Homestead Journal at Fat Turkey Farm

Disaster Strikes

Yes, DISASTER!

I went into my hall closet today to see what was in there that would stike my spinning fancy and found.....

DISASTER!

I opened a bag of cleaned Romney and found moths!  I opened a bag of Cheviot and found moths!  I opened a bag of Alpaca and found moths!

Did I say DISASTER?

AARRRGGGGG!!!!

Out come the bags and boxes of fiber and out came the moths!  (Ok, dead moths but eggs were in there too!) I lost Alpaca, Romney, Cheviot, Angora from my now deceased bunnie, Jacob, Cotton, quilt batting, poly stuffing, and several skeins of spun yarns.

I lost atleast 80% of my stash!  80%!!!!!

I have one box of Romney and one box of Rideau-Arcott left.  I lost about 50lbs of fiber!  I did take a pic of all the boxes and bags sitting outside waiting to be burned, but flicker is getting a massage and I can't load it today.

I never even saw those little buggers while they were munching away on my fiber.  Those sneeky little moths must have hid whenever I opened the closet door.  They gave me no indication they were in there having a feast at my expense.

I now have the remaining fiber taking a vacation in the freezer just incase there was someone hiding in there I didn't see today.

Damn moths!

Did I say DISASTER?

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{ 03:48, January 13, 2008 } { Posted by morningsunshine }

how frustrating! I cannot even imagine the horror, since I do not spin... but I did once find weevils in some flour - can that grant me some measure of empathy?

I know almost nothing about fibers (someday....) but is there no way any of it can be saved? cleaned, re-spun, anything?

Moth eaten wool

{ 01:46, February 28, 2008 } { Posted by ThistleCoveFarminVA }

You could try felting the wool and then making mug rugs, mug warmers, boot liners, etc. If you do felt the wool in a washing machine, be sure and put it in a laundry bag to help stem the flow of wool in your motor.
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