- 22 minutes 35 secondsThe Trifecta of Sheep Breeds
Links & Highlights
- Romney Lamb - DK - Yarn
- Chocolate Romney - DK - Yarn
- Oatmeal Romney - DK - Yarn
- Gray Romney - DK - Yarn
- Romney Pearl - Roving
- Romney Rose Gray - Roving
- Romney Little Black Lamb - Raw Wool
- Romney Little Brown Lamb - Raw Wool
- Wool Pellets
14 April 2023, 1:49 am - 34 minutes 59 secondsWhat are we going to do with all this wool?In this episode, we'll unpack some of the dilemmas and opportunities with small batch wool, and consider some options for wool that don't involve yarn.4 April 2022, 3:48 am
- 37 minutes 54 secondsThe Wide World of Dyes
Links & Highlights
- Place an order online now through the end of April 2020 to be entered to win one of our weekly Gift Basket Giveaways!
- Enter Coupon Code COLORFIX at checkout for 25% off all Wool Tincture Color Packs.
- Get our Verdant DK Weight yarn overdyed in our Spring Palette.
- Learn more about the research on the effects of color on mood and behavior.
- Learn more about the treatment of migraines with green light.
- Pickup a copy of Interaction of Color by Josef Albers.
- Checkout this free color palette generator and play around with different color combinations.
- Wool Tincture Color Packs and Jar Kits make it simple and quick to dye wool at home.
- Learn more about the accidental discovery of mauveine, the first acid dye, by Sir William Henry Perkin.
13 April 2020, 7:16 am - 25 minutes 8 secondsRoyal Sheep
Links & Highlights
19 March 2020, 7:15 am - 1 hour 14 minutesFinnsheep
Highlights and Links in Today’s Episode
- Vogue Knit Live Seattle — Event Postponed! The show has been postponed in response to the evolving situation with COVID-19 coronavirus in Washington.
- Learn more about some of our local shepherdesses
- Finnsheep Breeders Association — Official Registry for USA Finnsheep since 1971
- Winter Isle Mitt Kit — Local Shetland yarn with mitt pattern designed by Sarah Pope
- Fiber Fusion Northwest — Annual 2-day event in October focusing on natural fibers and fiber arts
- Finnish Shepherd Weeks — Land management program bringing people into manage land by moving sheep between over to under grazed areas
6 March 2020, 12:05 am - 54 minutes 47 secondsThe Secrets of Josef & Anni
Highlights and Links in Today’s Episode
- Josef & Anni Yarn
- Spincycle Metamorphic
- Modern Wool - Episode 3: Scouring Wool
- Josef Albers - Interaction of Color
- Help us name the new yarn
- US Targhee Sheep Association
- Fleece & Fiber Source Book
- Oklahoma State University Website
- Links to the montana sheep hall of fame
- Christine Blog Posts on ‘the montana life’
- Targhee Namesake references
- Coast Salish Peoples of the Pacific Northwest
19 February 2020, 8:04 am - 31 minutes 43 secondsSpinning Stories
Spinning a yarn about spinning yarn, in this episode you’ll find stories about hand spinning that you don’t have to be a spinner to appreciate. I’ll also share some notes on creativity and how it affects us at the mill, plus an opportunity to try out the role of Yarn Designer by creating your own small batch of roving or yarn.
Highlights
- Listener questions on handling wool scouring waste water [2:19]
- Hand Spinning Story: Letting Go [8:23]
- Hand Spinning Story: The Broken Wheel [12:33]
- Exploring the language of creativity [18:56]
- Wool Apprentice survey results [24:23]
- Try out the role of Yarn Designer! [27:08]
Links
- Read Hand Spinning: The Art of Letting Go
- Take the Wool Apprentice Survey
- Learn more about our Yarn Design- Small Batch Event
- Signup for our Newsletter
- Watch a tutorial on assessing Wool Quality
- Listen to Wool Quality #002
- Listen to Wool Scouring #003
- Call/Text/Email your wooly questions, comments, and stories to us:
21 May 2019, 10:47 pm - 48 minutes 58 secondsWool Scouring
In this episode we’ll unpack the nuance of one of the greatest barriers to sustainability of small batch yarn, wool scouring. We’ll share the 4 essential requirements for scouring, discuss fermented suint, reveal 3 types of scouring baths we use at our mill and also pro-tips on how to tell whether you’ve washed your wool effectively.
Highlights
- Lydia tells the story of her first time washing a fleece [2:36]
- Four essential requirements for scouring wool [11:50]
- Choosing a vessel [12:52]
- Hot Water [15:08]
- Soap & pH [19:30]
- Extraction [24:55]
- A few cautions for the home scouring setup [28:10]
- Fermented Suint Method or Cold Wash [32:34]
- Three type of scouring baths we use at the Abundant Earth Fiber Mill [37:15]
Picking as part of the scouring process [40:12]
Three tips to tell if you got all the grease out of your fleece [45:18]
Links
- Unicorn Power Scour
- pH Meter and Test Strips
- DIY Natural Laundry Soap
- Laundry Alternative Spin Dryer
- Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook — More than 200 Fibers from Animal to Spun Yarn
- Field Guide to Fleece — Compact reference of 100 sheep breeds and how to use their fibers
- Lavender Essential Oil — Whidbey Island grown and processed
- Purchase Raw Fiber from AEF!
- Wool Scouring Videos — Coming Soon!
24 April 2019, 7:00 pm - 25 minutes 58 secondsWool Quality
- Flash primer on sheep [1:50]
- Learn how to ‘read’ a fleece [7:48]
- Listen in on a skirting conversation with Sarah Pope [11:11]
- Dual breed East Friesian [15:22]
- Discover the interesting history of Romeldale and CVM [17:49]
- Wool Study [23:42]
Links
2 April 2019, 5:00 pm - 28 minutes 51 secondsWelcome to Modern Wool
- Thought Experiment on finding our connection to the natural world [4:25]
- A walk through where yarn comes from [8:06]
- Examining a fleece is like reading a story that only gets told once [9:20]
- From spinning wheel to fiber mill [11:15]
- An answer to the important question: What do I want to do? [14:44]
- What does local and sustainable mean? [20:37]
- What’s happening with wool in the United States right now? [24:08]
- Celebrating the value of our small family farms [25:30]
Links
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