How To, Care and wash for your Fiber (Video).

Take a look at Deb Robson who explains taking care of your wool, washing your wool, storing your wool,buying raw wool and what to use to wash raw wool.

Deb Robson is my publisher for my Arctic Lace books and Ethnic Knitting Books.

Presented by Knitting Daily TV.

Washing wool

I love washing wool, whether it’s fleece I’m going to spin, a newly finished garment whose beauty will be revealed after its first bath-and-blocking, or a loyal garment that has earned refreshment.

Freshly shorn wool may be the most fun to wash, because of its dramatic transformation. The grease that coats the fibers when the sheep is using the fleece to keep herself warm through the winter is still soft, resilient, and relatively easy to remove. I think of the animal, freshly released from this seasonally necessary burden to enjoy the spring air (and to begin growing next winter’s blanket), and I think of the fabrics I will make from her hand-me-downs to keep other beings cosy in the future.

More on Deb Robson’s website (Nomad Press).