Picking Rideau-Arcott Cross, Washing Wool, Moon Set Teen & More! | Wool n' Spinning, ep. 293

[@lindasuppan6027]

Oh my gosh! You used my sweater spin quandary post! So thrilling! And I had come to the same conclusion...sample! Sample! Sample! I just wrote up tags for 11 samples, but you had interesting thought of 3 ply split 2 to 1 in both drafts. Will have to add that to the sample collection. And I never thought that woolen might be longer than worsted drafted singles. Hmmmm...since this is my first successful, consistent woolen spun singles I would have never thought of that...but it makes sense. Thank you for spotlighting my quandary! I will post all my samples in mini skeins and knitted swatches. Stay tuned.

[@RachelSmith]

My pleasure! I'm so glad you'd arrived at the sample conclusion - and yes, keep us posted on what you find!!

[@sleepydrJ]

Can you safely put that down the drain? I thought the lanolin can clog your pipes over time.

[@RachelSmith]

We were talking about that in Spin Group this week and I think if you were washing 100# of fleece each week, you would have a problem. I wash maybe 3-5# per year so I don't think it's a big deal; HOWEVER, I was going to do some research about the Unicorn Power Scour and putting it on my garden b/c it's choke full of lovely stuff (including lanolin) for the garden!

[@sleepydrJ]

@@RachelSmith thank you so much for the reply! It would be so much easier to do the drain, and I only do a couple of lbs fleece per year too!