I don't know on what kind of fleece I learned to spin. It was a school
project starting with the shearing of the fleeces we would have to
process, and I can't remember if the shearer told us the breed.
When I came back to spinning more than ten years later I started with
some Texel roving. It was easy to spin, had a good draft for a nice even
thread. Then I got into Merino, first as roving, from which I made a
very heavy 2-ply (used 1kg of roving for a sweater), and later on was
provided by a friend with Merino fleeces (4 fleeces each year) which I
use for dyeing with plants.
Last year on a wool fair in Euskirchen (near Cologne) I got a large
paper sack stuffed with brown wool as a gift from the wool stapler
because of it's color (he wouldn't get as much for a dark fleece as for
white ones) and it turned out to be three fleeces of wonderful soft
longstapled wool with light creamy tips. Again, I can't tell you the
breed but also can't wait to have enough yarn for weaving a cloth for my
re-enactor wardrobe.
Best up to now was Bluefaced Leicester. (Hi there, Karen :o)) It almost
spun itself. Lusterous fine wool, very long staple, nice chocolate brown
color.
But there's a Wensleydale waiting. I got it in locks, a bit sticky and
some seemed to be felted a bit, but it comes to a soft silky touch when
opened. Yum. The Seller told me it was called "Arme-Mensen-Mohair"
(Mohair for the poor) in the Netherlands during the 1400th.
At the moment I'm working on a Pomeranian Coarsewool. Sometimes it's a
bit too coarse, but the downy undercoat is nice to spin. It's my soccer
World Cup yarn, because I love to listen to the matches while spinning
and want to spin the same amount of time all the matches will take -
that's 5040 minutes or 84 hours.
I'm spinning singles for weaving. Any suggestions for a pattern that
works well with singles?
Ilona
in Aachen, near the Three Corners D/NL/B, where temperatures made you
stay inside the house instead of being grilled on the balcony.
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