[Sca-cooks] OT felting

[ruadh]

> hmmm, how to put this politely... not identifiable as useful material by
the
> untrained eye. I'd still be distressed at the loss of a fleece, though.
I've many and various ways to make felt from 'damn-aged' wool. I need
donations of wool to keep the Furr Balls business for the children FREE. The
children are SCAdians, Scouts, Schools, etc-s.
>
> okay, obligatory food content - use "that" wool as mulch to grow food,
holds water just fine. even contains 'natural' fertiliser.....
Ru


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jennifer Thompson" <JenniferT at ptb.com>
Subject: [Sca-cooks] OT felting


> For those who don't work with fiber, uncleaned wool contains not only the
> natural lanolin (animal oil) but also vegetable matter (a loose term for
> stuff sheep walk around in) in varying amounts. Some shepherds make little
> coats for their sheep to wear to keep vm to a minimum. After a couple of
> months, an uncleaned fleece (depending on just how unclean it was) could
be
> hmmm, how to put this politely... not identifiable as useful material by
the
> untrained eye. I'd still be distressed at the loss of a fleece, though.
>
> okay, obligatory food content -- on the Ethiopian food thread, I've
skimmed
> a few sites for Ethiopian recipes and can't find anything that looks like
> the chicken we remember. Perhaps it was a specialty of the house and we
> happened to eat at the same restaurant?
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