Cindy showed us the batts she had carded from alpaca roving and colourful wool. After we all oohed and aahed, she promised to lead us in colour carding and blending at a meeting in the spring.
Karen shared the experience of spinning hair from her newly acquired cows. No oohs and aahs, but quite a few giggles.
Vickie had brought a sample of the yarn she had spun from her own dog's hair, blended with wool.
Yvonne, Vickie and Shirley - serious discussions
Cindy and Kim - serious spinning happening. After a bit of business discussion and update on future programmes by Mara, we went on to discuss our fleece study project.
Baggies of fleece waiting to be studied.Mara had made up a worksheet, where details of the preparation and spinning of the samples could be recorded. We reviewed the various scouring, preparation, spinning and finishing techniques that could be used as we studied the many sheep breeds that we had in the baggies.
The meeting ended with members enthusiastically taking baggies of fleece home to "try them out".
