hey, where's my wool!?
we still got ours, and we stay in the shade!
even if I need a pee!
maybe we should go out into the sun, like the white calf over there?
well, and here is the fleece: one lot in one big bag!
that's it spread out: how can one sheep carry that mountain!
here is the top quality of a Zwartbless Yearling: long brown tips
and that is it spun chunky
Jenny is set to tackle the wool, and Eilidh is amazed how greasy it is!
Jenny is spinning!
hurray! learned it in 2 hours!
and that is the result: one skein!
and beautifully spun too!
Well done, Jenny, you are such a natural!
Alison's drumstick is now made, with a special dreamweaver symbol from a Kri Elder (from Canada)
another one of Luis's necklaces
Ursula has started weaving
check http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/woolcraft.atgalgael/OurNewCountrySpinner# for the arrival of the Country Spinner, and see here now the first bobbin getting full
all in all 900g chunky spun Blackface and Zwartbles (the balls got plied then, too)
Anna brought Isabel today, and all the tough guys melt away...
the girls too! :-)
Sarah-Jane is on board again and is laying into the new country spinner: here carding the wool...
and now whirring away!
Laryna is makng felt jewelry for Portsoy event
the moorit Shetland fleece we got from Marjorie )http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/woolcraft.atgalgael/VisitingMoondanceWoolsAgain# ) now washed; two kinds - one with short and curly tips, one with longer fibre tips
pure gold that wool - and lanolin rich still after a good wash
the feather broche option for the brown berret
Laryna has an order of Alpaca wool to spin
the plied Alpaca knitting wool
Ann is helping getting some of the Hebridean fleece rugs processed
Hazel has been caught by the crocheting fever
and now she tries a leaf with handspun wool
two knitted leaves from handspun wool: the yellow one is felted
shrinkage was minor
now for a leaf with colour effect via inlaid roving fibres whilst knitting
Carolann wants a go at the wetfelting, too, at least to get rid of the woodwork oil stains from her fingers!
Hazel quickly needlefelted this flower on her handmade bag
Zwartbles chunky yarn tests
Carolann having a go at needle felting
how will the Zwartbles knit swatch shrink when felted over the washboard?
the swacth has not shrunk very much at all! Plus this wool needs to knitted with smaller needles should it make a rug!
Carolann now getting a weaving lesson on the Harristweed-Offcuts rug weaving
time for a break in the yard
Laryna started a shepherd woolpicture: here the wool is only laid loosely upon the felt basis and looks more 3-dimensional and transparent that way
On the drumcarder: Eilidh is preparing Zwartbles wool for felting a bag
a necklace with a lovely marbled feltbead, made with yarns and fleece
the brown rug is almost finished now
a round seatcover, crocheted from the chunk spun Zwartbles wool - before the felting
getting soaked and lathered ...
then placed into a netting bag and into a 60 degree washcycle
after the washing machine felting
preparing the decor pattern for the round seat cover
the finished item: the triskel and the 3 orcas, the symbol Colin put on the sail of the Orcuan
this sail....
oops, too late to capture Lynsey's beautiful broches! They are packed away and she is in a rush away... lots to do still before the Riverfest... labels and all that, too
and a chance for Ursula to learn how to string up the strip on the weaving for the Riverfest
as well as how to warp Lynsey's warp onto the small weaving frame
...finding the middle...
fastening onto warp beam
rolling round warp beam
hold tight, Ursula!
all wrapped round now
now the fastening round the cloth beam
and off to set up the stall on the Riverfest (good, the sun is shining!
Tam just about hanging on!
whilst we are already there!
see that finished brown Harris-Tweed offcut-rug? And the new blue one on the loom? (it got finished then during the Riverfest!)
Laryna putting final touches on the warp on the small strip
samples for demo only
Lynsey's weavng corner ready for the kids
Laryna and Ursula's looms ready for the crowds
peace before the storm: let the crowds come on then!
Eilidh's first go at wet felting: she is diving straight into a seamless felt bag from Zwartbles fleece
sorry for the blurred view of you! But this the one as evidence for you with the meat hammer ;-) !
A real sturdy smooth bag (shown with the off-cuts)! But: What's wrong with my camera! I think it is the fuzzy light in the bothy! We try again when the bag comes back dry!
