We arrived about 1 pm and the guys went off to buy boxes to load the yarn up into. So far I’ve sorted through one room. Essentially separating the sheep from the goats, so to speak.
Yarn stored for a very long time can go ‘bad’. Especially fine yarns dyed a very dark colour. So the first thing I am doing is testing each cone of yarn for structural integrity. There is no point keeping anything that won’t serve, even for weft.
It is a good lesson in ‘use it up before it goes ‘bad’.
Once the guys are back with the boxes I will then sort through the piles of ‘good’ yarn, deciding which I will keep and which I won’t likely ever use.
There are 3 more rooms and the basement to go through. The basement being the biggest challenge.
There is also a Cranbrook loom down there and a small 8 shaft Mountain Loom (it looks like) upstairs. Just in case anyone in the area is interested….