Introduction to Arm Knitting and Wool Dyeing
Fleece Drying
A course by Javiera Ortiz , Costume designer and photographer
About the video: Fleece Drying
Overview
“It is time to dry the wool. In this lesson I will teach you two ways to do it taking care of the material and its dyeing.”
In this video lesson Javiera Ortiz addresses the topic: Fleece Drying, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Arm Knitting and Wool Dyeing. Learn how to dye wool and knit XL pieces using your arms.
Partial transcription of the video
“Fleece Drying In this lesson we will dry our fleece. I'm going to show you two ways to dry the fleece, one is with a washing machine and the other is outdoors. The first helps us speed up the process, but it is very important that it is a top-loading washing machine because if we occupy a front loading washing machine, What will happen is that the washing machine works this way. Therefore, the wool, being inside the washing machine, It will reach the top and it will fall. This will make our wool afieltre. In the top loading washer, It works this way, causing our wool not to fall. Now we wil...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Arm Knitting and Wool Dyeing
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Category
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Areas
Decoration, Fiber Arts, Knitting, Textile Design, Textile Dyeing

Javiera Ortiz
A course by Javiera Ortiz
Javiera is the creator of Inspiratemirando, a travel blog. She is a photographer and costume designer although she has always felt connected to crafts and fabric.
Inspiratemirando was born as a travel blog in Australia, where Javiera wrote and photographed all the things she liked. While seeking inspiration, she found XL fleece knitting and became obsessed with learning this new technique. That opened a whole new world of possibilities and unintentionally, transformed her travel blog into a page dedicated to knitting.
Javiera teaches XL knitting workshops and today has some of her blankets exhibited in Australia, as well as having her own online shop.
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