At the sheep and fiber festival...i really found some beautiful hair...i have been washing and washing blah blah blah...hair!!!! I dont think i'll ever buy unwashed animal fiber again...This is freaking work!!! Any way, some of the fiber i bought was clean ...so i tried a little on one of my halloween dolls that just didnt look right with her hair...I just "added this silky...glossy hair to what she had... I also dyed it a wheat color with some alchohol ink...which i definately wouldnt do again...because as we know alchohol dries things out...but even though this fiber got a little dried out..it still has smoothness to it...this hair is beautiful!!! See the pictures...its the doll on the right with the vintage lace,,,the girl on the left has real FLAX hair..(linen is made from flax)..i'm trying to figure out their halloween costumes!
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I think it definitely depends who you buy the fleece from. I got some raw angora fleece today from a vendor I met at the OFFF. It needs to be washed, but there is no hay and NO POOP! It's really nice stuff and about 7" long. Like you I've been experimenting with dyes....some are very drying..do you think it's best to stick with the Rit?
we've just finished shearing on the red island down under...and i've kept the longest and most beautiful wool from the Leicesters for use as doll's hair..
and here's a tip, i take the wool (still "in the grease") and dye it using a eucalyptus dye bath. the grease dissolves in the bath while preventing it all from felting and the colours are gorgeous (luscious reds, gold, brown and black all possible)
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