[Ansteorra-Textiles] Of interest to spinners.
Nancy
nweders at mail.utexas.edu
Tue Jun 17 13:21:49 PDT 2008
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Unlikely
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:31 PM
To: Spinners, weavers, knitters and other Textile makers in Ansteorra
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-Textiles] Of interest to spinners.
Greetings Clare,
I prefer a blend in sachet form of lavender and pennyroyal. I've tried
others herbal preparations and the were just too medicinal, although, I did
like the pure spearmint. Sometimes I will add a few drops of lavender
essential oil to the final rinse. A successful moth deterrent masks the
smell of the protein fiber and fools the moths into believing that your wool
not a fitting place to start the next generation of bugs. There is no need
to rewash your wool, unless you just really enjoy it.
To wash, I like Dawn and Palmolive green liquid detergent with a 1/4 cup
of white vinegar to the final rinse.
Joellen
I generally use a combo of lavender, pennyroyal and cedar. In the past I've
also tried vetiver and patchouli mixed into the combos. I did find that no
matter what I used, you have to also keep the wool into anything but
plastic. I also like to put it into the sun every year as well. Mint's good
and I've also put some southern wood in my batches
I used to use dish detergent but found you had to be really careful about
the kind. Sometimes, the degreasing ones removed too much grease out of the
wool. I generally like spinning slightly greasy wool. I switched to
shampoo when I was in a hurry once and grabbed an old cheap bottle of Suave.
For me it leaves the wool slightly soft and a tad less brittle. There is a
type detergent that museum folks use which works nice as well. I'll have
to try a little vinegar in the rinse water.
Thanks for the suggestions.
My next big project is to clean my carders really well. They are pretty old
and somewhat dirty.
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