Category: Spinning
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Alpaca Fleece
Alpaca Fleece – Dave the Alpaca Fleece Meet Dave the Alpaca Fleece. Given to me by a friend who teaches textiles. I have been waiting for some nice weather so I could wash and dry him ready to comb, then spin him. First I prepared some gorilla tubs with warm water all about the same…
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New Forest Mohair – Goat training day
After a Covid19 cancellation we finally got to go and learn (play with and cuddle) about some beautiful Angora goats. After a long trip down to the New Forest and avoiding the wild ponies, deer and donkeys mostly on the side of the road but some wandering into the road without a care in the…
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Creating the Textiles Room
Work is progressing nicely on the Textiles Room – we have started to try to zone the different textile areas. We have a sewing and overlocking zone, a knitting zone, a weaving zone and a spinning and fleece preparation zone. We are working hard to build up our library of textile books for our reference…
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MDF Silhouettes
Simon has been working on some MDF Silhouettes to decorate the textiles room. Designed using Lightburn and then cut out using the C02 laser. I then took the Silhouettes and used black acrylic paint and an airbrush to spray them before fixing them to the wall. Download QR