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| Two pretty girls. Caroline and Cleo |
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| Cleo is having her fleece shorn next month and is giving it to me to spin into yarn. Her fleece is beautiful shades of greys and creams. I've decided to spin it in it's natural colours. Watch this space for Cleo Part Two |
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| Herbie's fleece has been dyed and is laid out to dry. I'm really pleased with these gorgeous colours. |
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| I'm planning to make a rug and before dying the fleece imagined the colours I would need. |
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| Some pretty Hot Pink fleece, nice and dry and ready to be prepared for spinning. |
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| Preparing the fleece using my drum carder. This helps align the wool making it easier to spin. |
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| Yummy Hot Pink fleece now ready to be spun into yarn. |
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| Some of the fleece spun into yarn. Once i've spun all of the fleece I will start making the rug. |
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| Herbie's smelly fleece. First I sorted the fleece, taking all of the horrible bits out. |
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| Herbie's fleece was cleaned by soaking it in well water (we have a real well in our garden) and washing up liquid and to make it and soft and smell nice, the final wash was in Woolite. |
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| After lots of soaking and rinsing in well water, Herbie's fleece was laid out to dry. |
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| Nice clean fleece ready to be dyed. |
