Random Fiber Acquisitions and more-

You’ll never guess what I brought home from work the other day.

So I’ll just tell you.

Buffalo.

Yep. Really.

Not the whole animal or anything- just buffalo hair.

Pretty gnarly stuff. Guess it was collected from a scratching pole that is out in the pasture for them.

But buried deep within the hairy mess is fluff. Very soft, short, downy fluff.

Here it is (mostly) sorted:

I figure, volume-wise, I got about 10% or less fluff.

I washed and then I carded what little I had-

My hand cards are not the really fine type, but I was able to get it into decent enough shape to spin after a while, though there was still quite a bit of veg.

Here is the resulting swatch:

Wild, eh?

Was kind of an interesting exercise,, but the de-hairing was not much fun. Kind of like picking apart dusty brillo pads.

And in other news, I finally have my first batch of yarn for The Man’s sweater.
I’ve decided on a heavy worsted three-ply (from three bobbins so I get a more consistent result)

Here are the nice fat little bobbins ready to be plied-

Here is the yarn, fresh off the wheel-

And all steamed and skeined up-

I do so love a squooshy three-ply.

Stats on the yarn: approx 110 yds per 3.5 oz skein.