Wovember 1
There are several things that are bouncing around my mind today.
1st is – Happy Birthday to my honey. Glad we met and I enjoy/love each day with you. (You can love someone but not enjoy being with them. I enjoy you and love you.)
2nd – The Great British Bakeoff Show was brought to my attention again this morning. And the blogger blamed her desire to bake all things (my words) on that show. I blame the weather, the declining daylight, the nesting instinct that comes with the fall. Pack on those carbs for winter, you might not get more later. But back to GBBS – this has to be one of the best things British telly created and got us all hooked on. (Also Midsommer Murders, but back to Wovember)
3rd – WOOOOOOOL/fiber. As I’ve mentioned in the past I can’t get enough of fiber (not the ‘eat it, it’s good for your system’ fiber) Wovember celebrates all things wooly and to be clear…
WHY WOOL – There is not a better natural fiber in the world! It keeps you warm in the cold even if it is wet. It can keep you cool (those Arab robes are wool) in the heat. It takes colors wonderfully. It is renewable (ask the sheep that grow it year round). It is environmentally sound (Even ‘waste’ wool from around the backend can be used to mulch gardens if you wish.) Spinning wool is one of the oldest known activities of mankind (probably should say womankind) with whorls (the weights on a drop spindle) being identified at locations of human habitation even if the spindle itself is gone. Those that say it is ‘scratchy’ probably have been exposed to wool that has had ‘manufacturing’ done to it, some of those processes leave residues and can make the wool ‘scratchy’ and provoke allergies. Natural wool can be ‘wiry’ but if you select the right breed and parts of the fleece most wool is very comfortable. Example would be churro a navaho breed that has a wiry outer hair good for ropes, but an inner soft fiber good for baby soft clothing. And as for cleaning…you just don’t want to ‘agitate’ or ‘shock’ it and the wool will clean easily. In fact it is simplest to put it in cool water that has a touch of dish soap to soak. Drain (without ‘swishing’ or ‘squeezing’), put it in clean water of the same temperature to rinse. Do the rinse steps until your water looks clear. Lay on a bath towel, roll it up, step on it to ‘squeeze’ the water out, unroll, lay on a flat, airy surface to dry…preferably not in the sun. Okay, so that isn’t a throw it in the washer/dry and forget about it process, but it also doesn’t have to be done after each wearing.
And now that the season’s turning has got me in the mood, I’m off to bake, or spin, or knit, or …
Hope to see you tomorrow.
