So Many Fleeces, So Little Time

[@hollynoscar3534]

so envious of your fleece stash! my kids school is opening up half time, and i'm very anxious of sending them, despite all the precautions they'll be taking. wishing you well and thank you for these awesome podcasts...... so happy to have found a podcast that features more of breed studies, then technical spinning talk....

[@keturahspencer]

I've been binging your channel in large part because your talking about shetland. I love learning about one type of fiber thoroughly at a time.

[@jacquelinepirotta]

These are terribly anxious times. My thoughts are with you. I was furloughed in April and I am still waiting to find out if I have a job to go back to. The stress is overtwhelming. I have no idea how I would be surviving without my knitting and spinning. This week I have buried myself in writing my first sock pattern. :)

[@ruthonell2739]

Lisa, my heart goes out to you as you contemplate your return to work. How to teach in these times is a mystery. You should take courage in that you're very good at breaking through the wall between yourself and your listeners as per my experience watching your spinning channel. There are many that could learn a trick or two from you. Stay positive that you will navigate these waters and that you are well equipped for this challenge as a strong person with much experience. Best wishes. Let us know how it goes if you get the chance?

[@pathowes32]

Lisa prayers for you as you deal with teaching. I was a first grade teacher for 34 years and I can’t imagine teaching now in the pandemic. I live in Massachusetts and our numbers are low. Our governor is very conservative about opening everything up. Enjoy your vacation and do yarn things. While I watched your podcast, I was combing some cormo🐑🧶. I can’t wait to watch Jen’s podcast. Thanks for the recommendation. Be safe😷❤️

[@ksmall2716]

We have soooo missed you. Glad you are back and sharing your passion with us again.

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Thank you Kathie 💕

[@jenniferbrighty5120]

Hi Lisa I'm still working my way through your podcasts, I know I've watched some if them mire than once. I subscribe as soon as I'd watched the first one.Hope you had a great vacation (I know I'm a little late). Your love of fleece, fibres and spinning are amazing. You bring so much love and calmness to us to your podcast watchers. Keep spinning, keep smiling,keep safe and well. Love and peace. Jen xxxx England UK xxx

[@jenniferbrighty5120]

Hi Lisa, I hope you're OK. Xx❣ Thankyou so much for the Heart Reply ❤ Sending Heart back to you ❤ 💛 I'm still Spinning away. Using Drop Spindles and my Nano 1.1 and the Nano 6. I love them all. Thankyou for giving me the inspiration to start with. Happy Spinning Take care and stay safe Lots of love Jen 💘 🐏💕

[@LVega-px8yp]

I just adore your podcast and your love wool! Much love and peace to you!

[@Woolmouse]

I just bought my first Shetland after watching your video from one of the people you posted just want to say you're doing a good job and thank you I should be receiving it this week. I'm so excited. New Hampshire fiber fiber festival is in May but after 2 years of no new fleeces I just couldn't wait LOL!

[@Craftingenthusiast]

Every time I watch 1 of your videos I am always left with such a peaceful feeling and a sense of calm:) I am a self taught spinner and you always make me feel like I can accomplish anything where fleeces are concerned. Do to your videos about fleeces I have purchased some fleeces and am learning how to scour and process them for myself. I thank u for your segments that dive deeper into different breeds of sheep and at this point my favorite to spin is targhee however you have opened my eyes on the Shetland breeds. Thank u for your channel!

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Thank you Autumn for your beautiful comment. Something about handling fleece makes me so contented and it sounds like it is the same for you 💕.

[@Craftingenthusiast]

I have to say I truly agree with that comment. :)

[@The-Vintage-Needlecrafter]

I'm learning about different wool types thanks to your channel. I hand carded and spun sone curly Gotland today. I love it's silvery grey and white color.

[@MokkiLifewithLaura]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 2000 🎉🎉🎉 Quinn is beautiful 🖤 Let your library know that if they ever decide to purge the book from their shelves that you will be willing to buy it!!! (Usually libraries let their “Friends of the Library” groups run a benefit sale with those purged books)

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Thank you! I’ll be talking to the library about the book. That’s a great 💡! So happy you are one of the subscribers that helped me get to 2000. 💕

[@krystledawne]

I love your problem solving in finishing that shawl! I used to be such a snob and had to have my yarns matched by brand and content for a project 😂 I think working with handspun has broken me of that finally. I’m even considering a half handspun half commercial project. Gasp!

[@lookingup3678]

Peaches looks like the luck dragon in the never ending story. She is just so sweet.

[@SoulfulSpinning]

She is my best friend and doing exceptionally well as she’s going to be 14 years old this week. I love her so much. 🥰. Thank you. Lisa xx

[@StrickundSpinn]

Dear Lisa, thank you so much for sharing your spinning and knitting and all your love for wool. I love your podcast and please 😃 the large version is what I prefer. It's so nice to spinning with you and I learned a lot of spinning from you.

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Thank you dear Marte 💕. I am so happy you are enjoying the channel!

[@annieboulton5759]

Hi. Just found your podcast. The fleeces you have shown are beautiful. I am new to spinning. My friend is a farmer and I have been given a few fleeces. Leicester Longwool is what I am spinning atm. I have never seen such long locks. ten inches and so soft and gorgeous, Happy spinning xxx

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Your fleece sounds amazing. I think the long wools are very elegant! How wonderful you have a farmer friend, that makes the whole process that more special!

[@carolharper268]

Alive your scarf, both the colours and design! 💐

[@carolharper268]

I meant to say, I love 🤣

[@tools4ewebycarolhowe496]

Oh such lovely fleeces. I have been looking for something to process for the first time. Thanks for sharing where you got this.

[@SoftShetlandWool]

I want you to teach from a plastic bubble like in that John Travolta after school special movie from the 70's. I am now going to go back and watch your episode where you shared your holiday with us up north! Enjoy and have a lovely time with your sister!

[@lesleysmith4058]

It's great to see the variety of colours and fleece types of Shetland sheep being shown off so beautifully

[@rochellejones2103]

I need to tell you that you have enabled my love of Flax brand clothing. I didn’t know of them before and have now received a few pieces for my birthday, what a treat.

[@SoulfulSpinning]

I am so glad. I don’t know how I’d get through hot midwest summers without my linen!

[@caroleschmidt5878]

Hope all is well with you in the school year- stay healthy and calm.-This year will be one to remember

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Carole Schmidt Thank you Carol. I’m teaching remotely for the moment. I am healthy but calm....? That’s another story 🙁. I hope you are well. Yes, 2020 will be a year to remember for sure!

[@janineblackburn15]

You make it look so easy. Thanks a bunch!

[@oldwoman123]

You will be missed! Have a wonderful vacation!!

[@DeePickett53]

Beautiful shawl!

[@carolharper268]

2.5k subscribers now! Love your videos, 🇬🇧 x

[@pambutler5437]

Best wishes for a safe and happy return to school. I miss your podcast after having watched them all. Can’t wait to see you and hear how your return to work is going.

[@Ahlathein]

Thank you for putting out so many podcasts this summer! I hope that you have a rejuvenating vacation and will pray about your return to work. Your shawl is beautiful!

[@CharanSachar]

Your videos are such a pleasure to watch and you have a very soothing voice. Beautiful spinning

[@jessicawright1656]

Thanks Lisa! I hope you have a great vacation. I also dont know about this upcoming school year. I live in Oregon and they are talking about part time in classrooms and part time online. I don't know how my children are going to perform under those conditions. They didn't like the online classes they had for the last quarter at the end of last school year. Take care! I figure we will all get through this one way or another.

[@melindastowers7772]

I stumbled upon you un KZbin. I am very grateful. I find such an abundance of wonderful information beautifully presented. Yes, I subscribed.

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Thank you so much, Melinda❣️

[@YarnNYarns]

Both of your new fleeces are just stunning. Your shawl turned out beautifully I wouldn't have noticed it was different yarn for the bind off. I hope you have a wonderful wonderful vacation, I feel your pain over what projects to take with you. If we are travelling by car and have plenty of space my rule of thumb is usually at least one project for every day that we are away, hehe!!!. I hope that your return to teaching goes as smoothly as possible, it will be a strange time for sure but hopefully you will be able to establish a new routine and things will become less stressful xx

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Thank you Angela. I am packing way too much knitting and spinning projects. But we have a mini van so plenty of room! I’ve been thinking about you and hope you’re doing OK. I heard the news on your latest video. 😔

[@FairilyFiberFun]

Enjoy your vacation! I have enjoyed your weekly episodes but understand going back to work will slow down all the crafting and such. I hope this upcoming school year goes well for you. Oh, your hair looks amazing! Love the new cut. But, you are always beautiful.

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Awe... thank you so much my friend!

[@carolharper268]

Very hard times, praying for you and all! I was 61 last December and I’m missing my family so much xx

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Thank you Carol. I’m back at work this week but hope to record for my channel soon. Thank you oh so much for all your beautiful comments 💜.

[@jennywren2395]

Thanks Lisa for another cast. I have been flicking Polwarth while you kept me company. If you don't need the income then I would definitely not go back to school, if I were you. It is certainly not worth the risk.

[@intuitknit]

Hi Lisa. Lovely to see your new aquisitions and to hear your excitement about spinning them up. You have quite a collection to visit when you want inspirational moments. So glad your vlog has reached the 2000 subscriber mark. Congratulations. I am sorry you have stress about returning to work. I hope something changes to keep you feeling safe. ✌️

[@TRaceTK]

Thanks Lisa for another beautiful podcast! Big congratulations on 2 K subscribers 🎉🥳🎉 I could watch you spin all day lol. I think we spin very similar, I do not see many doing so. That Quinn fleece has my heart ❤️ such a gorgeous colour and your sample looks amazing! Thanks for the maths tips on singles WPI for 2 and 3 ply. Wishing you all the best for the new school year, hear where I live in Canada we will just start stage 3 in a day or so. Even that makes me nervous, we are doing so well I don’t want to mess it up! Anxiety and anger are two emotions that are part of my daily life now, the “new normal” for so many of us now 😢

[@dianehunter1285]

Hello Lisa I so enjoy your podcasts, only found you a few weeks ago so have been playing catch up. I have knit the debut shawl prefer yours with the picot cast off. I am tittering on the edge of getting into spinning I was so disappointed at the beginning of the year to go the 3 or 4 yarn shops fairly local here to me in the uk, and not being able to get any yarn with wool it was nearly all acrylic or acrylic mixes. So after watching you I have sent for my first dropped spindle. I have to say I find it a little intimidating. I hope your return to teaching goes ok I understand your apprehension completely, I am in the fortunate position of being retired now so don’t have that worry. Take care xx

[@aeastman59]

wow that quinn fleece is going to be so beautiful!! thank you for all the resources and information about fleeces, breeds and spinning!

[@catherineb.8284]

Hi Lisa, I will be thinking of you. Enjoy your holiday with your family. Hopefully things will start to settle in the USA regarding COVID, I do hoe the new school year will be fine for you. Not long to retirement!! :)

[@sondragingery5949]

We have a cabin in the central area of the UP. Sounds like a good place to be right now! I am gardening for canning this year, and so haven't got as much time to spend up there. But fall is coming, and I'll be able to be there then. Prayers with you for this coming school year! I have several close friends here (NW Ohio) who are teachers. It is such an upheaval for all of you, with so much uncertainty. But praying for each other helps! Enjoy your time up north, breathe deeply, and fill your senses and memory tank up with the peacefulness there.

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Thank you so much Sondra. We rent our cabin, but dream of having our own someday. Thank you for your prayers and well wishes. I did indeed breathe in all the fresh air I could. Enjoy your time in the autumn at your cabin 🍂.

[@savoiebaskets]

Hi Lisa , what beautiful fleeces you purchased and so hard to believe they are not coated. Your love of Shetland is rubbing off on me. I just picked two shetland fleece and one is a moorit. I know how you feel about working with masks. I work in healthcare. It will get easier.

[@manicspinner1959]

Wow... (opening shots) you really spin beautifully!!!

[@barbarahudak8496]

Enjoy your time away! 💟

[@carolharper268]

Wish I could join you in your cabin, sounds like heaven. Xx

[@katlady1019]

Such great content! I have the same difficulty not bringing "all the things" when we travel to our cottage!!! There are so many more challenges working these days - it will be so different. I am an RN and worked front lines through the worst of Covid in Michigan. Enjoy your vacation!!!!

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Thank you for your service Kathleen. I hope you are appreciated for all you do!

[@lindaballard]

Very nice!!

[@thecognitivedissonant3606]

Gorgeous texture in your purchased fleeces! I'm looking at getting my first fleece, it's from alpaca and all of this is new to me! Yikes lol

[@kittylevee4662]

CONGRATS on 2K‼ 💜💙💚💛🧡❤

[@beverleylawton6899]

Wonderful video as always Lisa 🙏 I was wondering - when you showed your samples - if you would ever consider featuring a slot on how and what you sample and at what point etc. I am so haphazard and find myself confused about what to save and sample etc!! (Maybe it’s just me!). I can only imagine how anxiety provoking going back to your work in the current circumstances must be. I will be thinking of you. Maybe the anticipation will be worse than the actual experience 😊. Have a fabulous vacation!

[@lynnray9884]

I am a new subscriber and thank you for the details

[@yroslava9645]

Good afternoon, how do you wash the goat fluff and if you wash it at all, thank you, and also thank you sheep wool.🌺

[@cmaur811]

So agree

[@annettemixon1264]

I hear you! 😘

[@andreamarshall9677]

Lisa, I do relate to your anxious feelings about returning to school...I teach art at the elementary level here in CT, and all of my colleagues are feeling this, if it is any comfort. I am 61, and work is stressful enough without Covid. These times are tough, our infection rates are low, we don’t know for how long they will remain so, but we will be lucky to get a couple months if that, before we need to go 100 percent remote again. If infection rates stay below 5 percent over an average of days, it is in school. If they rise over 9 percent it is full distance learning. No good choices here, and wondering who will teach those students on line who opt out of attending in the building. All remains to be seen, but we do have a full week of PD before students arrive, on September 8, in partial fashion for the first 2 days, anyway. Looks like 22% opting to stay home currently, my guess is that number may rise over the next weeks. We shall see. Thoughts are with you, enjoy your time away.

[@SoulfulSpinning]

It looks like I’ll be teaching online for at least the beginning of this school year, though I will be doing it from school. That’s the plan so far, decisions are still being made. Thank you for your message. There are no good options really. Stay safe 💕.

[@manicspinner1959]

I say this with full love in my heart: I think you're addicted to fleece. :-). (Takes one to know one...)

[@krystledawne]

Ohhhh sister ain’t that the truth! So many fleeces 🤣

[@canndell]

Loving your channel! I’m combining what started out to be an extremely dirty angora fleece. I got it for free and I have been working on it for 3 years (off and on 😏). It’s turning out great! But I’m wondering what you do with the waste from combing. ❤️

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Ah yes, what to do with waste from combing? You could try combing again to get all the usable fiber from the ‘waste’, you could needle felt or throw it in a batt on a drum carder. I have tons of the stuff in a bag and haven’t really done anything with it yet. You could also make dryer balls. Sometimes I use it to dust the shelves, really picks up the dust.

[@canndell]

Soulful Spinning great! I have made dryer balls. I actually had 6 oz of waste from combing an angora goat fleece. I ended up spinning it separate from the good stuff! It has a lot of vm and short cuts but it actually ended up nice. I will probably make a rug or dog bed with it 😊😊😊

[@jacquelinepirotta]

Hello! I don't suppose you have any recollection of which of your episodes might be best for someone wanting to spin on a spindle?

[@sobat7402]

I love your podcast. Your modest, you spin so beautifully, the results are every time, in my opinion, perfect. I understand that you find it difficult to go back to teaching. In the Netherlands momentarily Covid is spreading again! Because of the summer, people are traveling, social distancing is more then ever important. I know that it is difficult in working circumstances. At my work social distancing is also difficult, I try to deal with it. Out of the box, is it possible to teach in open air in months September/ beginning October? Outside is better then inside, because of ventilation, people have more space? In the Netherlands fitness schools put up large open like party tents so that people have space, fresh air. Can you discuss your fear with people at your school? Maybe they can/will consider other solutions for teaching other than in the school building? The whole world is waiting for a vaccine, I hope it will be developed in the near future so life can be more as we are used to. For me you are a inspiration for spinning, you gave me my mojo in spinning back. I thank you for that. Please take care! 😊

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Thank you so much for your message! My very large public high school has decided to start the year with remote online education. With students passing from room to room, classrooms with no windows and many other challenges probably informed the decision making process. I will miss my face to face interactions with my students but hope by the school year’s end we may be back to in person learning. I love the idea of outside classrooms, but alas I don’t see that happening where I live. Keep spinning and stay as healthy as possible my friend. I hope to put out a video by the end of this week 🥰.

[@manicspinner1959]

Do you always cold soak over night? If yes, what benefits do you get? If not always, what goes into your decision to cold soak, or not?

[@Woolmouse]

Did you spend Quinn long draw or short forward?

[@SoulfulSpinning]

I combed and spun semi worsted.

[@pambutler5437]

Can you tell me where you sourced your CVM fleece please?

[@SoulfulSpinning]

I purchased mine from Fiddle Knoll Farm!

[@LorisCrochetCorner]

Hi I stopped by to visit you're Lovely channel. I hit all the buttons and bell I hope you do too Tyfs ❤ I'm Looking forward to seeing more videos!! Have a wonderful day much love to you 🥰

[@dhurd4099]

Oh oh oh oh oh! If you think The Book of Wool is a fine book, you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet! Go to Amazon books and look up The Fleece and Fiber Source Book by Ekarius and Robson. Word of warning: have someone in the room with you to help you up after you faint because it’s brilliant, a monster and a tome with over 100 sheep breeds and over 400 pages! Look inside, check the reviews, and read about it. It’s the be all and end all, honest. You can thank me later. 😊

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Yes, the Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook is remarkable and I have a well loved copy!

[@goldensolitude]

Do you buy whole fleeces or partial fleeces?

[@SoulfulSpinning]

I usually buy whole fleeces.

[@latestarossa]

Sorry about the mistakes in My writing, but I am from Belgium and never had English in school 😕

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Your message was so lovely and perfectly understood 💕

[@Gigimamapa5]

I can see why you are addicted to fiber.