Today I am grateful for books. Some people think they are old-fashioned, but I like old-fashioned things. For hundreds of years they were the way you got information or entertainment. I still like the feel of a book. I like going to the library and looking at the covers. (They say you can't judge a book by its cover, but actually you can. Good artwork still stands for something.) I like turning the pages and putting a real bookmark in to save the place. I really enjoy real things. (Don't get me wrong. I love electronics. I have an ipad that I read books on when I travel. But it's not the same. I think there is room in the world for both.)
Now on to the story of our wool. Once all the wool was dyed, it was time to start the carding. Each of the twelve bags had to be carded. I teased each bag and then put it through the carder 3 times. Each bag yielded 4 batts. I worked outside on my porch during the nice fall weather. Each color took most of an afternoon. It was so nice to hear the birds and see what was going on in the neighborhood. I like natural sounds when I work outside.
Now came the fun part. I got all the colors out and decided which to mix together. I didn't have enough to mix each with every other one, so I just picked what I thought would make the most different colors. I saved one batt of each color to spin by itself. The other 3 batts I paired with a batt of another color. I tore each batt in half, saved one half of each color and carded the others together. Now I had a batt that was a mixture of two colors along with half batts of each of the original colors. There is method in my madness as you will see when we get to spinning.
Now on to the story of our wool. Once all the wool was dyed, it was time to start the carding. Each of the twelve bags had to be carded. I teased each bag and then put it through the carder 3 times. Each bag yielded 4 batts. I worked outside on my porch during the nice fall weather. Each color took most of an afternoon. It was so nice to hear the birds and see what was going on in the neighborhood. I like natural sounds when I work outside.
Now came the fun part. I got all the colors out and decided which to mix together. I didn't have enough to mix each with every other one, so I just picked what I thought would make the most different colors. I saved one batt of each color to spin by itself. The other 3 batts I paired with a batt of another color. I tore each batt in half, saved one half of each color and carded the others together. Now I had a batt that was a mixture of two colors along with half batts of each of the original colors. There is method in my madness as you will see when we get to spinning.
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