Goal for the last seven years: Make woven art from dyed wool. Really branch out and explore. Do lots of trial and error and improvising with color. Change plans as often as new ideas arise.
Well! Productive though the time has been, "stash overload" has definitely outstripped any hopes of "using up the wool." A dozen dyed fleeces choked the garage. (A fleece weighs around five pounds.) A "wall of yarn" dominated the master bedroom. Time for a change!
I've spent this month putting the yarn in compact bins and converting many of the fleeces into carded batts. How nice to have the bedroom and garage liberated! Of course, the waste from picking and carding has become grounds for yet another series of experiments...
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| Bulky, bulky fleece |
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| The solution to bulk -- my trusty drum carder |
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| Carded batts |
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| Off the wall and into tubs |
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| The bare wall of the garage, unencumbered by "stash" |
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