Intro from 6620 West http://6620west.com Regular blog and steek pictureshttp://fiberarts.typepad.com New England Textile Arts' SPA Knit & Spin weekend, Doubletree Hotel, Portland Maine, Feb. 18 & 19http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewEnglandTextileArts/ Brenda Dayne of Cast-on Podcasthttp://cast-on.com/ Rhonda of the Knitting News Cast http://knittingnewscast.blogspot.com/ The newest rising star among the crafting podcasts - Whit Larson at About Time.  Wonderful!  http://www.about-time.us/ What to do with raw fleece? First of all, you have to find raw fleece.  What do you want?What do you want to do with it? Fiber FestivalsFarm days/ farm visitsOnline vendors What kind of fleece?Sheep wool - heavy grease / low greasealpaca / llamamohair - angora goatangora rabbitcashmere Sheep wool - washing - HOT water Washing mohair: http://www.fiber2yarn.com/selection.htm Washing alpaca / llama / anything else that's low to no grease - lukewarm water, less soap drying preparing to spin - carding - hand cards or drum cardscombing flickinggrab a handful and go http://www.icanspin.com

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