This week on the farm we had some interesting weather. Monday and Tuesday we were able to get some yard work done. The weather was really nice especially Tuesday. The work mainly consists of getting the rocks out of the lawn so my windows won’t get smashed when we mow. The lawn faces the south […]
Raising Fiber Animals
I’ve had an interesting week on the farm. I still have not gotten to de-cashmereing Gabby(shame on me). The weather is getting a bit better though. Stuff is starting to grow finally. I still have a huge snowdrift on the north side of the house though. I did however get a bunch […]
Continue reading about This Week on the Farm- April 15, 2011
Nylon dyes really well with acid dyes I used cushing’s acid dyes in peacock. I dyed a bit of mohair, blending nylon and firestar. To show differences, in how they pick up colors. Blending nylon, firestar, mohair all done in the same dyebath. All Spun Up it’s striking against last weeks plum colored […]
Nylon is an interesting fiber completely man-made. Nylon was in vented in 1935 by Wallace Carothers who worked for Du-Pont. It hit the markets in 1939 and was an instant hit, especially as a replacement for silk in hosiery. Carothers never got to see the impact that his invention made on society. He died in April, 1937. Nylon is a […]
This week on the farm has been uneventful. After the last week and half of being teased about spring and then being dumped on by snow, I no longer care if it snows. You hear that Murphy!!!!! I don’t care!!!!! However, the sunshine has been nice to see and the animals are loving it. I’m thinking […]
Continue reading about This week on the Farm – My quick rant to Murphy
Well now that we know how milk fiber is process and what it is made up of, I was extremely curious on how it dyes and spins. I used Cushings direct dye in plum and it turned out awesome. Did not run or exhaust the dye bath. I also tried Cushings acid dye in peacock. Also […]
I tried out some milk protein fiber recently. I had to wonder after my experience with corn fiber how much of it was actually still milk and how much manufacturing it went thru. Here is a bit of history:” Milk fiber was invented in 1930’s in Italy and America to compete wool. The fiber known […]
I’ve come a decision about the direction I want to take this blog in. I still want to inform people about different fibers. However I also want keep to the whole reason I started this blog which is to share my life and my rescued animals with you. To be honest I’m having trouble keeping […]
The first thing I always tell people about silk is that it is wormspit(usually while they are petting it). I just can’t help myself. There are more than 500 species of wild silkworms in the world although only a few are used to produce cloth. The first worm I will be talking about is the […]
Alpaca dyes pretty well. Here are some examples of wool, white suri and white huacaya washed and then dyed. I used the same dyepot for all 3 fibers. Top Left suffolk wool washed, top right huacaya fiber washed, left bottom suri fiber washed. Top Row:1st picture is from left to right wool, huacaya, and […]
