MILOJEE- BRIC Á BRAC HANDI CRAFTS: A VERY SPECIAL WOOL- UNA LANA MUY ESPECIAL

Andando en las redes y buscando cosillas me topé con una asociación vasca Mutur Beltz que ya había oído hablar de ellos antes por otro tema, el caso es que entrando en su página web veo que tienen lanas para la venta, y 100% vasca, así que de parte de mi amiga Piedad (mi mundo amigurumi),compré otro regalito del día de la madre.

Hace algunos días me llegó mi lana vasca, vasca, pero no es eso lo importante, lo realmente importante es que es de unas ovejitas que están en vía de extinción, pero que gracias a la gran labor de Mutur Beltz, están evitando que desaparezcan esas ovejitas, se llaman ovejas de cara negra. Muy lindas las ovejitas, y producen una lana un tanto especial, parece tosca, pero en realidad es suave, se teje bastante bien y lo mejor de todo; para alguien que no es experta tejedora, es que se deshace fácil sin crear enredajos imposibles de desenredar.

Nunca había tenido ni tejido lana 100% y me trajo muchos recuerdos de niña, el olor que tiene se parece a una cera que mi papá usaba para limpiar sus botas de cuero o piel que dirían x estas tierras, que se llama grasa de potro, pero que no es exactamente como huele, sólo me trajo ese recuerdo.

De momento no he tejido mucho, pero si destejido, así que doy fé que aguanta bastante. Tengo muchos planes para esta lana tan especial, de momento tengo unas muestritas de tejido con dos tamaños de agujas y tengo medio empezada una prenda muy vasca para una lana muy vasca. Un mendigoizale, no será en los colores típicos, pero será el más vasco de todos. A ver cuando lo termino.

Con la lana sin hilar hice bolas para secadora, aunque aquí no es común tener secadoras en las casas, si hay lavanderías públicas donde se lleva la ropa a secar o se lava y se seca allí , así que las usaré un día de estos. Tengo pendiente teñir lanas con tintes naturales, que yo probar, pruebo mucho y al final de tanto ni hago nada. En fin, que por hoy ya he escrito bastante y tengo mucho que terminar y solo queda darle las s gracia a Laura y Mutur Beltz por tanto esfuerzo y tan bonita labor.

While searching through websites and looking for little things, I found a Basque association called Mutur Beltz. I had heard of them before for something else, but in this case, I went on to their website and I saw that they have wool for sale which is 100% Basque, so from my friend Piedad (mi mundo amigurumi),she got me this as another Mother’s Day present.

A few days ago, I received my very Basque wool, but ithat wasn’t so important, but what was really important was that it came from a wee sheep in danger of extinction. However, thanks to the amazing work of Mutur Beltz, they are saving these sheep from disappearing, sheep which are called Black-faced Sheep. They are very nice sheep and they produce quite a special wool. It looks a bit rough, but it is in fact really soft, and is easy to knit. The best of all is that for somebody who is not a knitting expert, is it is very easy to unstitch without becoming an impossible tangle.

I had never had nor knitted with 100% wool and it brought me back a lot of memories from when I was a child, as it smells similar to a wax that my dad used to use for cleaning his leather boots which was called fat horse grease, but it isn`t exactly the smell, only that it brought that memory back to me.

For the moment, I have not knitted much, but I do unwoven, so I attest that it holds up a lot. I have a lot of plans for this special wool. At the moment I have some knitted samples with two different needle sizes, and I have started a very Basque piece of clothing from a very Basque wool which is a Mendigoizale, and it is not in the traditional colours, but it will be the most Basque of all. We will see when I have finished it.

With the unspun wool, I made balls for the tumble dryer, and even though it is not so common here to have tumble dryers at home, there are public laundries where you can take your clothes to dry or clean and dry there, so I’m going to use them one of these days. I have to get around to dyeing the wool through a natural dye process, and I have tried very hard to do a lot of things myself but in the end I haven’t done anything.

Anyway, for today I have written a lot, and I have a lot of things to finish, so it only remains to thank Laura and Mutur Beltz for so much effort and such beautiful work.