Ever since I started getting deep into knitting, my plan has been to eventually learn how to spin and process wool. This summer, as if by magic, my in-laws found a gigantic bag of raw wool hidden deep in the bowels of the old school bus on their new farm.
As you can tell, I clearly wasn’t excited by this prospect at all! 😉
I have no idea what breed of sheep this wool came from, but when I opened the package at home I quickly realized it wasn’t alone in there. Also in the bag were dozens of balls of yarn. Much of it was White Buffalo Elenka yarn — an Icelandic-style virgin wool that was discontinued in the ’90s when White Buffalo was bought out. Which means that the bag’s contents are at least 30 years old.
In addition to all the wool and yarn, the bag also contained two unfinished sweater sleeves. The creator of which is long gone now, so I feel it’s up to me to finish the sweater they started.
Over the next series of articles, I’ll be documenting:
- Cleaning and processing the wool;
- Learning to spin; and
- Finishing the Elenka Sweater
WOW! I can hardly wait to read the rest of your series Centaine!