[Ansteorra-textiles] King's college fiber track so far

cternus at texas.net cternus at texas.net
Thu Apr 24 16:01:25 PDT 2003


Bring it to King's College and experiment!

Radegund



> Esther, save the stuff.  I know how to felt, and would be delighted to
> attempt it with you!
>
> gerita
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ED Reese" <edreese at m7bedlam.com>
> To: <ansteorra-textiles at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 3:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-textiles] King's college fiber track so far
>
>
> > --
> > Morgan,
> >
> > There are actually two types of horse hair -- the coarse, strong hair of
> > the mane and tail, (most common), and the shorter, softer fibers from
> their
> > hides.
> >
> > Now, I know you know that! :-)) My question is, have you worked with both
> > types? If so, please tell me how they worked. Our kids are getting rid of
> > their winter coats, and this stuff is coming out in soft, wind-blowable
> > (and brush filling) chunks. That's what I was thinking might work into
> > felt, but only having a general idea at best of how to make felt, I could
> > be dead wrong. (The long winter hair is between an inch to three inches in
> > extrememes.)
> >
> > Usually, horses are "clipped", but our kids are turned out, barefootin',
> > holistic hippy types, so they do have their natural hair. (We're not
> > showing, either.)
> >
> > What do you think? Is there any information on anyone using horse hair
> > felt, like the Steppe nomads? (I'm looking, I'm looking.)
> >
> > Esther
> >
> >
> > At 02:19 PM 4/24/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> > > > Have you ever done horse hair felt? And how much horse hair
> > > > would you need?  (Our horses are shedding off....)
> > >
> > >No, I have not, and I don't know how successful it would be.  Horse hair
> is
> > >fairly coarse; I have used it to make cord, and know it was used for
> > >stuffing, and that's about it.
> > >
> > >Does anybody else know about the feltability of horse hair?  I should
> think
> > >in theory it is possible, but I have worked mostly with shorter, softer
> > >fibers (sheep, bunnies, goats, etc.).
> > >
> > >                                         ---= Morgan
> > >
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