Sheep release oil from their skin that actually mimics (unintentionally I assume) the scent a mother cat has while nursing their babies. It's why cats love wool blankets!
I'm a knitter, crocheter and I Nalbind clothing for my family! Bare wool is an incredibly beautiful fiber to work with & to wear. I want to say thank you for all the work you put into this yarn for people like me to use. I appreciate you all so much!❤🥰
Also, if you were to advise someone new to learning the methods of knitting/crocheting, what would you recommended to be the simplest way to learn? Any help would be appreciated.
Im really NOT your target audience. But the video popped up, I didn’t know anything about it and hit play. I really enjoyed it and have shared it with others that might like it. Thank you.
It’s the First time I’ve seen a home cottage industry like this. It’s amazing to see the process from start to finish. In this high speed, high tech world we now live in, it’s great to see there are still some true artisans out there. It’s a shame more people don’t get involved. As a crocheter I’ve never bought or used wool like this. I’m sure I’m going to try it in the immediate future. Keep up the good work ladies. 👏👏👏❤️
Yes try hand spun yarn. It is softer, lighter in weight and warmer, than the commercial. I dont know how the commercial process reduces the positive characteristics of wool. Although dye of coures fills to a certain extent the air pockets in between the fibres there by reducing the yarns ability to retain body heat
The word "carding" comes from the latin "cardus" meaning thistle, because of the sharp points used for doing it. Originally, the hand-held "cards," used thorns backed with leather. Wool processing has such a deep, rich history.
The genus name of some thistles is Carduus but the plant used for raising the nap on wool was another genus entirely. Dipsacus fullonum is the name for fuller’s teasel. They all look like thistles
@@dancingnature I was referring to the cards, used for combing and smoothing out the raw wool before spinning, rather than the teasel used for raising the nap on the wool, which is a process done after the wool has been spun and woven into cloth. They are two different processes. The use of "carduus" in the latin name of some thistles came later than the latin word "cardus," which means, generically, thistle and, by extension, spiky. Modern taxonomy using binomial names wasn't conceived until the 18th century, and the first scientists to apply these names usually used preexisting Latin or Greek words for the species names. These could be the Latin or Greek colloquial names, where they existed, or simply translated descriptors. Cardus was used as a genus name because it was the Latin word for thistle. Fuller's teasel was named such because it was used for fulling.
@gilliankinder7723 the cards were (at least in England), usually thorns on a leather backing, shaped somewhat similarly to a modern paddle hairbrush. I have a book with an illustration of a pair of c16 cards somewhere, but I don't know if it exists online.
ahhaahah cute Actually, I'm mesmerized by this process. I started searching about the Industrial Revolution and it's inventions, searched for the "Spinning Jenny", and I realized that I knew NOTHING of the historiry of Weaving. I got so, so, so confused with the machinery, the wool, the threads - that I decided to simply search for everything step by step I'm in awe. So beautiful, so peaceful, so loving, so wonderful. ... not only the process itself, but also, to be able to see, and imagine the past of human history, and what we had to handle to develop into this highly technological society we are today. I'm speechless. Srly.
Thank you for demonstrating the machines! We are a US Military family currently living in Japan and I have been gifted wool processing equipment from a tiny farm not too far from us. They upgraded to larger equipment now that they process for multiple farms in the area. We are still another 2 years from our retirement and hobby farm, but being able to watch this has helped me see the process with English instructions! It is amazing to me how so much of this equipment seems to be universal.The equipment here in Japan seems to be just like the equipment you are using!
The principles are ancient and global for sure, but you will see interesting differences across the world in various devices. Compare the spinners Gandhi encouraged use of in India, with the long Navajo spindle. Weaving loom are quite diverse but they all use warp and weft principles.
@@carolinegray7510I've heard others say how incredibly polite,hospitable and friendly the Japanese in Japan are.Im always amazed at the Japanese,since we did A bomb them, way back. We have blacks ,here , still bitching and crying about how terrible their lives are now because their distant relatives were slaves. .Big diff.
I agree! I learned recently that it’s even flame resistant. The US requires that mattresses be flame retardant, but chemical flame retardants are so toxic! We bought a mattress recently that was made with wool, so it is flame retardant and nontoxic. I was amazed! It really is God’s gift.
WOW! I never knew how much of a process making yarn was. I naively thought you just put freshly shaved, washed fleece directly into the spinner. Thanks for making this! It definitely explains why quality yarn is so expensive.
It is absolutely fascinating to watch how much your whole family does, you guys work in harmony, it is beautiful!! You should feel very proud of the life you all have built ❣
@@katella we used to fluff it by hand. Like everything else, they will need maintenance. She used to wash the content every 3-4 years or as needed and refluff it.
I personally use the carding paddles and a drop spindle, but its so interesting to see the different kinds of equipment people use. It truly is a labour of love.
I had no idea how the wool went from shaved off the sheep to being ready for the spinning wheel. Fascinating all the tools people came up with back in the day to do all this work
This is EXACTLY what I was looking for. I've been debating on what breed of sheep I want to get this year. This has helped me make up my mind and I'm going wool. Thank you so much for taking the time and going step-by-step and explaining everything in a way a complete beginner can understand. This is a video I'm sure I'll be watching several times. Also, the outtakes are hilarious! Thank you!
There are nearly as many methods of preparing fibre for spinning as there are spinners. If you want smoother batts, or easier-to-prep hand-carded rolags, you may find that 'less is more'. Loading too much fibre, too quickly, onto your equipment may take less time, but it can be harder on both your body and the tools. I find the resulting preparation is less enjoyable to spin, and harder to control. It looks like you're having a grand time learning what works for you, so I encourage you to keep exploring.
Thank you for uploading & explaining everything so thoroughly! This is one of the things on my bucket list. I'm not there yet, but knowledge is the first step. :)
Thank you for showing me the process in a modern setting! I always wondered, like LITERALLY my whole life, how wool went from sheep to yarn and the finesse of spinning thread, and now that old folk song we learned in school makes sense.🥰
Its just my husband and I to manage our 26 sheep & 5 llamas. But playing with fiber is so satisfying. There aren't enough local mills, so knowing how to do this process at home is valuable. I like that you demonstrate the basics in a confident homey way. Makes me feel better about my own makeshift processing tools, like saving laundry detergent buckets. We have a large handmade wooden square with a heavy metal screen that was originally created to screen rocks from garden soil. I use it now to lay my fleeces down upon when skirting. Lots of dirt and small bits fall through. I can sit comfortably and pick through quickly.
Love it, I use the screens from our windows in the winter do not need them anyways, then they get washed every year as well. Then they go back up in the windows untill next time.
This was fascinating. I have never seen the entire process start to finish and really enjoyed learning something new. I currently live in a very small town where sheep outnumber the humans. I love watching them and listening to them especially the ones right across from my bedroom window. And the babies are THE cutest! This town was founded back in the 1800s and is still raising sheep to this day. I crochet and just love the fibers! Thanks again for educating me on the process. It helps me appreciate the yarn that much more. 🐑❤🧶
I just watched a video on factory manufacturing, then thoroughly enjoyed watching your cottage procedures & tools without all the noise & rushed processing of the wool. I've long wanted to have a homestead with textile manufacturing as my main source of trade. Your video was both informative & entertaining to watch live what I had only derived from books in the past. I especially loved that your "feline factory workers" contribute to the family business. Thank you for your lovely presentation of wool processing.
I love this. I love to see the process slowed down and shown at a non-industrial speed since after 100 years or so, we’ve lost even the general idea of how fabric or thread comes into being. I love that this is done at home, on a kitchen counter with bonus cats. Now I wish I knew how to knit and finish a product all the way through to wearing (unlike my mother who started many, many projects but never finished). She went on to quilting (which I have no interest in - sorry, know that’s blasphemy to some). And Thanks for the out-takes!!
Not blasphemy at all. Sometimes it takes a few tries to find your creative outlet. As you can see by my name I’ve enjoyed some forays into many supplies and results. However, I always come back to fiber in some form whether knitting, sewing, or felting. Remember all natural fibers were once a living thing and that keeps you grounded to Mother Earth.
So fascinating. I was given a spinning wheel as a Christmas gift (Santa) when I was a child. I hadn’t even asked for one 😂 but I sanded it, stained it and put it together all by myself. I didn’t know where to get wool from so I couldn’t ever use it, but boy I wanted to. Now I’m almost in my 60’s and that spinning wheel that sat in my room for years, was sadly never ever used and is only a distant memory. Thankyou for your lovely video. I really enjoyed it.
This video popped up on my feed and I was absolutely curious. Seeing this made me love and appreciate the work that goes into wool/fleece processing. I am a crocheter and seeing this wowed me. From sheep wool to yarn ball the process was cool. I also love that the tools used are manual. What you are guys are doing will last for a long time. And the cats are cute.
Oh this is fantastic! I've only just started knitting and crocheting this year and now I'm already dreaming of spinning and dyeing my own wool. Only if I had more space... I can already see myself getting so obsessed and ending up with a sheep farm
I used to do it with my grandma when I was about 10 years old. this brings me memories of her. back in Kazakhstan we had neighbors had sheep and my grandmother was the knitter, so she did it all, obviously we did the most of it, lol
This is a terrific step by step video and so easy to follow. I am processing my first fleece ever this weekend. A Shetland I got at my local sheep and wool festival a few months ago. I have watched this through, but now I am re-watching and stopping it after every part of the process to go do that step. It’s been so helpful and gave me the confidence to do it as I was finding it a bit to daunting to get started. So far so goo! Thank you SO much for taking the time to do this for us newbies. So very appreciated. ❤️
This is the most helpful video I’ve watched thank you so much! I’ve just started spinning on the drop spindle and am already running before I can walk 🤣 I have different breeds of fleece and some alpaca to process as I really like the idea of making from scratch. I love the way you all work together, I want to come and live with you 😂 My house in the U.K. would fit in your kitchen, I’m terribly jealous ❤ Thanks again ❤
I would be in heaven at your house. I'm a needle felter and just can't get enough of watching how the raw wool becomes what I use. Thanks for sharing your process.
I love the whole video, however, the bloopers were epic! Really made me smile! The amount of time spent processing raw wool is amazing and time consuming! I love that you all can make it look so easy. I'd love to get into wool processing, myself!
Me and mine have a ten-year plan to start a sheep farm where we'll be doing this sort of thing, as well as making some finished products as well, so this is really cool to see! A few of us are learning fiber arts and processing things like this, I'm going to focus more on taking care of the actual sheep.
Yarn addict here … A low bow to you ! You farm Your raise sheep You raise beautiful daughters! Your a mom and a wife And you have a lovely lovely home . That’s hard work you do there cleaning and turning that sheep’s wool into my crack ! I was looking for a thanks link or a buy a coffee link I could send some $ love or thanks for the lesson and demonstration !
We're also homeschoolers who recently moved to the country from downtown Toronto. I was gifted a bag of raw wool. We've washed some, carded it and used a drop spindle to make the yarn. We have about enough for one tiny mitton but so far it has been a fun learning experience. Maybe more for the mum's than the kids 😂
My grandma used to work at Old World Wisconsin, and this is what she did. She made wool products. She died when I was pretty young. I remember helping with the paddles. Wish I could have learned more from her, though
Love the layout of the kitchen! I too have a black cat, his name is Lotus, but I call him Lo Lo. I've always wondered about how to process wool. I'm 67 and my granny that lived in Alabama taught me how to card cotton from the field when I was 9 years old. We used the hand carder. Thanks for this video.
I think two things that could make your setup easier to manage and clean would be a car washing "grit guard" .... In car washing, it basically takes all of the debris that comes off of the vehicle wash sponge, and drops it down underneath the water to a part where it separates dirt from the clean water and lets the sediment filter out, and holds the sponge (in your case, fleece) up in the clean sediment-free area... Look at the brand chemicalguys. Another thing that might help is a rotary mop head spinner, like the O-Cedar EasyWring RinseClean. It uses a foot pedal and spins in a circle, using centrifugal forces to wring out the water.... give it a try!
Thank you so much. I recently asked a local farm if I could have a couple of their unwanted fleeces and I’m sitting here with four sacks, 2 merino and 2 llama. I wasn’t sure I was doing things right cleaning the bits I’ve started with so this came at the right time. I had to giggle when you said Dawn works. We don’t have it here in Australia and everyone seems to use it for everything. I always wonder if anyone actually washes dishes with it. 😄
LOL, any soap with degreaser and leaves no film behind. The one I use is Thieves cleaner from Young Living essential oils. Have fun and if any questions message me 10acrewoods@anola.mb.ca
Hi, thank you for the very informative video. You make it look fun and easy. I have just gotten my hands on some wool for the first time. One thing I want to do with it is make wet felted boots and I apparently need roving to do that. How do I get it from washed wool to roving? Also, I have found a drum carder that looks very similar to yours but it's taken apart and has no name for me to look up. Does yours have a manual that would tell me how to put it together? Thank you!
I'm home sick, wrapped up in a wool blanket and I got curious how wool is made into yarn. I must say it's an incredibly cool process. Thank you for making this.
Watching this while crocheting is so cool! It amazing to see what some of my yarn started as and how it got to the point where I can use it. This is amazing!!
My fiance and I want to build an self-sustaining homestead someday soon, Lord willing. I've been wanting us to have at least a mating pair of alpacas, if not more, for the fleece! I'd love to make sweaters and such for us and our future children with material we harvested, processed, and purposed ourselves from such awesome animals! Thank you for this educational and therapeutic video! Fascinating! Great to know about alpacas not having lanolin, whereas sheep do have lanolin. I was curious about that and didn't know until this video that they don't both produce it. Only sheep.
Never give up on the dream, wishing you best. If ever need info as this is our goal in the end, so Tiana will have it all. If ever have questions tara@anola.mb.ca feel free to message
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I live on one of the Balearic Islands and have two pet sheep, one white, one cinnamon colored. Now that I'm retired I hope to be able to process the wool and make myself some nice warm things for our damp winters. ❤
I've seen some of your older videos on processing wool, and this by far, was the best! Very informative with descriptions and terminology as well as showing the various options! Thank you for this video!
I have always been intrigued by the spinning process and how wool was spun. Thank you so much for giving us a peek into how you do it! Your video answered so many questions for me! 🥰💜
As an avid outdoorsman & old school kinda guy, I am happy to have found your channel. Wool is one of my primary staples for clothing, & processing it is something I never learned to do. Although Mom taught me the basics of knitting, which as a mountain man, I ain't embarrassed to admit. Lol. Thank you for the instructional & inspirational video. I added You to my subscriptions & look forward to seeing more of your content.
You shouldn’t be ashamed of that at all! I mean, look up videos of hardcore military Marines knitting the boredom away while on a bus/plane heading into a war zone (yes it is a thing) 😂 Ultimate stress relief right there! And being productive during downtime. Nothing to be ashamed about, if anything, be proud you have the skills. From this young 🇨🇦 retired vet 😉
@@jessehachey2732 I couldn't agree more. In my years in the mountains I call home, knitting, sewing, & any general mending skills, came in very handy to keep me goin.
Your hand cards look like cotton cards. You will find that the 72 count carders are narrower but better spacing on the needles for the sheep wool. Enjoyed the video and your step by step. I teach, process, dye, contract spin, knit/crochet and enjoyed watching the way you did things. It’s all such fun!
I am so jealous of your setup! I’ve recently started spinning after a friend of my dad’s gave me some of his sheep’s wool. It wasn’t great wool. The type of sheep that is breed for meat rather than their wool. So much of it was short and had been sitting in grass for a long time before I got it. So watching your video is really informative and helpful. And I recently got some alpaca from a gal on Facebook and it is such a different texture and much cleaner. I am so excited to work with it and start cleaning it. I already spun some before prepping it and I love the way it looks. I could spend all day crafting, working with wool, I am in love with your home and wool setup. And I adore your kitties! Give them some scritches for me. 😊
Wow, I had a faint idea of how the wool was treated as my mother (+) told us she used to do it. It is a lot of work and you do it with such gusto, congratulations!
Great sense of humour. I love his one-liners. My father’s sense of humour was so vicious, you weren’t sure if you should laugh or punch him in the face. I too have a truly, twisted sense of humour and regularly have my friends busting a gut, fortunately, mine is not quite as vicious as my father’s was (although an odd friend or two may well beg to differ). Lol The motto by which I live is…’Laughter will get you through even the toughest of days’.
@@The10AcreWoods Don’t I feel the fool !😔 My comment was meant for another RUclipsr postings.🫣 I well imagine my comments left you confused as to what the heck I was talking about. I can’t imagine how my comment ended up in your posting. Please, forgive my lack of attention.
Wow! Thank you very much for this post. As a city person who has never even met a sheep, maybe once in my many years, I found your process so wonderful to watch. I remember learning about wool production in a 4th grade presentation on colonial America. So many of the tools and processes were one time explained to me but, there you were using everything I learned about. What a statement about how far I have lived from the rural life. Quite sad in many ways. However, thank you again for all that you explained and demonstrated. I really learned alot!
I’m amazed and learned so much from your video. It seems like such a work of art and so many decades of learning to refine and perfect the process. I am so impressed and happy to have learned from you. Thank you!
I grew up in West Yorkshire which used to be the centre of the English woollen industry. There was a woollen mill in my small town, and when I was about 10 my class went on a visit to see the whole process. It started with the arrival of the fleeces straight from the shearers through washing and combing to remove all the dirt and grease, to spinning ind dyeing and right through to weaving and finishing. It was fascinating.
I just enjoy watching videos like this on RUclips. It’s always been my dream to have a homestead and raise and grow more of my own food to be more self sufficient. Sadly am too broke for the life style at this time in my life and live in a cheep apartment atm. Though I have no yard I am lucky able to grow at least some edible plants and herbs on my balcony and I enjoy hunting and fishing with my family whenever possible. I also try and shop at a farmers market or from other people who are selling things like eggs,meat, fruits,and vegetables that they grown themselves. It may not sound like much but I am trying. Having a homestead is a big goal of mine that I hope to have in the future though.
If you add a bit of salt to your soaking fleece, you get a lot more lanolin extracted (which reduces odor as well as your mechanical effort). Instead of skimming, you could just boil off most of the water in a crockpot on high over the course of a day or so (faster on a stovetop of course, but this method is more hands-off), and then put it somewhere to cool and solidify like fat off the top of a stew.
I just came across this video by accident (could be my love of crochet and the RUclips algorithm that steered me here too) but then I saw that you're in Manitoba. How wonderful. I need a trip east to the Peg again someday. Thank you for this very informative and down-home version of sheep to yarn. It's always nice to know how much work goes into this craft and why it's important to buy local or Canadian.
Very informative and understandable! Startling to hear "skein" pronounced "skeen," I had never heard that before in my life. My mother speaks German and she'd probably drop her jaw hearing that. I've only ever heard it pronounced "skane".
This is so interesting! What a wonderful thing to do together as a family, too. I'm only a year into crochet, so to see the process of how natural wool is made into usable skeins/balls is fascinating. Thank you all for your hard work 😊🧶🐑
I worked in a yarn dying company for a while in Montana. Love seeing people doing this by hand in their homes. We'd have about 5 or 6 people that would spin (for the home spun wools) and the rest of us would take the big hanks and break them down into skeins. We had those ball winders too. Our were cheap plastic though, not the lovely wood one you have. Thank for this, this brought back good memories.
I have been knitting and crocheting for years and have never seen this process before. It is so interesting and now know why the fluctuations in cost. Loved every minute if this video. On average how long does this whole process take minus shearing of course, from start to finish? Again loved it! Blessings from MN 💗
Idk how I bumped into your video. I know nothing about this. But I'm so glad there are still people doing this! ❤ I love my alpaca hat and wool sweaters.
This was such a pleasure to watch, especially the bloopers! Thanks for being so, real I guess would be the right word. I loved seeing that! None of us are perfect that is for sure and I don't care for it when people try to put themselves out there on social media like they are perfect. Anyway, I loved learning all of this. I had heard all of these terms and seen these things before, except the drum carder, but I never knew how they worked and I surely never saw ALL the love and care and labor that goes into making a skein of yarn. It gives me a whole new appreciation for a fiber I already love, and yes, I was one of the ones who raised my hand at being addicted to yarn 🙋🏼♀️🧶. Especially for all the smaller companies and family owned yarn sellers. Thank you, for all you do and for letting us be a fly on the wall to watch what really goes into our yarn. 🕊️❤️🕯️🧶
How nice to show the fleece going through from start to finish ❤. Loved the old spinning wheel ❤, and thanks for sharing with us 😀. Greetings from England 🇬🇧 Simon and Beth ❤️ 😀 🙋
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I love that the kitten is laying on the fluff enjoying himself very much. 😊
Amazing how much they love wool, seems to calm them.
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Spoiled lol
Sheep release oil from their skin that actually mimics (unintentionally I assume) the scent a mother cat has while nursing their babies. It's why cats love wool blankets!
@@The10AcreWoods Cats are clever, they see something comfy and warm to lie on and they take full advantage
I'm a knitter, crocheter and I Nalbind clothing for my family! Bare wool is an incredibly beautiful fiber to work with & to wear. I want to say thank you for all the work you put into this yarn for people like me to use. I appreciate you all so much!❤🥰
need to keep old ways alive, for futre generations. Your welcome
Amen to that !
May I ask, what is nailbinding?
Also, if you were to advise someone new to learning the methods of knitting/crocheting, what would you recommended to be the simplest way to learn? Any help would be appreciated.
@@The10AcreWoods😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Im really NOT your target audience. But the video popped up, I didn’t know anything about it and hit play. I really enjoyed it and have shared it with others that might like it. Thank you.
We are jack of many trades, never know what your going to see, thank you for sharing
I’m a city born & raised senior citizen who thoroughly enjoyed seeing the process. Ancient skills. Thank you for sharing!!
Our pleasure!
It’s the First time I’ve seen a home cottage industry like this. It’s amazing to see the process from start to finish. In this high speed, high tech world we now live in, it’s great to see there are still some true artisans out there. It’s a shame more people don’t get involved. As a crocheter I’ve never bought or used wool like this. I’m sure I’m going to try it in the immediate future. Keep up the good work ladies. 👏👏👏❤️
There is always the younger kids who come to class as well and love to learn, exciting to keep this old school stuff alive
flax and linen is better
Yes try hand spun yarn. It is softer, lighter in weight and warmer, than the commercial. I dont know how the commercial process reduces the positive characteristics of wool. Although dye of coures fills to a certain extent the air pockets in between the fibres there by reducing the yarns ability to retain body heat
The word "carding" comes from the latin "cardus" meaning thistle, because of the sharp points used for doing it. Originally, the hand-held "cards," used thorns backed with leather. Wool processing has such a deep, rich history.
Love the history lesson, great info
The genus name of some thistles is Carduus but the plant used for raising the nap on wool was another genus entirely. Dipsacus fullonum is the name for fuller’s teasel. They all look like thistles
@@dancingnature I was referring to the cards, used for combing and smoothing out the raw wool before spinning, rather than the teasel used for raising the nap on the wool, which is a process done after the wool has been spun and woven into cloth. They are two different processes.
The use of "carduus" in the latin name of some thistles came later than the latin word "cardus," which means, generically, thistle and, by extension, spiky. Modern taxonomy using binomial names wasn't conceived until the 18th century, and the first scientists to apply these names usually used preexisting Latin or Greek words for the species names. These could be the Latin or Greek colloquial names, where they existed, or simply translated descriptors. Cardus was used as a genus name because it was the Latin word for thistle. Fuller's teasel was named such because it was used for fulling.
I was just wondering what they used to use for hand carding!! so interesting
@gilliankinder7723 the cards were (at least in England), usually thorns on a leather backing, shaped somewhat similarly to a modern paddle hairbrush. I have a book with an illustration of a pair of c16 cards somewhere, but I don't know if it exists online.
If I was your neighbor I’d be at your place ALL the time helping. You are doing what I love.
ahhaahah cute
Actually, I'm mesmerized by this process. I started searching about the Industrial Revolution and it's inventions, searched for the "Spinning Jenny", and I realized that I knew NOTHING of the historiry of Weaving. I got so, so, so confused with the machinery, the wool, the threads - that I decided to simply search for everything step by step
I'm in awe. So beautiful, so peaceful, so loving, so wonderful.
... not only the process itself, but also, to be able to see, and imagine the past of human history, and what we had to handle to develop into this highly technological society we are today.
I'm speechless. Srly.
Thank you for demonstrating the machines! We are a US Military family currently living in Japan and I have been gifted wool processing equipment from a tiny farm not too far from us. They upgraded to larger equipment now that they process for multiple farms in the area. We are still another 2 years from our retirement and hobby farm, but being able to watch this has helped me see the process with English instructions! It is amazing to me how so much of this equipment seems to be universal.The equipment here in Japan seems to be just like the equipment you are using!
Awesome, Thank you for your service Hugs. One day i would love to upgrade to larger equipement but sure loving learning it all old school.
The principles are ancient and global for sure, but you will see interesting differences across the world in various devices. Compare the spinners Gandhi encouraged use of in India, with the long Navajo spindle. Weaving loom are quite diverse but they all use warp and weft principles.
I was in Japan in the 60's! Don't you just love the Japanese! They were so hospitable to me; so gracious and generous. Best memories! ❤
@@carolinegray7510I've heard others say how incredibly polite,hospitable and friendly the Japanese in Japan are.Im always amazed at the Japanese,since we did A bomb them, way back. We have blacks ,here , still bitching and crying about how terrible their lives are now because their distant relatives were slaves. .Big diff.
Japan has a very interesting knitting scene and innovative designers and patterns. Enjoy it!
Yes, I’m a yarn addict. So gorgeous! There is nothing like wool! Nothing! It’s God’s gift for sure.
And sheep are lovely, sensitive creatures.
I agree! I learned recently that it’s even flame resistant.
The US requires that mattresses be flame retardant, but chemical flame retardants are so toxic! We bought a mattress recently that was made with wool, so it is flame retardant and nontoxic. I was amazed! It really is God’s gift.
I love to see people using the dark wool. I find the natural colored wool beautiful. Not all wool needs to be artificially died.
Yes I prefer natural as well
That cat just chilling all cozy on the wool 😂😂😂😂
WOW! I never knew how much of a process making yarn was. I naively thought you just put freshly shaved, washed fleece directly into the spinner. Thanks for making this! It definitely explains why quality yarn is so expensive.
Glad it was helpful!
The fact that THIS isn’t VIRAL just goes to show what a strange world we live in. BEAUTIFUL work!!!! All of you!
Thank you, maybe one day
Keep sharing for her🙂❤
The sheep on the thumbnail looks like the happiest sheep on earth. 🐑😊❤️
Even though I will probably never try this process, I absolutely loved watching & learning from you guys. Thank you.
So glad!
@tinaholroyd4477 same for me! 😊
@@The10AcreWoodsyour home operation/ set up for that process, is very impressive! 😊
Stay blessed 🙏🧘🙏
Sending love❤ and admiration from Florida 🇺🇸😊
It is absolutely fascinating to watch how much your whole family does, you guys work in harmony, it is beautiful!! You should feel very proud of the life you all have built ❣
Thank you, we truly love what we do and means alot to share it with all of you.
I don't knit. I don't crochet. I don't sew. But I just watched your whole video. Bravo 🎉❤
My grandma use to fill pillows with the shorter wool pieces. They are so good to sleep at!
Yes they are!
What happens when you wash them? Does the wool clump?
@@katella we used to fluff it by hand. Like everything else, they will need maintenance. She used to wash the content every 3-4 years or as needed and refluff it.
Her natural grey hair is sooo beautiful!
Embraceing inner gandolf, lol
And she has a lot of it! I’m envious. Maybe the lanolin helps….
I really appreciate you taking the time to patiently walk us through this process. Your tips and skills are valuable, as is your time, so thank you.
You are so welcome!
I so enjoyed the whole process and now understand why the wool is so expensive to buy....And well worth the cost...Thanks Tara and Family
You are so welcome!
I personally use the carding paddles and a drop spindle, but its so interesting to see the different kinds of equipment people use. It truly is a labour of love.
Truly is, the pride in knowing you made it from scratch
I had no idea how the wool went from shaved off the sheep to being ready for the spinning wheel. Fascinating all the tools people came up with back in the day to do all this work
This is EXACTLY what I was looking for. I've been debating on what breed of sheep I want to get this year. This has helped me make up my mind and I'm going wool. Thank you so much for taking the time and going step-by-step and explaining everything in a way a complete beginner can understand. This is a video I'm sure I'll be watching several times. Also, the outtakes are hilarious! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful and always here for questions on your adventure.
There are nearly as many methods of preparing fibre for spinning as there are spinners. If you want smoother batts, or easier-to-prep hand-carded rolags, you may find that 'less is more'.
Loading too much fibre, too quickly, onto your equipment may take less time, but it can be harder on both your body and the tools.
I find the resulting preparation is less enjoyable to spin, and harder to control.
It looks like you're having a grand time learning what works for you, so I encourage you to keep exploring.
Thanks for the tips!
Wow I suddenly completely understand the prices of good yarn and wool! So amazing and totally worth it imo 😍
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for uploading & explaining everything so thoroughly! This is one of the things on my bucket list. I'm not there yet, but knowledge is the first step. :)
You can do it!
Thank you for showing me the process in a modern setting! I always wondered, like LITERALLY my whole life, how wool went from sheep to yarn and the finesse of spinning thread, and now that old folk song we learned in school makes sense.🥰
It is truly amazing to learn. your welcome we love sharing
Its just my husband and I to manage our 26 sheep & 5 llamas. But playing with fiber is so satisfying. There aren't enough local mills, so knowing how to do this process at home is valuable. I like that you demonstrate the basics in a confident homey way. Makes me feel better about my own makeshift processing tools, like saving laundry detergent buckets. We have a large handmade wooden square with a heavy metal screen that was originally created to screen rocks from garden soil. I use it now to lay my fleeces down upon when skirting. Lots of dirt and small bits fall through. I can sit comfortably and pick through quickly.
Love it, I use the screens from our windows in the winter do not need them anyways, then they get washed every year as well. Then they go back up in the windows untill next time.
That sweet kitty was in pure bliss!!!! How adorable 🥰
Yes it was!
This was fascinating. I have never seen the entire process start to finish and really enjoyed learning something new. I currently live in a very small town where sheep outnumber the humans. I love watching them and listening to them especially the ones right across from my bedroom window. And the babies are THE cutest! This town was founded back in the 1800s and is still raising sheep to this day. I crochet and just love the fibers! Thanks again for educating me on the process. It helps me appreciate the yarn that much more. 🐑❤🧶
Sounds very Qaint, would love that.
I just watched a video on factory manufacturing, then thoroughly enjoyed watching your cottage procedures & tools without all the noise & rushed processing of the wool. I've long wanted to have a homestead with textile manufacturing as my main source of trade. Your video was both informative & entertaining to watch live what I had only derived from books in the past. I especially loved that your "feline factory workers" contribute to the family business. Thank you for your lovely presentation of wool processing.
Well said, and the power of trade thru what you create is awesome. I pay many trades with product we make, keeping costs really low.
I love this. I love to see the process slowed down and shown at a non-industrial speed since after 100 years or so, we’ve lost even the general idea of how fabric or thread comes into being. I love that this is done at home, on a kitchen counter with bonus cats. Now I wish I knew how to knit and finish a product all the way through to wearing (unlike my mother who started many, many projects but never finished). She went on to quilting (which I have no interest in - sorry, know that’s blasphemy to some). And Thanks for the out-takes!!
Very welcome and thank you for the comments
Not blasphemy at all. Sometimes it takes a few tries to find your creative outlet. As you can see by my name I’ve enjoyed some forays into many supplies and results. However, I always come back to fiber in some form whether knitting, sewing, or felting. Remember all natural fibers were once a living thing and that keeps you grounded to Mother Earth.
It is 2 a.m. I have class in the morning.
I am thoroughly enjoying myself.
Thank you for creating such an informative and relaxing video!
❤❤
You're so welcome!
So fascinating.
I was given a spinning wheel as a Christmas gift (Santa) when I was a child. I hadn’t even asked for one 😂 but I sanded it, stained it and put it together all by myself. I didn’t know where to get wool from so I couldn’t ever use it, but boy I wanted to. Now I’m almost in my 60’s and that spinning wheel that sat in my room for years, was sadly never ever used and is only a distant memory. Thankyou for your lovely video. I really enjoyed it.
Love that!
This video popped up on my feed and I was absolutely curious. Seeing this made me love and appreciate the work that goes into wool/fleece processing. I am a crocheter and seeing this wowed me. From sheep wool to yarn ball the process was cool. I also love that the tools used are manual. What you are guys are doing will last for a long time. And the cats are cute.
We love using old tools, they have so much history. Yes all 9 of the cats now are awesome.
No wonder wool Is soooo expensive. Thank you for showing me, I have always wondered how the wool get from the sheep to the store.
Explained very well.
Glad it was helpful!
Oh this is fantastic! I've only just started knitting and crocheting this year and now I'm already dreaming of spinning and dyeing my own wool. Only if I had more space... I can already see myself getting so obsessed and ending up with a sheep farm
If ever have questions shoot me an email 10acrewoods@anola.mb.ca Love sharing it all with you guys
Thanks, this is just what I have been looking for!
I started out just spinning my own yarn and soon I was buying looms to use all of that beautiful yarn. This is such a fun hobby.
I like the thumbnail makes it look like the sheep is the one doing the processing lol
I used to do it with my grandma when I was about 10 years old. this brings me memories of her. back in Kazakhstan we had neighbors had sheep and my grandmother was the knitter, so she did it all, obviously we did the most of it, lol
Glad you enjoyed, It is an amazing skill to learn.
@@The10AcreWoods absolutely. I've got experience anything on homestead
This is a terrific step by step video and so easy to follow. I am processing my first fleece ever this weekend. A Shetland I got at my local sheep and wool festival a few months ago. I have watched this through, but now I am re-watching and stopping it after every part of the process to go do that step. It’s been so helpful and gave me the confidence to do it as I was finding it a bit to daunting to get started. So far so goo! Thank you SO much for taking the time to do this for us newbies. So very appreciated. ❤️
If you have any questions give me a call 1-204-866-4341 Tara, Good luck and enjoy
This is the most helpful video I’ve watched thank you so much! I’ve just started spinning on the drop spindle and am already running before I can walk 🤣 I have different breeds of fleece and some alpaca to process as I really like the idea of making from scratch. I love the way you all work together, I want to come and live with you 😂 My house in the U.K. would fit in your kitchen, I’m terribly jealous ❤ Thanks again ❤
I would be in heaven at your house. I'm a needle felter and just can't get enough of watching how the raw wool becomes what I use. Thanks for sharing your process.
This is the BEST video out there about how to process wool from start to finish…. You’re amazing and thank you. I can finally move forward!
Wow, thank you! If ever questions just an email away tara@anola.mb.ca
Im a knitter and I like getting my yarns from small businesses, its great to see the processes.
Love knitting with homespun
I love the whole video, however, the bloopers were epic! Really made me smile! The amount of time spent processing raw wool is amazing and time consuming! I love that you all can make it look so easy. I'd love to get into wool processing, myself!
Me and mine have a ten-year plan to start a sheep farm where we'll be doing this sort of thing, as well as making some finished products as well, so this is really cool to see! A few of us are learning fiber arts and processing things like this, I'm going to focus more on taking care of the actual sheep.
Yarn addict here …
A low bow to you ! You farm
Your raise sheep
You raise beautiful daughters!
Your a mom and a wife
And you have a lovely lovely home .
That’s hard work you do there cleaning and turning that sheep’s wool into my crack !
I was looking for a thanks link or a buy a coffee link I could send some $ love or thanks for the lesson and demonstration !
Awesome comment, some addictions are so worth it. All the thanks we need is to share and spread the word of who we are.
Absolutely loved this video!! My children watched this with me as part of research for a homeschool lesson about how wool yarn is made. We loved it!!
That is awesome!
We're also homeschoolers who recently moved to the country from downtown Toronto. I was gifted a bag of raw wool. We've washed some, carded it and used a drop spindle to make the yarn. We have about enough for one tiny mitton but so far it has been a fun learning experience. Maybe more for the mum's than the kids 😂
My grandma used to work at Old World Wisconsin, and this is what she did. She made wool products. She died when I was pretty young. I remember helping with the paddles. Wish I could have learned more from her, though
Never to late, learn with her in mind, connecting thru the memories. If you need some advice I am here for ya
Love the layout of the kitchen! I too have a black cat, his name is Lotus, but I call him Lo Lo. I've always wondered about how to process wool. I'm 67 and my granny that lived in Alabama taught me how to card cotton from the field when I was 9 years old. We used the hand carder. Thanks for this video.
I think two things that could make your setup easier to manage and clean would be a car washing "grit guard" .... In car washing, it basically takes all of the debris that comes off of the vehicle wash sponge, and drops it down underneath the water to a part where it separates dirt from the clean water and lets the sediment filter out, and holds the sponge (in your case, fleece) up in the clean sediment-free area... Look at the brand chemicalguys.
Another thing that might help is a rotary mop head spinner, like the O-Cedar EasyWring RinseClean. It uses a foot pedal and spins in a circle, using centrifugal forces to wring out the water.... give it a try!
Very interesting, never thought the car washing avenue, will check it out Thanks
Thank you so much. I recently asked a local farm if I could have a couple of their unwanted fleeces and I’m sitting here with four sacks, 2 merino and 2 llama. I wasn’t sure I was doing things right cleaning the bits I’ve started with so this came at the right time.
I had to giggle when you said Dawn works. We don’t have it here in Australia and everyone seems to use it for everything. I always wonder if anyone actually washes dishes with it. 😄
LOL, any soap with degreaser and leaves no film behind. The one I use is Thieves cleaner from Young Living essential oils.
Have fun and if any questions message me 10acrewoods@anola.mb.ca
Same here in the U.K., I do tie dye too, and in the states they use blue dawn, it has to be the blue - here we have to make do with fairy 🤣
Hi, thank you for the very informative video. You make it look fun and easy.
I have just gotten my hands on some wool for the first time. One thing I want to do with it is make wet felted boots and I apparently need roving to do that. How do I get it from washed wool to roving?
Also, I have found a drum carder that looks very similar to yours but it's taken apart and has no name for me to look up. Does yours have a manual that would tell me how to put it together?
Thank you!
I've been giving 6 knitting machines nice to see ladies at work
Enjoy the process it is very relaxing and satisfying from beginning to end
So exciting. I crochet all the time. I have been making 12 point star blankets for people in the nursing home to use for a lap blanket.
I'm home sick, wrapped up in a wool blanket and I got curious how wool is made into yarn. I must say it's an incredibly cool process. Thank you for making this.
That is awesome!
Watching this while crocheting is so cool! It amazing to see what some of my yarn started as and how it got to the point where I can use it. This is amazing!!
Wonderful!
I've always wondered how a spinning wheel worked. I'm jealous of when people just did this:)
You and me both!
My fiance and I want to build an self-sustaining homestead someday soon, Lord willing. I've been wanting us to have at least a mating pair of alpacas, if not more, for the fleece! I'd love to make sweaters and such for us and our future children with material we harvested, processed, and purposed ourselves from such awesome animals! Thank you for this educational and therapeutic video! Fascinating!
Great to know about alpacas not having lanolin, whereas sheep do have lanolin. I was curious about that and didn't know until this video that they don't both produce it. Only sheep.
Never give up on the dream, wishing you best. If ever need info as this is our goal in the end, so Tiana will have it all. If ever have questions tara@anola.mb.ca feel free to message
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I live on one of the Balearic Islands and have two pet sheep, one white, one cinnamon colored. Now that I'm retired I hope to be able to process the wool and make myself some nice warm things for our damp winters. ❤
That is awesome!
I've seen some of your older videos on processing wool, and this by far, was the best! Very informative with descriptions and terminology as well as showing the various options! Thank you for this video!
Awesome, thank you!
These skills have been lost for the most part..... I am thankful you have shown this process, so I have more knowledge. THANKS!
You're very welcome!
It’s amazing how insane wool makes cats. They absolutely love it!
Wonder if that is the reason one of my cats likes to be near the sheep.
I was just randomly wondering how to do this and your video is stunning! Very well done
Thank you so much!
I have always been intrigued by the spinning process and how wool was spun. Thank you so much for giving us a peek into how you do it! Your video answered so many questions for me! 🥰💜
Glad it was helpful!
The alpaca is breathtaking!
As an avid outdoorsman & old school kinda guy, I am happy to have found your channel. Wool is one of my primary staples for clothing, & processing it is something I never learned to do. Although Mom taught me the basics of knitting, which as a mountain man, I ain't embarrassed to admit. Lol. Thank you for the instructional & inspirational video. I added You to my subscriptions & look forward to seeing more of your content.
Awesome! Thank you! There is so much power in knowing the basics.
@@The10AcreWoods I agree completely.
You shouldn’t be ashamed of that at all! I mean, look up videos of hardcore military Marines knitting the boredom away while on a bus/plane heading into a war zone (yes it is a thing) 😂 Ultimate stress relief right there! And being productive during downtime. Nothing to be ashamed about, if anything, be proud you have the skills. From this young 🇨🇦 retired vet 😉
@@jessehachey2732 I couldn't agree more. In my years in the mountains I call home, knitting, sewing, & any general mending skills, came in very handy to keep me goin.
Loved watching this process and LOVED the bloopers at the end. Haha so funny! Thanks for keeping it real with us and educating us!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Your hand cards look like cotton cards. You will find that the 72 count carders are narrower but better spacing on the needles for the sheep wool. Enjoyed the video and your step by step. I teach, process, dye, contract spin, knit/crochet and enjoyed watching the way you did things. It’s all such fun!
Thanks for the tips! Yes very much enjoy it
Oh wow, the drum carter sounds so nice, i think i could listen to it for hours on end ❤️
I can just tell this family is so kind.
Compassion warriors, thank you we love sharing
I am so jealous of your setup!
I’ve recently started spinning after a friend of my dad’s gave me some of his sheep’s wool. It wasn’t great wool. The type of sheep that is breed for meat rather than their wool. So much of it was short and had been sitting in grass for a long time before I got it.
So watching your video is really informative and helpful.
And I recently got some alpaca from a gal on Facebook and it is such a different texture and much cleaner. I am so excited to work with it and start cleaning it. I already spun some before prepping it and I love the way it looks.
I could spend all day crafting, working with wool, I am in love with your home and wool setup. And I adore your kitties! Give them some scritches for me. 😊
Big Hugs and Love that your enjoying it, I just fill my home life with all I love, no need for designer stuff as I can make my own and so can you.
Wow, I had a faint idea of how the wool was treated as my mother (+) told us she used to do it. It is a lot of work and you do it with such gusto, congratulations!
Yep alot of work but so satisfying to be able to process your own and then create with it.
i'm two seconds in, but this video gets a like for the black cat on the wool, clearly employee
of the year and the only one doing all the hard work.
Black cats rule, we love them.
I love that little black dryer ball with the big eyes and your wool processing videos are interesting and calming
Great sense of humour. I love his one-liners.
My father’s sense of humour was so vicious, you weren’t sure if you should laugh or punch him in the face. I too have a truly, twisted sense of humour and regularly have my friends busting a gut, fortunately, mine is not quite as vicious as my father’s was (although an odd friend or two may well beg to differ). Lol
The motto by which I live is…’Laughter will get you through even the toughest of days’.
Most hit the mark, but alot of dad ones too.
@@The10AcreWoods
Don’t I feel the fool !😔
My comment was meant for another RUclipsr postings.🫣
I well imagine my comments left you confused as to what the heck I was talking about. I can’t imagine how my comment ended up in your posting.
Please, forgive my lack of attention.
My cat will confirm that wool approval as well.
Wow! Thank you very much for this post. As a city person who has never even met a sheep, maybe once in my many years, I found your process so wonderful to watch. I remember learning about wool production in a 4th grade presentation on colonial America. So many of the tools and processes were one time explained to me but, there you were using everything I learned about. What a statement about how far I have lived from the rural life. Quite sad in many ways. However, thank you again for all that you explained and demonstrated. I really learned alot!
Awesome, we love sharing it with you
So interesting and clearly explained - thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’m amazed and learned so much from your video. It seems like such a work of art and so many decades of learning to refine and perfect the process. I am so impressed and happy to have learned from you. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I grew up in West Yorkshire which used to be the centre of the English woollen industry. There was a woollen mill in my small town, and when I was about 10 my class went on a visit to see the whole process. It started with the arrival of the fleeces straight from the shearers through washing and combing to remove all the dirt and grease, to spinning ind dyeing and right through to weaving and finishing. It was fascinating.
Old trades need to be kept alive, so cool to know.
I just enjoy watching videos like this on RUclips. It’s always been my dream to have a homestead and raise and grow more of my own food to be more self sufficient. Sadly am too broke for the life style at this time in my life and live in a cheep apartment atm. Though I have no yard I am lucky able to grow at least some edible plants and herbs on my balcony and I enjoy hunting and fishing with my family whenever possible. I also try and shop at a farmers market or from other people who are selling things like eggs,meat, fruits,and vegetables that they grown themselves. It may not sound like much but I am trying. Having a homestead is a big goal of mine that I hope to have in the future though.
Key is find the land, the build slow and steady. Pay your self first with fullfilling the dream. It i alot cheaper than renting.
If you add a bit of salt to your soaking fleece, you get a lot more lanolin extracted (which reduces odor as well as your mechanical effort). Instead of skimming, you could just boil off most of the water in a crockpot on high over the course of a day or so (faster on a stovetop of course, but this method is more hands-off), and then put it somewhere to cool and solidify like fat off the top of a stew.
This was great - as a knitter this is a big YES! I love balls with decorations!
Thanks so much!
I just came across this video by accident (could be my love of crochet and the RUclips algorithm that steered me here too) but then I saw that you're in Manitoba. How wonderful. I need a trip east to the Peg again someday. Thank you for this very informative and down-home version of sheep to yarn. It's always nice to know how much work goes into this craft and why it's important to buy local or Canadian.
Let us know if ever in the area we can for sure show you around the farm.
Didn’t realize i needed to watch this, but glad I did. Thank you ❤
Hope you enjoyed it!
Very informative and understandable! Startling to hear "skein" pronounced "skeen," I had never heard that before in my life. My mother speaks German and she'd probably drop her jaw hearing that. I've only ever heard it pronounced "skane".
Thank you, Glad you enjoyed it. Sorry mom, hope she forgives me.
It's "skayne" in the UK too. I spent many hours holding the wool skein while my mother hand wound the balls.
Thank you so much for sharing your process! I've fallen into this rabbit hole of yarn and textile production, and videos like yours are super helpful!
I'm so glad!
This is so interesting! What a wonderful thing to do together as a family, too. I'm only a year into crochet, so to see the process of how natural wool is made into usable skeins/balls is fascinating. Thank you all for your hard work 😊🧶🐑
It really is!
I worked in a yarn dying company for a while in Montana. Love seeing people doing this by hand in their homes. We'd have about 5 or 6 people that would spin (for the home spun wools) and the rest of us would take the big hanks and break them down into skeins. We had those ball winders too. Our were cheap plastic though, not the lovely wood one you have. Thank for this, this brought back good memories.
I have been knitting and crocheting for years and have never seen this process before. It is so interesting and now know why the fluctuations in cost. Loved every minute if this video.
On average how long does this whole process take minus shearing of course, from start to finish? Again loved it! Blessings from MN 💗
With drying times I would say one week, of course spining can extend this time depending on skill level.
Idk how I bumped into your video. I know nothing about this. But I'm so glad there are still people doing this! ❤ I love my alpaca hat and wool sweaters.
Welcome
My favorite thing I have of wool is a very cool pin cushion. The wool keeps your pins sharp and the lanolin keeps them easier to use.
Great idea!!
This was such a pleasure to watch, especially the bloopers! Thanks for being so, real I guess would be the right word. I loved seeing that! None of us are perfect that is for sure and I don't care for it when people try to put themselves out there on social media like they are perfect. Anyway, I loved learning all of this. I had heard all of these terms and seen these things before, except the drum carder, but I never knew how they worked and I surely never saw ALL the love and care and labor that goes into making a skein of yarn. It gives me a whole new appreciation for a fiber I already love, and yes, I was one of the ones who raised my hand at being addicted to yarn 🙋🏼♀️🧶. Especially for all the smaller companies and family owned yarn sellers. Thank you, for all you do and for letting us be a fly on the wall to watch what really goes into our yarn. 🕊️❤️🕯️🧶
Thank you we love sharing
As a person who crochets your whool collection looks heavenly ❤
How nice to show the fleece going through from start to finish ❤.
Loved the old spinning wheel ❤, and thanks for sharing with us 😀.
Greetings from England 🇬🇧 Simon and Beth ❤️ 😀 🙋
Hugs to you in England, on the bucket list one day to get there
The older I get the more interested I become in all things wool and yarn. As a knitter, I love this so much. My next goal is to get a spinning wheel.
This is where some Teasel plant would come in handy.
Gives us who use yarns a better appreciation for how much work goes into the process and more respect for a really good yarn.
Beautifully old school processes and machines! Thanks for sharing this.
Glad you enjoyed it