Hand-Dyeing My Raw Icelandic Wool: The Perfect Yellow! KNITTING CHALLENGE

Dyeing up wool for the February Knitting Challenge and prepping my Icelandic fleece! Join me on the homestead as I take our hand-processed Icelandic sheep's wool through the dyeing process! Today, we're aiming for a vibrant "cancer ribbon yellow" to kick off a February knitting challenge for the Canadian Cancer Society. In this video: Preparing and soaking hand-spun Icelandic yarn The "thwacking" process to set the twist Dyeing wool with liquid Rit dye Tips for spinning "Lopei" style yarn Casting on for my "Newfie" mittens Here is the link to my personal fundraising page with the Cancer Society https://fundraisemyway.cancer.ca/part... Please consider a donation for an amazing cause. So many have been effected by this disease and this is a great way for me to use my skills. Thank you so much in advance. If you enjoyed this video and want to see more homesteading and sheep-raising content, subscribe to Life Raising Sheep and hit the notification bell for updates and behind-the-scenes farm life. Follow us for more inspiration across our channels and social media: Hickorycroft Farm:    / @hickorycroftfarm   Pantry Living:    / @pantryliving     / hickorycroftfarm     / hickorycroft   Support our homesteading journey so we can continue creating educational and entertaining content about Icelandic sheep, lambing, wool harvesting, sheep care, meat, milk, and small-scale homestead life: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Hicko... Thanks for watching! Steph and Chris #HandDyedWool #IcelandicSheep #FiberArts #SpinningYarn #HomesteadingLife #KnittingChallenge