Spinning jacob fleece

The first fleece is washed and dried. The locks are brown at the tips and silver-grey lower down, crimpy and long - some of the fibres stretching out to six inches.I decided to flick the locks first before putting them through the carder, to take out short bits and so that I could card it just once and not mix the colours up too much.

This is the first sample, heathered silver-brown.
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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous20 June 2010 at 21:08

    Amazing colour graduation in those locks!

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  2. The Sassy Spinner21 June 2010 at 08:52

    Lovely - just hope my BFL Fleece comes out as well.

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  3. peahen21 June 2010 at 18:39

    Thanks spinstar - that graduation is a bit of a mystery, I've taken some to a friend more experienced than me, she was intrigued.
    Good luck with your BFL, Sassy Spinner.

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  4. Dorothy22 June 2010 at 16:27

    I believe that it's sunlight bleaches the tips. I love Jacob fleece! Which is probably why I managed to get 4 of them in my stash waiting to be spun :^O

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