<<Lanolin wouldn't harden over time, if there wasn't much of it to
begin with.>>
This isn't my experience. I have washed many a merino and other fine
fleece, with lots of grease in it. If I don't get ALL of it out, a small
proportion left behind on the wool will eventually cause the yarn to
feel less soft and slightly 'crunchy' for lack of a better term.
I'm not talking about fleeces spun in the grease, I'm talking about
washing it and not getting quite all the grease out in the wash.
I know lanolin is lanolin, but I wonder if there isn't some additional
ingredient or additive that seems to make the lanolin in some breeds,
like Merino, especially sticky.
It does appear that spinning in the grease is more successful with fiber
that comes from the more 'open' fleece that seems typical of the
less-fine-wooled breeds.
Gwen S.
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