We just had a great adventure this morning. We washed our first ever lamb’s wool. The kids have been knitting a lot, and really wanted to know where the wool came from… so we will be learning more and more about wool.
Our
We just had a great adventure this morning. We washed our first ever lamb’s wool. The kids have been knitting a lot, and really wanted to know where the wool came from… so we will be learning more and more about wool.
Our raw wool had bits, manure and hay galore. We filled a huge soup pot with boiling water and dish soap, then added our dirty wool.
I watched a few online tutorials about how exactly to wash it while the kids were asleep, main point do not shake or stir, just push up and down with a ladle.
We dumped it out into a strainer and repeated many many many times.
Eventually we got clean ish wool. Which we put on a mesh strainer to dry.
Next we will learn how to card our wool.
These projects are all from the wonderful Christopherus curriculum.
This project is a hundred times easier than you think! So dive in!
Go to bulk apothecary and order a melt and pour soap base, such as Shea butter.
Once it arrives, put in Christmas music, make hot cocoa and get ready for crafting.
Line muffin tins with paper liners or use cute shaped silicone ones for bonus points. Have essential oils (lavender is especially nice, check they are safe for use on skin), food coloring and dried flowers or herbs.
Take the giant bars of soap, chop them into smaller cubes, around 2 inch