I finished knitting the black lace scarf for myself. When I tried it on, I was reminded that I prefer woven scarves over knitted ones.
I am washing the local Gulf Coast Native (GCN) fleece bit by bit. I plan to use my Clemes & Clemes wool carders to process the wool into rolags to prepare it for spinning.
I tried spinning a rolag into yarn with my favourite Spanish Peacock lace-weight drop spindle. Spinning was difficult due to the irregular arrangement of the fibres and the vegetable matter stuck in the wool. It was unlike my usual experience with commercial combed top. It was discouraging. And the washed wool looks discoloured, also discouraging. What keeps me going is the dream of having a garment that qualifies as a Fibershed garment (local fibre, local colour, local labour).
