Fiber Monday - weaving linen

Last week I was in a three-day linen weaving class. Weaving with linen is a little different from weaving with my usual fiber of cotton, silk, or wool. Unwashed linen yarn is much more difficult to contain and definitely has a life of it's own. After trying different ways to weave it, I found I created the best selvedge by having a dry warp and a wet weft, which meant I had to soak each of my bobbins before I wove with them. Here is the project I made. It's a table runner and it is two shades of blue which are much brighter than appear in the photo. I don't know why my phone doesn't capture accurate colors. I also started washing the fleece from our sheep. I stared with half of Fred's, and it is now drying. Clark's is currently soaking in water to get the dust and dirt out. I would have taken a picture, but a photo of a black fleece is only interesting so many times. It seems as though Fred's fleece washed really well. I'll know for sure when it's ...