Getting Your Hands Dirty Sorting Wool for the Best Yarn
If you've ever stood over a fresh fleece wondering where to start, you know that sorting wool is the messiest, most satisfying part of the whole process. There is something incredibly grounding about putting your hands into a pile of raw fiber that still smells like the hillside and a bit of sheep sweat. It's the bridge between the animal and the art. If you skip this step or rush through it, you're basically setting yourself up for a headache later on when you're trying to spin or felt something that just won't behave. ...