Spin-Off Presents: How to Wash Wool - eBook Printed Copy Spinning Book

We talk a lot about carding and combing and rolags and top, but the first step in any of those prep processes is cleaning that fleece. And an important step it is, too: leave any grease or dirt (or soap!) in the wool and you will regret it with every stroke of the card or comb.

This collection of gems from Spin-Offs archives is full of ways to clean wool, from low-tech and easy to painstaking and labor-intensive. What all the articles have in common (besides a certain patinathese are oldies-but-goodies and dont have the same design as our current issues) is a focus on getting each prized fleece from stinky to spectacular.

Before you head to a wool show or click the buy button on your next fleece, read the words of wisdom from our panel of experts. You may find them not in perfect agreement on some points... so you will have to try out their methods and see for yourself. (Please note that this may call for more than one fleece. We know thats a terrible prescription.)

Highlights of this magazine include:

Plain talk on Scouring Fleece by Cathi Till

Another Look at Wool Scouring: Ingredients, Problems, Techniques by Lee Raven

Washing Your Wool and Getting it Clean Enough for a Commercial Processor by Connie Delaney

Washing Wool for Combing by Paula Shull

What's in the Wash? by Pat Slaven

Preparing Raw Wool in 30 Minutes by Harley Bruce Stevens.

This ebook, and all of Halcyon Yarn's ebooks, are printed in full color on acid-free coated stock, saddle-stitched and ready for immediate browsing and convenient posting next to your wheel.