[Jacob-list] cleaning dirty fleece

[Linda]

I'm not sure why you would wash it again after carding. You'd want to get the wool itself pretty clean before carding, even is there is a bunch of VM left.

You could comb the fiber, using either English combs, some type of hand held combs, a plain old dog comb, or a flicker.

You can also put the washed, dry fiber into a mesh bag.  Lightly tease it abit first.  Put the bag in the dryer on no heat.  Lots of garbage will come through the bag and end up in the dryer's lint trap. 

Linda
 
www.patchworkfibers.com
Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun Yarn

On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 12:47:20 -0500, Lia Belanger wrote:
> I need some advice from the experienced spinners out there.  Due to
> a combination of management issues, most of which cannot be easily
> remedied, our fleeces are always positively filthy and packed with
> vegetation.  I'm trying to get some cleaned up to use but it has
> been slow going.  What I thought I would do is wash it once to get
> out the major grunge, then card it to get out as much vegetation as
> possible, then wash again.  Is this a good idea or a terrible idea? 
>  Any other suggestions? 
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Liam

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.pairlist.net/pipermail/jacob-list/attachments/20060306/d27d2edd/attachment.htm