Supplies Needed:
- Scissors
- Plastic Tubs/Bins
- Rubber Gloves
- Hot Water
- Blue Dawn Soap (Dawn Ultra - Must be blue)
Optional:
- Plastic Table Cloth
- Potato Masher
- Plastic Hangers
1. Prepare your unwashed wool - Cut away the poopie parts. I used a plastic table cloth to lay my wool on.
2. Washing Prep - Set up your plastic bins. Bring water to a near boil on your stove.
3. Washing - Fill tubs with hot water from the stove. Squirt blue Dawn (Ultra) soap into the tubs. DO NOT create suds.
4. Lay Wool in Water - Set wool in water. DO NOT agitate the wool because it can felt. I used a potato masher to gently press my wool into the water (the water was too hot for my hands...even with rubber gloves on)
5. Let Soak - Soak the wool for 15 minutes. DO NOT let the water cool.
6. Repeat - Do steps 3-5 two to three times (or as needed).
7. Rinse - Rinse wool in cool water from the sink.
8. Hang to dry - You can also set your wool on a screen or table top.
9. Shake - Once dry, shake your wool to remove the remaining veggie matter.
10. Done! - Card your wool, dye it, spin it, felt it, etc.
Look at the difference!! Clean, fluffy fiber!!
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