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5/25/2025 0 Comments Dyeing with nature
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The autho, who lives in Berkeley, tells of traveling to Sonoma to sheer sheep, process the fleece and knit a sweater. Takes place during the pandemic. Lots of interesting facts around sheep, wool, California fires, words related to spinning,
It contains interesting facts: - “California only has the mill capacity to process ten thousand pounds [of fleece] annually, yet the state produces three million - about a quarter of the country’s total production.” - “there are about 90 percent fewer sheep in the U.S. than there were at their peak in the 1940s, much of that decline happening over the last thirty years.” - “swarf” is “ all the nasty bits: straw, dead bugs, burrs, pee, manure, flakes  sheep shearing Bought some interesting fibers I will have to incorporate into something sometime.: re-cycled sari silk, yarn with lots of curly locks, handprinted bamboo fiber, remnants left after the carding process. |
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