A link to a really good blog on Weaving

This is an Australian Blog and Martin  of gangewifre. blogspot does beautiful weaving,  He is a very talented man that he has lots of information on his site that is extremely helpful when you are newly starting out on your weaving journey.

Washing Merino Fleece

Here are a few photo's of my merino fleece being washed.
I bought this fleece of gumtree here in Australia a couple of years ago and a white fleece as well.
I thought I would have a break from Alpaca for a while and try my hand at merino as it is so readily available here.
Well this one is very fine and doesn't seem to have a long staple i think it is about 6-7cm long if that.,
but i give everything a go once. I decided to just wash it in cold soaks for a start and it was very greasy, not smelly, just greasy.

 Above was the 2nd tap water soak. Below is the 3rd. I was soaking for about 30 mins at a time.

 My makeshift table to pour the fleece onto. Omg this is back breaking work. I should have done it in smaller portions.

 The fleece drying in my little shed.

 Nope still doesn't feel like i want to comb and spin this , so I will use tantech's wool scour.

 This is after I used Wool Scour. It has come up beautiful . So soft.  Below is the staple length 10cm

 Look at this crimp. It is so fine it feels like silk in your hand whilst spinning it.

Here is the white merino fleece. I should probably scour this as well. I can't remember but i think i have already washed this batch when i first got it but its very hard to comb

and finally after combing and seeing such waste i made some felted dryer balls.

My weaving on youtube.

Here is the link to my youtube channel.
I am documenting my journey of weaving and spinning and if anyone learns anything in the meantime thats great.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnqTbBcWLGelT5FjTnES55w