Random bits - wool, book lists, and more!
There are several things I'm passionate about enough to say I'm passionate about them. Books, cats, and wool are probably the top three. I geek out about a lot of other things, but passionate? Books, cats, and wool.
In my spare time, I am a wool worker. I work with wool in all sorts of forms - from fresh off the sheep, to yarn, and everything in between. Coming from a long line craft people, I prefer to knit to crochet, and I also adore spinning on either a wheel or drop spindle. And, because those hobbies aren't weird enough, I also process wool - taking it from this dirty mass of wool to something you can knit with (or spin with, if you'd rather spin it yourself.)
Let me tell you something about wool - when it's fresh off the sheep, it's filthy. Imagine only rinsing your hair when it rains or when you wade through a pond or stream. It would be rather disgusting, and it's really no different from what's on the sheep. Except what's on the sheep will also have random pieces of plant matter, as well as some possible poop. Sheep are not clean animals.
Now, when I clean the fleeces, I use a detergent and a dish soap. I don't get fleeces sparking white, but I don't expect to. I get that some people will use specialty cleaning products to get their fleeces sparkling white, but to me, it's fleece. Part of it being fleece is that it should retain some of it's naturalness. Sparkling white just seems artificial to me. And unnecessary.
Onto other passions I have, and that's books. I'm going to be working on several book lists in the coming weeks - including LBGTQ+ books and books that were made into movies. If there's any lists you'd like to see, let me know. I'll keep working on the MG/HS Historical Fiction list. I mean, there's so many ideas I want of lists I want to put together (Minority MCs, Adventure stories, survival, Chillers and Thrillers/Harder Horror, Set in [Place], and so many more.)
In my spare time, I am a wool worker. I work with wool in all sorts of forms - from fresh off the sheep, to yarn, and everything in between. Coming from a long line craft people, I prefer to knit to crochet, and I also adore spinning on either a wheel or drop spindle. And, because those hobbies aren't weird enough, I also process wool - taking it from this dirty mass of wool to something you can knit with (or spin with, if you'd rather spin it yourself.)
Let me tell you something about wool - when it's fresh off the sheep, it's filthy. Imagine only rinsing your hair when it rains or when you wade through a pond or stream. It would be rather disgusting, and it's really no different from what's on the sheep. Except what's on the sheep will also have random pieces of plant matter, as well as some possible poop. Sheep are not clean animals.
Now, when I clean the fleeces, I use a detergent and a dish soap. I don't get fleeces sparking white, but I don't expect to. I get that some people will use specialty cleaning products to get their fleeces sparkling white, but to me, it's fleece. Part of it being fleece is that it should retain some of it's naturalness. Sparkling white just seems artificial to me. And unnecessary.
Onto other passions I have, and that's books. I'm going to be working on several book lists in the coming weeks - including LBGTQ+ books and books that were made into movies. If there's any lists you'd like to see, let me know. I'll keep working on the MG/HS Historical Fiction list. I mean, there's so many ideas I want of lists I want to put together (Minority MCs, Adventure stories, survival, Chillers and Thrillers/Harder Horror, Set in [Place], and so many more.)
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