Re: [AlpacaTalk] Re: fleece

 

I washed my first batch and used warm water with Ecos detergent. I did move it around a bit during the wash. I filled the sink twice with rinse water and then just ran clear water over handfuls. It seemed to work very well. The fleece smells clean and looks great. It's maroon though so maybe I'm not seeing everything.

Although I used towels to wring it out it took days to dry. I considered buying a centrifuge to spin it almost dry. I have a front loading washer and thought that might not work well.

I haven't bought the centrifuge yet. I'm jumping into making felt and figured I won't need it.

Sheri

Sheri Hewitt

Woodland Meadows, LLC

31542 Camas Swale Rd.

Creswell, OR 97426

541-895-0964

www.woodlandmeadows.com

On Aug 24, 2011, at 8:04 AM, Marsha wrote:

I've been washing, spinning and making things with our fleece for a little while now.  I have been enjoying all the info on how others do the cleaning.  From what feed back I've seen so far....most use hot water to wash and rinse; yet another uses cold water and has had the same results.  Time for me to experiment a bit....I washed some white fleece yesterday in HOT HOT HOT water, rinsed in the same; today I am washing some in cold water.  It will be very interesting to see if I notice any difference once it is dried.  Watching videos on youtube (as someone suggested) was great too.  Those showed me a way to speed up my dry time.  I used to take it from the rinse and spread it out over a sweater rack to dry.  The towel use will speed the time to dry the fleece a lot. 

 

Marsha

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From: JoleneE <Jody_Ehler@hotmail.com>
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, August 24, 2011 10:35:12 AM
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Re: fleece

 

Marsha
I am so glad you started this conversation! I have been worried about washing my fiber. My sister tried washing some of her best fiber and she ended up with dreadlocks!! You couldn't pull the fiber apart! I like the comment using plastic totes? I don't have a wire basket, but I have those cloth mesh pop up laundry bags. I have some that are short and rectangular with cloth handles. I bet one of them would work great for putting the fleece in and lowering it into a large plastic tote and the lifting it out for the rinses! I will give it a try! I want to learn handspinning, but have been afraid to wash my fiber. Great tips everyone!

Thanks
Jody 

--- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com, hanabi62@... wrote:
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> Do you clean/process your fleece yourself? If so, I would like to ask how do you get the white fleece nice and white? I'm fairly new at all of this and would love some input from those with more experience than me. Thanks to all that share their knowledge on this.
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> Marsha
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