Day 581:<\/p>\n
With a big enough trough of food and a tight enough rope, it’s possible to get a sheep to stand still long enough to cut most of their wool off. And they seem happier for it when it’s done (though they definitely don’t like the process).<\/p>\n
Now I have a huge smelly pile of dirty wool and I still haven’t invented soap. (Oh what I would do for a good old fashioned bar of soap! Praise to my ancestors for being smart enough to invent it because I definitely am not!)<\/p>\n
So instead I’ve heated up a bucket of water to boiling and I’m boiling the wool to clean it. In the morning once it’s dried, I’ll try spinning it.<\/p>\n
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Addendum:<\/p>\n
hey did you know wool melts in hot water? today I learned….<\/p>\n
guess I’m waiting for the wool to grow back on the sheep again so i can shear them again before i start spinning…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Day 581: With a big enough trough of food and a tight enough rope, it’s possible to get a sheep to stand still long enough to cut most of their wool off. And they seem happier for it when it’s done (though they definitely don’t like the process). Now I have a huge smelly pile … <\/p>\n