I am working on a new mohair wool blend variegated yarn. I washed my fleeces first. A beautiful rambouillet fleece from one of my covered sheep, and a white mohair from one of my angora yearling does. I dyed the two fleeces together in three different colors. Garnet, myrtle green and violet this time around. Now I am carding them together with the help of my 11 year old son Zac. My table carder isn’t good for mohair or the short locks of my rambouillet, so we are using hand-carders. Hey, the kid needs something to do with summer vacation, right? Anyway…. I’ll get pictures when I get it all spun up. I am having trouble with the fleeces drying as this is our monsoon time of year and it is quite humid here in the desert. My mohair actually started molding and I had to rewash. I am picking it out wet to allow air in so that it may dry properly this time. Anyone else having that problem?
