Curly Horse Fiber
The yarn from Bunny and the dream catcher and zipper pulls from Curly Horse Rescue, I got to put in the display at the Puyallup Fair, got me thinking more about using my Curly's hair for spinning and making wearable, usable products with. I thought "I can do this sort of thing in the long, dark, rainy days that are starting up". So, I started learning how to spin while at the fair!! There was a delightful group of ladies in the craft barn spinning, so I went and chatted with them for a few hours, so they walked me through spinning, letting me tactily learn as I need to, rather than trying to read about it, getting frustrated and never really doing it. I did ok with it, got the hang of it at least, practice will help. But with a drop spindle, i could go sit in the field with the horses and spin. I'm considering weaving and felting with it. One of the spinners there said she knew a woman who made horse blankets, I think it would be awesome to have blanket liners on our rare really nasty nights made from Curly horse hair. I'm thinking of adding in our llama hair and/or acquiring a couple of angora goats to blend in with the Curlies hair. Their hair is just too short to spin all that terribly easily, for me. Although one of the spinners took some of the raw Curly hair Adria so graciously included in my package, she said she really loved it, that she recommended I combine it with something else and had a few helpful suggestions on what to do and how to do it, but she thought it was really nice stuff and went on to say she thought if more people in the spinning, weaving community knew about it that there would be a demand for it. She got me some contact info. for two different guilds in my area so I could keep on learning, and also a clinic happening at a nearby sheep ranch with several classes being offered which I will attend. These Curlies just keep getting better and better; whole new meaning to versatile - you can ride, drive, and wear your Curly horse... :-)
Feel free to check back for updates on what we are doing here with our Curlies hair!!
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