hmmm... lanolising wool with solid lanolin - am i doing it right? flame, are you there?

[PeaceandLovebaby]

been sitting in the solution for most of the day and it just doesnt feel the same as it used to in the imse vimse woolcure stuff... feels more like its sitting in a bowl of cold soapy water

is it owrking, or did i not use enough lanolin?

oh, and its snappy, sappy, whatver im called today...

I use a teaspoon of solid lanolin with a squirt of baby bath. I put it in a jam jar and pour a little boiling water on it and stir until it goes to an emulsion. Then I add it to the bowl of water (so it's just warm, not hot iyswim) and put the wool bits in. I leave it all day, or overnight if I do it in an evening.

It always seems fine once it's dried.

Have never used the woolcure stuff so don't know if it feels the same or not.

HTH

hmmm, ok norma, thanks.

im not sure i used enough lanolin then. i used a small tube of that nipple lanolin stuff and it was cold, and so a bugger to get out the tube. i gave up at approx a pea sized amount... that;ll be a petit pois, rather than your marrowfat.

doh.

the woolcure is so much easier btw. more expensive no doubt...

I get my solid lanolin in a jar from Under The Gooseberry Bush, I guess it seems easy enough to use cos I've never used anything else. I keep meaning to give the woolcure a go but cos it costs more I haven't bothered. I might try it when I've used up the lanolin i've got.

lmao @ sappy snappy whatever.

Do I say a peasized bit on my site? I have always used a teaspoon cos it is easier to get out.

Shall we do a lanolising master class next week?

Oh it doesn't feel the same though - the wool cure always has more of a sticky waxy feel on your hands than proper lanolin does. It always works though

yes, thats it! a sticky waxy feeling... that is lacking with my measly petit pois sized squirt of lanolin.

but if you say it works, then i bow at your altar of piss resistant wool knowledge

and yes, to the masterclass next week

lmao