She makes her own wool at home
What is certain is that Margarida Porritt loves difficulty. “I don’t count my working hours and I like to do fairly complex projects to add excitement to my activity,” she explains. Among her somewhat crazy projects, the young woman decided to spin wool herself.
“I knew it was very long and also very tedious, and that I would find it easier to use ready-made balls bought in stores or online, but I wanted to try. I find it important that I can do a project from the ground up, and with the wool I have spun With myself in my creations, I thought I really brought something extra.
She bought herself a spinning wheel in New Zealand
This is a desire that is all the more justified because his neighbors raise sheep and do not use the wool of their animals. “So instead of throwing it away, I offered to collect it for my activity. After that, I have to clean it by removing all the dirt, then prepare it, wash it, and finally, comb it; that is, clean it,” the young woman explains passionately.
Once all these steps are completed, she can then start spinning it the old-fashioned way using the spinning wheel she ordered online last year. “It comes from New Zealand,” she says proudly, proud to unveil and install it in her dining room for a live display.
“It’s a very long process, but very interesting. Moreover, since this technology is not widespread, I like to bring my spinning wheel to the events I attend to do demonstrations and introduce this technology to the general public,” she points out. , More often than not, people are curious, but she explained that, even if she dreamed of it, today she is unable to work with 100% spun wool. “It would take a very long time to get my orders done on time. »
