Re: [AlpacaTalk] Fiber shelf life
Oh, yeah, I forgot about those ancient textiles that have been found around the world. Now I don't have to feel guilty about those couple fleeces I have from 2005 :)
Skirted a couple of this years fleeces today, and an getting psyched about working on some felting projects with the fiber from my old girls. And I am determined to try to spin something decent on my drop spindle before I thow in the towel and buy a wheel.
Heidi
Heidi Christensen
WingNut Farm Alpacas
Graham WA
(253) 846-2168 or (253) 592-0200
www.wingnut-
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From: Heather Zeleny <alpacatalk@westwind
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Sent: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 4:45 pm
Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] Fiber shelf life
I can't answer definitively, but I do know of wool textiles stored in
horrible conditions that survive from 35000 years ago. And rugs from
the central asia surviving from many thousands of years ago, I don't
know how many thousands off the top of my head. I would imagine that
barring insect and mold/mildew damage, raw fleece should hold up very
well for a few years, even decades.
Heather
Heather Zeleny
West Wind Alpacas
Eugene, OR
Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece
Home of Avatar's West Wind Scirocco, El Bello's Padré, Pluro grandson
Sienna Illusion, and true black full Bolivian Cosby of Chelsea Farms!
http://www.westwind
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On Jun 21, 2007, at 4:29 PM, Heidi Christensen wrote:
> I posted this question elsewhere, but have gotten no bites yet. I
> think it was on this board that someone mentioned farms storing fiber
> in their barns or garages or whereever, and that this fiber is
> probably
> not usable now. I was looking through some ads for fiber, and came
> upon an ad for rovings from a 2001 clip. Assuming that is a corretc
> date, and that it is actually still for sale, is it really possible to
> keep a fleece for 6 or more years and still have it usable? Is there a
> difference between raw fiber, rovings, knitted, as long as bugs and
> mold are not present?
>
> Heidi Christensen
> WingNut Farm
> Graham WA
>
>
>
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