tm_bunnyloft
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I posted a want ad for fiber on Craigslist. Didn't hear anything for a week and forgot about it. Then Yesterday evening I got an email from a woman asking me to call her. The email said she has sheep and llama.
I called her a bit ago and boy am I glad I did. She has 20 large garbage bags full of wool from last year that she wants to "Give" me. Her nieces used to use the wool but have lost interest. She tried to sell it on craigslist once and noone was interested. So she said that if I drive the one hour I can have it all for free.
And as if that isn't awesome enough........
She said that I am welcome to all of her wool in the future as well. She has no use for it and no interest in trying to sell it.
I did some reading and apparently mixing shetland (which she has) and Angora (which I am getting) makes a really nice yarn for sweaters and such as well as outer clothing, depending on the percentage of angora.
So looks like buying a wheel just might be worth the expense after all.
She also said that she has a friend who burns all of her wool because the woman has no use for it either, so maybe just maybe I will be able to get hers as well. That would surely be the icing on the cake.
I will be heading there to pick up what she has tomorrow after church.
I called her a bit ago and boy am I glad I did. She has 20 large garbage bags full of wool from last year that she wants to "Give" me. Her nieces used to use the wool but have lost interest. She tried to sell it on craigslist once and noone was interested. So she said that if I drive the one hour I can have it all for free.
And as if that isn't awesome enough........
She said that I am welcome to all of her wool in the future as well. She has no use for it and no interest in trying to sell it.
I did some reading and apparently mixing shetland (which she has) and Angora (which I am getting) makes a really nice yarn for sweaters and such as well as outer clothing, depending on the percentage of angora.
So looks like buying a wheel just might be worth the expense after all.
She also said that she has a friend who burns all of her wool because the woman has no use for it either, so maybe just maybe I will be able to get hers as well. That would surely be the icing on the cake.
I will be heading there to pick up what she has tomorrow after church.