun wool ready for kniting

I then started knitting up a ‘throw’ to see how a finished garment would look with the Gotland’s wool.

Although I haven’t finished it yet, the garment has a soft feel and is a lovely silver colour.

The throw in the process of knitting

For the rest of this month I will be busy with spraying and tidying up the house grounds ready for winter and looking after the flock – the lambs are now teenagers.