Western winds brought us over an inch and a half of rain in the past day or so, making any outside activity unduly muddy. A perfect time to clean house and work on fiber projects! The clean spaces will be dirty again, but the fiber only becomes more beautiful.

Michael and I purchased a number of raw fleeces last summer and scoured (aka washed) them before our move to Wisconsin. He bought me a carding machine, well used!

This is a great job for after dinner movie watching time. It keeps my fingers limber and the residual lanolin moisturizes wonderfully.

This is what the same fiber looks like once it's been through the carder

This will eventually be spun into yarn, then knit into a vest. I'll post updates as the project progresses!