As promissed I will share my newest raw wool project. I felt quite inspired to give it a go too again after "discovering" my wools again and giving a workshop with raw wools.
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result of the workshop:
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So I started laying out 4 layers of carded Gotland wool, on top of that I added different kind of raw wools. Some I even forgot which breed of sheep it comes from... But I recognised the Racka wool, white and grey, Gotland curls grey, voskopschaap, and brown quessantwool (not completely sure).
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As I wanted to have a clear divorced line in between the raw wol I added a color in between: red merino fleecewool.
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Now that was the dry part... now I needed to wet it all with soapy water. I think I used at least 3 of these buckets completely filled . Luckily I have the table slightly lower in one corner, so all the water ends up in and even bigger tub and i can re-use the water again.
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From "airy" heigh to wet solid low.....
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When all the wool was completely wetted and little massaged, I rolled it up first in bubble wrap after that also in an old blanket. So while rolling the "roll" it could not slip away all the time, but being able to roll.. Lots of water came out ofcourse..... needed all my buckets I coul find ..... praying for help with rolling up the wool, as it became more and more heavy to roll it up into a nice bundle, but I managed!! And Janna all of a sudden came to help me Image may be NSFW.
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And as an extra handy tip for you: I secured the blanket with ropes so while rolling it stayed as a nice bundle....
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after opening and re-rolling it few times, Janna wanted to roll the felt with the "Knackebrod" roller I bought in Sweden some years ago
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After a long time, I descided it was enoug felted, rinsed the whole piece and wanted to add it into the spinner.... but the rug was too big Image may be NSFW.
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So I took out as much water as possible and let it dry flat on my floor, which has floor heating... and still in use due to the very cold weather here Image may be NSFW.
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Here a detail while still wet,
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And a picture nearly in total. I never worked with colored wool in combination with this pure natural wool, but somehow I think it is ok. What do you think?
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Enjoy your weekend!