Raw wool crafts

Do you find yourself with a lot of wool but you don't know how to use it? We provide you with plenty of alternative uses for wool around the homestead.

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.

Scouring Wool correctly without felting it. Step by step instructions for how to scour or wash raw wool and other animal fiber

Dyeing wool is easier than it sounds. We show you several ways to do it, so you can use it in various ways on the homestead.

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…

Let me guide you through the process that I use to make a vegetarian sheepskin rug. Read my felted fleece rug making guide.

Wool. Not just for sweaters. We are big into wool hats, blankets, and tights. Let's not forget lanolized diaper covers. And of course cute felted wool garland and animals. But the most common wool item in our home is in the form of dryer balls. Wool dryer balls have been popular for many years now.

Fermented sheep sweat sure shifts sheep shit. This is a scatological post that could make those of a delicate disposition lose their lunch. Scroll down and read on at your own risk. Straight off the sheep, fleece smells, well, sheepy, plus. The back end is generally matted with months of crap splatter, the rest of the wool may hide a cornucopia of grass seeds, twigs and insects. Sheep have glands that produce waterproofing substances for their wool, and of course, when charging up hills on a…

This is the raw fleece of a Blue Texel sheep. Although unwashed, it had very little dried grass in it and had been cleared of all matted ...

Wet felting with wool is a beginner-friendly fiber art project that yields exciting, functional results! Watch or read step by step as I make this rustic wool felt bag. Wet felting is the process of creating felt using wool, water, soap, and friction. Felt is one of the world’s oldest known textiles. It requires no tools to make, besides the hands. It’s such a simple craft, but can be executed in an infinite number of ways.