[Ansteorra-textiles] Re: roll call

[N.D. Wederstrandt]

At 03:40 PM 2/19/2004, you wrote:
>This particular sample was capital IN, capital FESTED.  It was a mess; nay,
>it was icky.  I even tried washing, just to see what would happen.  Nothing
>that I could tell.  I just did it today, so I'll try a few more washings
>before I get rid of it for good.  I'm hoping that there won't be much, if
>any, in the other wools, so I can try to reclaim them.

         Okay -I thought maybe I was MS LAZEEE.

Usually I wash my fiber with shampoo - something natural or I use Dr. 
Bronner (small amount) and then use a baby shampoo later if I feel it's too 
straw like.  Hey I've used creme rinse (not conditioner)
I'm not very scientific....


>I used just a squirt of Dr. Bonners in the washing water, it did fine on the
>Cormo (lucious) and the Karakul, but the Soay felt stripped.  The Soay was
>the 2 oz. sample with the equal weight of moth leavings, so I wasn't sure
>what the cause of the strawlike feeling was.  I can't use Dr. Bonners on my
>hair because it feels like straw, so I wasn't sure if it would be okay to
>use on fleece.  I figured either that or the mild anti-bacterial soap in my
>kitchen.
Soay is funny stuff. (And I still have all I was going to separate.  It's 
sitting under my desk at work.
Procrstination is my middle name I'm afraid.  It feels dry because most 
people don't cover their sheep and it gets windblown and over dry.

Clare