just wanted to let you know how much i appreciate your videos. i've been dealing with severe depression for the last many years.... i've had real trouble finding energy or motivation to play with anything fiber arts for a long time now, despite it being a real joy for me before the depression hit. your videos have been inspiring me to pull things out and play a bit. it's always a little bit better of a day when i see one of your videos in my feed. thank you.

@SallyPointer

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. You are definitely not alone, and thank you for speaking up. The fibre community is so supportive and we are all here for each other.

Thanks.

ancient sheep would shed their fleece all over the place hence the term "wool gathering". It's only in fairly recent times that sheep have been bred to need shearing.

@SallyPointer

2 жыл бұрын

It's interesting to trace the development of shears and run that alongside the currently understood timeline for sheep being bred for shearable fleece

Thank you for keeping this tradition standing. My grandma used to make blankets and ''jellaba'' moroccan dress. Wonderful

I can’t wait to see more! I’ve woven a blouse similar, but that skirt both fascinates and intimidates me. A really lovely video.

I want to thank you! I wanted to learn how to spin for years! But no space to put a spinning wheel. First time that I saw these spindels in the video here with you, and just a few days ago I saw 2 old spindels, (in good condition they say, and they look good to me...), for sale cheap on the second hand market. So I bought them, and went looking for wool, knowing near nothing about it. The wool just came in. I was blown away to find I bought 3 huge bags of beautiful sheeps, and lambs wool for peanuts! I was not expecting to get that much!!! Now I am waiting for the spindels to come in, and than I will try what you do here... I want to learn it all, how to work with the wool from the sheep to wool for a sweater! Thank you so much! I am FINALLY able to learn how to spin! Have a beautiful day! Much love!

@dorteweber3682

2 жыл бұрын

I have a wheel and a number of spindles, and I definitely prefer the spindles They are portable - you don't have to sit in one place in one position. You will get the hang of spindle spinning quickly, I am sure. It is more of a hand skill than the wheel, so it takes time to get really good at it, but it is so much fun to practice. Best of luck with your lovely fleeces.

This is fantastic! I've only ever read about string skirts and not seen an example. (The book is Women's Work the First 20,000 Years) To see an example makes the reading more real in my mind.

I hope you continue the project! I'd really like to make one of these myself...and I would definitely appreciate your tutorial. Love, love, love your videos. I've been applying what you teach me about how my ancestors processed fibers to the invasive plants in my home. Making a thorn comb for bast from my local invasive trifoliate orange! Can't wait to try it on Kudzu fiber.

Your videos are so comfortable.

This is so amazing. I am awed by the combing and the sheep

for anyone wanting to try this you dont need a fleece to teach yourself how to do this go to any store the sells 100% cotton balls and use those then you can dye it to the color you want. this how i taught myself and my son it works the same way and make wonderful thread.

@SallyPointer

3 жыл бұрын

Funnily enough my first spinning at the age of about 7 was cotton balls too, was all I could get at the time 🙂

I'm looking forwards to the rest of this series. Fascinating stuff, thank you.

Love, love, love your new project

This is so awesome. Thanks for doing this!

These videos get more interesting each time. Thank you Sally.

Fascinating project. Looking forward to see more of it :)

I’m very excited to follow along with you!

what a great project i cant wait to see the next bit

Sally I love your videos thank you so much. I love that you have such an informative natural style without the polish and plazas of some ! It gives me confidence to try things…..and it’s lovely to be with you in your wild and human ways. I’d love to meet you and work with you some day….who knows! Much love x

What is the purpose of a string skirt? It doesn't keep you warm. It doesn't protect your backside from bugs, sharp rocks, etc. I doubt it provides much in the way of modesty. Would this have been a purely ceremonial/funerary garment?

@SallyPointer

4 жыл бұрын

There is some very interesting and ongoing research into these, I'll try and summarise it when I do the video about making mine, but there are statuettes of them being worn by acrobat/possibly-priestess type figures, also earlier 'Venus' figurines in them. So yes, quite possibly ceremonial, but experiments with them have also shown them to be not as immodest as one might first think.

@EM-cg4iy

4 жыл бұрын

Do you ever think maybe something else was woven the other direction that has rotted away and left no trace? This skirt never made much sense to me. OTOH I suppose archaeologists would have been able to find some hint for sure?

@kirstenpaff8946

4 жыл бұрын

@@SallyPointer Interesting. I am looking forward to the video.

@dr.lexwinter8604

4 жыл бұрын

@@SallyPointer I actually was hoping you'd model it! And not for pervy reasons - but I wanted to see if it would close up and not be as ... immodest as we would think it is (at least to modern standards of modesty) and see how it'd hang compared to levels of exposed skin. Would it be something that would be considered too revealing by our standards? Was it too revealing by their standards? Was she a bit of a girl about the town, or even a working girl? Many entertainers, and many priestesses were of, well, ladies of ill repute for monetary purposes throughout history. It's a damned odd piece of clothing and I'm so glad you brought it to our attention! Unfortunately it's 1AM so I won't get to research the topic until the morrow! :(

@strawberryhellcat4738

4 жыл бұрын

@@dr.lexwinter8604 It looks like this when worn (about 6:20 in the video). kzread.info/dash/bejne/a2GerblpqK-phtI.html

excelent project, i'm sure it'll keep you busy for many hours to come!

This is quality stuff! Was looking for something like this for a while now.

@SallyPointer

3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully not long before the next installment, had to slow down a bit while we sort some family stuff out, but I'm chipping away at it!

Can't wait to see how this project goes! Those are some adorable sheep :)

I love your videos most video on the egved girl just aren't detailed enough I can't wait till your next episode

Hi Sally! Thanks so much for your videos they are amazing! I have been looking through your videos and I can't find the next part of this? Or a similar project? I would be so keen to see! I love the story of the Egtved Girl :-)

@SallyPointer

2 жыл бұрын

It got put on hold when life got crazy earlier this year, but hopefully restarting soon

@mamaspatch

2 жыл бұрын

@@SallyPointer Oh fair enough! Its been a bit of a crazy couple of years :-( Blessed be

Really intrested in a part 2 😊

@SallyPointer

3 жыл бұрын

Everything is a bit behind at the moment because my husband is very ill, but it will happen, things are just being slower than planned right now 🙂

@henrikbrammas6698

3 жыл бұрын

@@SallyPointer Oh i’m so sorry to hear that. I hope everything will turn out in the best way possible. Tell him to ”Krya på sig” from me, it’s swedish and means get well ♥️

@SallyPointer

3 жыл бұрын

@@henrikbrammas6698 thank you!

I'm so glad I found your channel! It really is a fantastic resource; thank you for making these videos! I would love to ask, how did you go about finding the farm who sold you the raw fleece for this project? I've had a go at spinning commercially available washed, carded, dyed roving before, but I would absolutely love to try processing and spinning raw wool - I'm just not sure where I should look to buy some? Do you have any recommendations? Thanks again!

@SallyPointer

4 жыл бұрын

They are local to me and came up in a discussion about fleece on our village Facebook page (social media does have some uses!) I think they may have a few left if you'd like one, www.stirbridgefarm.com drop them an email!

@emilylouise9705

4 жыл бұрын

@@SallyPointer Fantastic, I'll get in touch with them and see what they say!

Where can I find a fleece like that? I've been spinning since I was a teenager, and I started on Shropshire, which is similar to yours in staple. Plus I love to explore new fiber and historical techniques!

@SallyPointer

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think the farm that did mine has any this year, perhaps the breed society might be worth an email though?

Intrested to know how many wpi your yarn is for this project? On the shirt especially.

@SallyPointer

4 жыл бұрын

Once I know myself I'll let you know, it's one of the things I'm adjusting for in this early stage whilst spinning up

I'm sure you can find a way to model it without actually modelling it. Looks like another interesting project.

is there a part two? Do u have workshops?? Do u have books I could buy? thanks ahead

@SallyPointer

2 жыл бұрын

Everything got behind when Gareth died and I had my cancer surgery, but there will be a part two as soon as I catch up with myself! I do workshops at various museums and venues such as Berrycroft Hub, not so many this year, but should be more normal next year!

That skirt doesn't make sense! Is it possible that a fabric ran acrossways and has rotted away?

@SallyPointer

4 жыл бұрын

There's been a fair bit of work done on these by other researchers, I'll be doing a brief overview of it in the video that goes with my version!