This year I have decided to take on the big daunting task of spending lots of money on dirty wool. LOL! Okay the buying of the wool is really the easiest part, the big scary hard part is that I am planning on taking a hand full of each fleece hand washing it, prepping it by hand and spinning it, all the while sharing with you all of the hows and whys. My goal is to share with you the wide world of wool outside of a industry filled with merino.
I have been spinning now for almost 4 years, but I got my start in wool well before that. I started raising sheep in high school for a 4H project and I kinda never stopped. Well that was until life got in the way 5 years ago and I had to sell off my flock. To fill my need of sheep came angora rabbits and a spinning wheel. All the while making some pretty amazing friends that will be helping me on this project too.
Shortly after getting my wheel I started a large project of spinning a full fleece from one of my girls, Maude. She was a kind old North Country Cheviot, which will always live with me now. 
Check out my totally awesome husband modeling the Maude vest for me. lol
Along the way I have dove into many other really fun fleece projects with all kinds of different breeds and colors of wool. Which has brought me back here, so lets take a look at all there is out there in this wide world of wool.
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