Tag: fibre

• Beginner’s Technique to Spinning Fine Fibre

  

  In previous posts we covered sorting, scouring, dyeing, carding, and blending fibre.  All these processes can make or break our next stage where we begin to spin our own yarn. Spinning can be simple or extremely technical.  Simply put, spinning is an art form where your hands, feet and brain work in unison. I recommend…

• Coconut-Carrot Muffins

  

  Murlo makes a series of high fibre muffins as part of our compliment of recipes.  We found a great flavourful high fibre, low calorie Coconut-Carrot Morning Glory Muffins recipe at EatingWell.com We have modified the recipe slightly to accommodate our taste preference. Yields 12 muffins. Ingredients1 c whole-wheat or white whole-wheat flour½ c old-fashioned rolled…

• Fleece Processing Introduction

  

  When I first started with this hobby I struggled to find information to take me through all the steps.  For anyone that is new to this hobby, I wanted to create a place to help with all of the phases from raw wool to a completed project.  There will be a series of blogs that…