TDF 2025 Fleece Fluff
I started July with big hopes to spin a little each day or at least prepare some of the fiber I’ve been holding onto. While I didn’t manage to spin every day, I did accomplish quite a bit and I’m proud of that. First off, the heat. July was hot. I couldn’t bring myself to boil water inside the house at all. I really miss my old water heater, which could reach 150°F and was perfect for scouring fleece. In our new place, it barely gets to 120°F. So I’ve been boiling water on the stove, carrying it outside, mixing it, and repeating that process for two washes and up to three rinses. It was just too much in the summer heat. Still, I managed to wash two smaller batches of fleece. One was from a Finn lamb fleece a neighbor farmer gave me last month. It was lovely to wash, with just a bit of VM, which is expected. The second batch came from a Rambouillet, Targhee, and Finn cross. I'll talk about those fleeces in this post. Here are the photos of the fleece when I first unrolled it and ...
