What to do with wool
February 24, 2009 by
One of the oldest materials for clothes is wool. Very shortly after our ancestors, the cave men, learned that you can carry half a dead furry animal or tons of fur to keep warm, they invented spinning wool. And what a fantastic material sheep wool is! It has so many characteristics that synthetic fibres do not reach – amazing.
If you are like me and like wool, you most probably will want to work with it. The first thing that comes to ones mind is spinning wool. I found a nice informative page about that on a german blog: Schafwolle spinnen
Next thing is of course dyeing wool yourself. This is something many people don’t dare…although it is pretty easy and can be done in any household with plant and a few chemicals. Have a look over here (sorry, the video is only in german):Wolle färben
Last but not least you will want to knit with your wool, and let’s be honest, although it can be really fun to do all the things like spinning and dyeing yourself, most of the time you will just buy a good ball of wool in a shop.
So here is my recommendation for knitting wool: Gedifra Wolle
This wool has proved to go nicely when knitting and is easy to wash. Now get your knitting needles or your spinning wheel and have some fun with wool!
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Really wishing I was home at my spinning wheel. I have some lovely green wool calling to me.
I spoke with my brother about spinning wool for tzitzis and he spoke with his rabbinic authorities (a Chabad Rabbi) and said, nah, not kosher. I don't know why not.
I'd still do it. I just haven't. I'm glad you did.
Have you read up on Techelet? Some people think they've found the right snails to make the right blue. Of course some people don't think it's right. Or they say better to be on the safe side and not use it in case it's wrong.
My dad, recently, said that in our family we pick the mitzvot we want to follow and don't follow others. If you use that reasoning then I think I *can* spin the tzitzis for my daughter's tallis and that would be just plain cool.
Sorry for rambling all over your post.
Claude Renault has added a photo to the pool:
A Gujarati woman spinning wool in the village of Bhujodi.
http://www.claude-renault.fr