SC - Off Topic: Muggles for Harry Potter
Jenne Heise
jenne at mail.browser.net
Thu Dec 21 08:46:01 PST 2000
>
>My appologies for not quoting the message, but I accidentally erased the
>digest. :-( Someone was asking about whether in period they washed the
>fleece before spinnning it to remove the lanolin. I remember some
>discussions
>on why they would not want to do this. For instance, leaving the lanolin
>in will make a much more water-resistant piece of clothing.
>In the TEXTILE ARTS section:
>spinning-msg (52K) 6/23/00 Spinning wheels, spindles. techniques.
>wool-clean-msg (23K) 6/16/95 Cleaning wool before spinning.
> (This last is mostly on using modern methods such as washing machines to
>clean fleeces. --
>THLord Stefan li Rous Barony of Bryn Gwlad Kingdom of Ansteorra
Hmm. Slightly on this topic, and I shall check the Flori-thingy, but has
anyone got a suggestion on what to do with old, dirty, flattened and matted
fleeces? I have a couple of really old sheepskins that are in awful
condition. I used to toss them in the washer but am afraid they couldn't
make another trip there. I hate to toss them out because I use them (mostly
for camping) alot and they would be expensive to replace.
Speaking of sheep...and on food topic...I have a lamb leg quarter to prepare
for household 12th night on the 30th. Anyone have a good recipe? I am also
making a baked brie. The price of brie came down even further at the
Restaurant Depot. Yesterday I paid $5.23 for a kilo wheel. Yippie!
Olwen
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