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| James |
Best wool around... Lincoln Longwool wool... various uses!I know there have been a few people interested in a bit of wool, for making bearings and the likes. I can get you some, for the price of postage plus a small fee! Later on in the year I'll have 6 full fleeces if you know anyone that does spinning or other hand crafts, let them know.PM me if you want some. Cheers |
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| Mister Occlusion |
I'll trade you some poodle fluff 
I'll be interested to see how one (ie Reid) turns hair into felt. Or maybe spin a soft furry drive belt or stuff it in a stack for a static display It'll look like steam, from a few feet away. 
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| Nick |
I've got plenty of cat hair around the house.
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| James |
Well that's some off to Reid
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| erikl |
I'll ask my mom, she used to use it for Weaving. | ||
| James |
Really?? 
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| erikl |
yeah, she's got such a thing standing in the living room:
http://home.hetnet.nl/~musicageb/Figuren/weefgetouw.bmp |
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| James |
Bloody hell
I want a spinning wheel
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| Reid |
(sort of amazing imo) |
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| James |
Wow!! That's amazing
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| Sandman |
Absolutely fantastic.
Great stuff. |
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| erikl |
how much do you have now? my mother said she could use a little of it. | ||
| James |
Not that much mate. If she could wait til later in the year she can have a full fleece
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| erikl |
well, she said she couldn't use a full fleece because that would be too mucht, but she would be happy with just a little bit. |
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| James |
I'd love some cloth, that would be apsoloutley amazing to have material made from your own wool!!
I have a big lump of it now if you want that? |
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| Reid |
There are even arty ways of making felt fabric far tougher than what you think about when you think of felt. You could make a fine wallet from your sheeps' felt, for instance. I mean, why not? That's what I want just a sample of your wool scrap for: like the amount that would fit into a padded envelope, that small an amount so I can make a bit of felt just for the having done-so. Wool has tiny scales upon the hair shafts and these cause the tangling up of the fibers when the fibers are degreased of their natural oils. I suspect that the Mongolians were sprinkling wood ash from a bucket onto the wool. Caustic, saponifies the grease, and so the felting process can begin. |
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| James |
That would be great!
I want a flat cap made from Longwool wool
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| James |
Got a pic of this girthy load of wool today. All complete, as it came off Ernie
With flash 
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| Nick |
James, post a pic with it on your head like a wig. I want to see if you really are the father.
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