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.
