> Does it have to be spun - could you put multiple stands together - with the > packing down for a rug it will probably all meld together.
Yup, it has to be spun........ it is fleece that I want to turn into jumbo yarn.
Aha
so you need to learn kiwicraft - now lets see if I can find something online about how-to do it.
Scroll down this page to a short para which may just give you some idea on how it is done
http://new_zealand.vacationbookreview.com/new_zealand_27.html
Some information from another page that would have you scrolling forever :-)
This used a type of yarn produced by hand rolling rather than spinning with a wheel or a spindle. It originated from Maori women's technique of rolling flax fibre to produce yarn for taaniko and other forms of weaving. This yarn looks like a long untwisted "roving". It was used for knitting and crochet.
& Another website - took me ages to find the reference <g>
Popular now is "kiwicraft"', a form of knitting developed by Maori women using smooth sticks for knitting needles and staples of wool pulled straight from the raw fleece on the shearing shed floor. The fleece is then rolled lightly on the knee and knitted at once.
I think Fleece in Your Hands has a chapter about it as well.
Cathy
if that makes no sense I will look it up and try and work out how to do it on my leg and post some pictures - I think I did it once in the 80s! <vbg>
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