> I have some balls of roving that are far too dirty to work with. I pulled > off 2 strips - about 2 feet each - and washed them, and the water was very > dirty. Would it be possible to wash this while still wound into balls?
When I've washed roving, I've chained it loosely -- similar to what you'd do for a long warp. A pound of roving should chain up into a manageable length for washing. I don't think you'd want to wash it while it's still wound in balls. With so many fibers in full contact with each other you'd run a risk of felting the roving into a big, giant cat toy. And felting aside, you also couldn't be sure that you'd get the inner fibers as clean as the outer layers. Elaine To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
