Raw wool ideas

Cleaning wool for needlefelting is time-consuming, but well worth the effort as you can prepare your wool the exact way you want it, and you may be able to save a couple bucks along the way.

Apart from actually shearing a sheep or wooly animal (hopefully I will get to do this someday), I have officially worked through the entire fleece to yarn process! Recently I was given a bag of raw…

We show you how to clean raw wool from your sheep in two ways: by hand in the sink, or in the washer. You need to know the safety precautions to avoid ruining your wool.

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Here at the 10 Acre Woods we shear our sheep and alpaca in late spring then process their fiber fleece during late fall and winter. We love to teach what we ...

Our guest artist/author is Zara Tuulikki Rooke. We’ve recently seen the beautiful fleece rugs she’s felted and shown us on the forum with her daughters. But she has taken it a step fu…

How to wash wool in eight easy steps, straight from the sheep to your spinning wheel. Washing wool is an easy skill, to help you use the best local fleece.