Wool nests

I have some Baize Shetland wool that came as large batts. I’ve been tearing off strips to spin, but decided that it was inefficient to unroll the batts every time, so separated all of the batts into strips and wound them into loose “nests”.

Photo description: Separating a strip of near white Shetland wool from a batt, showing the approximately two inch strip coming away from the main batt, with a hand wrapped nest above.

To wrap the nest, I loosely wrap the wool strip around four fingers, then tuck the end in the middle. The nests stay together, and are easy to grab when it is time to spin.

Photo description: Eleven visible wool nests in a pile.