one thing that happens when you go to a fiber event is that you come home with a lot more fiber than you had. i purchased some yak/tussah, muga silk, red eri silk, and cotswold locks. my teacher was more than generous with fiber, and i was more than greedy accepting it, so i also acquired silk noil, bombyx silk roving, wool, more wool locks, dyed tussah, a couple of silk hankies, and some wool "junk".
today i was thinking i needed some way to organize all this treasure, so i went about making muslin sacks out of some heavy duty muslin i had leftover from a patternmaking workshop. i was able to make nine of them before i ran out of cloth. i also need to get some cotton twine to use as drawstrings. labeled metal and paper tags will go on the cords so that i know what each is when they become a pile of similar muslin puffs. now i'll have no excuse for not spinning, as i am more than amply supplied with fiber. dyeing all this fiber should keep me occupied for some time as well.
2 comments:
love the muslin bags, great idea. looks like you had two very interesting and inspirational workshops.
everyone says plastic bags are fine to store fiber in, but i just don't know. it's way too humid where i live, and i think the fiber needs to breath. plus i like the idea of cloth sacks, it may protect the fiber from the sun as well. once i have the cords in them, i'll feel better; the cats are eyeing the fiber with a twinkle in their eye.
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