Fibre Fun

Its too wet to garden and too wet to shear so time for some indoor fun - who fancies hoovering anyway!

I finally finished my first bobbin of home spun Ouessant fleece!Yay!! I'm happy with it but its a practice piece definately not useable other than as a learning experience. I'm happy that my fingers are becoming more nimble and that although its full of mistakes I have made enough progress to start to produce the kind of fibre I want even if its still in fits and starts. The combed fibre is Ouessant with the darker ball at the top some natural coloured shetland. I have a selection of shetland top and the intention is to move on to this to continue my spinning practice. I'm curious to know if the commercially prepared shetland fleece will make things easier, certainly I hope it will show me my mistakes with my Ouessant fleece fibre prep. I have a rooed fleece steeping in the sink and several that need sorting but I feel so much progress has been made in getting to grips with the next step in processing my own fleeces. I'll allow myself a small sense of satisfaction.