Take your fiber prep and knowledge to new heights!

Learn how to scour correctly, what woolen and worsted is and more! These modules will give you so much value as a fiber artist.

LEARN HOW TO SCOUR, GET A HANDLE ON WHAT WOOLEN AND WORSTED IS AND MORE!

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    SCOUR LIKE A BOSS. GET A GRIP ON WOOLEN AND WORSTED AND SEE WHAT THE BREED HAVE TO DO WITH IT

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    MODULE 4 - SCOURING USING SOUND FUNDEMETALS AND TECHNIQUE FOR STELLAR OUTCOMES

    • SCOURING INTRO MODULE 4

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    • FREE PRINTABLE WOOL SCOURING LOG

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    • Research citations for this module

    • LESSON 1 - It all starts out raw

    • LESSON 2 - The Burn Test

    • LESSON 3 - Test your water

    • LESSON 4 - Water: How hot and why?

    • LESSON 5 - Water: How much and why?

    • LESSON 6 - Intro to wool grades and soaps in relation to wool grades

    • LESSON 7 - Micron and crimp structure

    • LESSON 8- Crimp and wool grade show and tell

    • LESSON 9 - Soaps for scouring

    • LESSON 10 - But first, a word

    • LESSON 11 - Assessment before scouring

    • LESSON 12 - Pre-rinse. Yay or nay?

    • LESSON 13 - Scouring in action

    • LESSON 14 - Advanced sampling

    • LESSON 15 - The nuances of fine grade fiber and scouring in lock formation

    • LESSON 16 - How to wash alpaca or other fiber with no lanolin

    • LESSON 17 - Parade of the scoured fibers

    • LIVE FACEBOOK DEMO/CLASS SHOWING HOW TO TEST FOR PH, WOOL STRENGTH AND MORE!

    • BONUS LESSON - washing bunny wool challenge

    • Congrats!!

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    MODULE 5 - WOOLEN PREP, TRUE WOOLEN, SPINNING, SETTING YARN AND USES

    • Module 5 intro - welcome!

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    • LESSON 1 - Intro to WOOLEN everything

    • LESSON 2 - TPI or Teet/tines per Inch . Does this matter?

    • LESSON 3 - Drum carder safety

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    • LESSON 4 - Drum carding scouring Corriedale locks - POOF!

    • LESSON 5 - Carding scoured Corridale locks removing 2nd cuts

    • LESSON 6 - Drum carding fine grade wool and what happens

    • LESSON 7 - Making rolags on a drum carder

    • LESSON 8 - What is a diz? Check these out!

    • LESSON 9 - dizzing scoured Corriedale off of a drum carder

    • LESSON 10 - Dizzing combed top ROVING off a drum carder

    • LESSON 11 - Let's look at all the preps made using a drum carder

    • LESSON 12 - Making rolags on a blending board Part 1

    • LESSON 13 - Making rolags on a blending board Part 2

    • LESSON 14 - Dizzing roving off a blending board

    • LESSSON 15 - Spinning Woolen - Why? What? How to calculate the amount of twist and more!

    • LESSON 16 - Woolen drafting styles or draws. Let's get spinning!

    • LESSON 17 - How do I adjust the yarn thickness using longdraw? I show you how.

    • LESSON 18 - Spinning rolags long draw

    • LESSON 19 - Samples, samples, samples

    • LESSON 20 - Finishing woolen yarn - YAY! You made it to the end of Module 5!
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    MODULE 6 - WORSTED PREP, TRUE WOOLEN, SPINNING, SETTING YARN AND USES

    • Welcome to module 6 - worsted

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    • LESSON 1 - The history of worsted

    • LESSON 2 - Inro to home worsted fiber tools

    • LESSON 3 - How to set up worsted tools for optimum and safe use

    • LESSON 4 - To grease or not to grease

    • LESSON 5 - Combing it rough

    • LESSON 6 - Combing with milk?

    • LESSON 7 - Worsted draw or drafting technique

    • LESSON 8 - Spinning conditioned Merino and Corridale

    • LESSON 9 - Scouring and prepping wool for lock combing

    • LESSON 10 - Lock combing but not true

    • LESSON 11 - Looooong lock on 5-pitch combs

    • LESSON 12 - Combing dual-coated wools

    • LESSON 13 - Blending natural colored scoured wool locks on wool combs

    • LESSON 14 - Blending commercial combed top on wool combs

    • LESSON 15 - Blending and dizzing with a hackle

    • LESSON 16 - Setting the twist for worsted spun yarn

    • Congrats!
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    MODULE 8 - BREED AND GRADE STUDY

    • WELCOME to module 8

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    • LESSON 1 - Intro to breeds/grades

    • LESSON 2 - Fine grade sheep wool - Merino

    • LESSON 3 - Comparison of Merino grades

    • LESSON 4 - Scouring fine grade sheep wool for combing

    • LESSON 5 - Fine grade sheep wool prep

    • LESSON 6 - Spinning fine grade wool and true worsted

    • LESSON 7 - Medium grade sheep wool - Corriedale

    • LESSON 8 - Scouring medium grade wool bowl method - Corriedale

    • LESSON 9 - Rough combing medium grade Corriedale

    • LESSON 10 - Drum carding Corriedale wool that was scoured using the bowl method.

    • LESSON 11 - Medium grade sheep wool combing in lock formation

    • LESSON 12 - Coarse grade sheep wool - Leicester Longwool

    • LESSON 12 - Scouring coarse grade wool - Leicester Longwool

    • LESSON 13 - Combing coarse grade Leicester Longwool

    • LESSON 14 - Using a swing picker and drum carding a batt using coarse grade Leicester Longwool

    • LESSSON 15 - BONUS - FULL COURSE - SWING PICKER BASICS

    • LESSON 16 - Dual coats

    • LESSON 17 - Dual coated sheep - Icelandic and Navajo Churro

    • LESSON 18 - Scouring dual coated Navajo Churro

    • Congrats! You have completed this module

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