Wool

Dyeing Wool

February 7, 2008 By Wardeh 8 Comments

My dyes from Dharma Trading Company arrived yesterday. The roll of merino wool-lycra blend probably won’t be coming until next week or later, so I decided to try out the dye on one of the merino wool baselayer shirt I already made for Jeff. I tried black first. The garment has to simmer for 30 [...]

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Household Catch Up and Mending and Thoughts of Wool…

February 5, 2008 By Wardeh 2 Comments

Yesterday and today I am getting caught up on things. Phone calls. School back on track. I feel like I’ve been cleaning the kitchen for 2 days. That’s because I keep making messes and am not able to clean them up right away (or don’t want to). Laundry, lots of that. And I made a [...]

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It’s Almost the Weekend

January 18, 2008 By Wardeh Leave a Comment

I actually feel the weekend is here on Thursday mornings after we get our early morning walk done, because that’s the last day of the week I have to get up at 5. Fridays I get to sleep in until 6. But no, the weekend really starts when Jeff walks in the door on Friday [...]

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Wool Care

January 15, 2008 By Wardeh 5 Comments

I felted the 100% merino wool interlock I received, thinking it would felt all the way and then I wouldn’t have to worry about shrinking anymore. I was wrong. Wool will continue to shrink forever, so I do have to hand wash it. That is, if I want Jeff’s shirts to stay his size. A [...]

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Going Ahead

January 15, 2008 By Wardeh 5 Comments

Jeff felt good in his shirt yesterday. I made another one for him last night, using up the last of our sample of the 100% merino. I didn’t make it out of the lightweight, but am saving that for myself. Until we receive the roll of merino wool/lycra blend that I ordered, he’ll have to [...]

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First Wool Base Layer T-Shirt!

January 14, 2008 By Wardeh 7 Comments

Feel free to skip the details because I included my whole procedure on making Jeff’s first wool base layer shirt. But be sure to read the last full paragraph! My wool interlock samples from Covered Caboose arrived on Saturday. It was so exciting to open the package. We all opened it together since the whole [...]

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Thrift Store Report

January 10, 2008 By Wardeh 4 Comments

We hit 4 thrift stores yesterday. That’s a record for us. And God was really good to us. I have been hunting for wool sweaters. We found 5 wool sweaters for Jeff, all between $2 and $4.50 each. The $2 sweaters were from a Goodwill with a 50% off all sweaters sale. These sweaters were [...]

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Thinking of Wool Hats

January 8, 2008 By Wardeh 6 Comments

I don’t love knitting like I love to sew, but since I can’t sew when we’re watching a movie, I’ve been thinking about getting some knitting projects going. What we really need are wool accessories to keep us warm during the winter. I’ll start with hats. (Thinking ahead… I also want to copy a fleece [...]

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Merino Wool Interlock Progress!

December 28, 2007 By Wardeh 3 Comments

I have been looking and looking and looking (and looking) for months for merino wool interlock fabric, from which to make baselayer long-sleeve t-shirts for Jeff and the rest of us. You wouldn’t believe how not available it is, though. Prior to today, I’ve only seen it one place online and it sells for $60 [...]

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Winter Sewing

October 4, 2007 By Wardeh 5 Comments

It may seem like I have not been sewing, but I have. And what I haven’t been physically doing, I have been planning in my mind. The biggest hurdle overcome is that last week I revisited Jeff’s t-shirt pattern and perfected it. So that’s ready. I feel like I have alot on my plate in [...]

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