Å grave etter ull – to dig for wool

February 27, 2010

Fiberprepp

Filed under: Wool — Ullsmeden @ 01:35

Nå er eventyrpakken endelig pakket og klar. Jeg spinner på corridalen og jeg kammer og karder sokkebatts / The fairytalepackage is ready to go in the mail. I`m spinning corridale and carding sockbatts.

Har lagt dem på tilsalgs-siden. Jeg gjorde også et lite eksperiment; jeg måtte undersøke om jeg hadde rett i min antagelse om at noe av spælulla mi ligner shetlandsull og ikke er nevneverdig todelt. Jeg ladet kammen…. / I have made an experiment with some of my spælwool. I mean this is much similar to the shetlandwool. The Oldnorwegian spæl typical has this short, fine undercoat and long, coarser outercoat, but some of them – like this one dosn`t seem to have that. So I had to check if I where right, or if it just felt like that. I loaded my comb…

…og kammet et par-tre ganger frem og tilbake. Og… / combed a couple of times back and forth….

…Ikke nevneverdig mye fiber igjen på kammen. Det er like mye etter karding av crossbredraser. /…and not very much wool left on the comb. Just as much as the crossbreds. This is the type of sheep I want to breed on, if I can be that lucky some day.

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