Course curriculum

  • 1

    SCOURING CERTIFICATION CLASS - MONTHLY PAYMENTS

  • 2

    LESSON #1 - Scouring Fundamentals & Supplies

    • PART 1 - Introduction and Fundamentals of Scouring

    • PART 2 - Introduction and Fundamentals of Scouring

    • See what supplies you might need to participate with this class

    • The Strucket™ a great scouring vessel

  • 3

    LESSON #2 - How to determine the grade of your wool

    • Wool grades - intro

    • Wool grades - up close and personal

    • LAB

    • Quiz me
  • 4

    LESSON #3 - See how to test for lock strength, the three ways a lock can break and some suggestions for prep.

    • Is the ping test really valid?

    • BREAK #1 - the middle

    • BREAK #2 - the tip

    • BREAK #3 - all along the lock
  • 5

    LESSON #4 - Scouring Soaps & pH. Learn what the best scouring soaps are for your fiber

    • An in depth look at scouring soaps and which is good for which fiber and why.

    • This soap will totally destroy your animal protein fibers.

    • LAB #1

    • How to use pH stripes to test soap

    • LAB #2

    • Quiz me
  • 6

    LESSON #5 - All about water in the scouring process.

    • PART 1 WATER - everything you have ever wanted to know about hard water. I even show you how to do a simple test at home.

    • PART 2 WATER - How much? How hot?

    • LAB

    • Quiz me
  • 7

    LESSON #6 - Scouring Technique, Tulle Technique and to Pre-Soak or not to Pre-Soak

    • Scouring trains are the kings of scouring

    • I show you the perfect way to scour in your shower. 6 minutes

    • How to pull locks and scour them using the tulle technique keeping them in a tidy row.

    • LAB

    • Quiz Me
  • 8

    LESSON #7 - PRE-SOAK OR NOT TO PRE-SOAK? THAT IS THE QUESTION. I HAVE ANSWERS

    • PART 1 - pre-soak

    • PART 2 - pre-soak

    • Pre-soaking comparison.

    • See how to scour a really cruddy Lincoln to make it shine! I show you how to get the dirt out of curly tips.

    • Look at the unorthodox way I scoured this BFL. You will be shocked and amazed!
  • 9

    LESSON #8 - Prepping fiber based grades, fiber and/or breaks to get the best outcome

    • Prep guide per fiber breaks and fiber grades.

    • Prepping lock for scour, spinning or carding

    • Comfort break
  • 10

    LESSON #9 - Wool storage

    • The best store raw and scoured fiber

  • 11

    DOWNLOADABLE GRAPHS AND CHARTS

    • Wool scouring log - An easy log to keep track of scouring so you can do it again or not do it again

    • Scouring Flow Chart - The basics of scouring in a flow chart

    • VM Flow Chart - A guide on how to manage vegetable matter when processing

    • And now for a cake break.
  • 12

    Bibliography and resources

  • 13

    FINAL EXAM

    • FINAL EXAM - Make sure to send this exam in per the instructions to receive your prestigious scouring certificate.

    • Note
  • 14

    FREE BONUS CLASS #1 - How to use a Brother Triple Picker

    • Where to stand when using the swing picker to avoid injury

    • Swing picker intro and safety

    • Testing for fiber breaks - middle and all along the lock

    • How to test for fiber break - weak tips

    • Picking and carding sound, strong wool

    • Picking and carding unsound, weak wool

    • Blending fibers on a swing picker

    • How to use the triple picker on Mohair.

    • Let this flow sheet be your picking guide

    • Happy picking
  • 15

    FREE BONUS CLASS #2 Easily remove VM without expensive equipment to drum card pristine batts-

    • WELCOME!

      FREE PREVIEW

    • What exactly is VM and why do I need to remove it?

    • Look at my take on what the different levels of VM can be in fiber

    • Look at the tools used to remove VM from wool locks

    • Mmmmm cake

    • See exactly how each tool works on getting VM out of wool locks

    • BONUS: How to clean you drum carder in two minutes flat

  • 16

    FREE BONUS CLASS #3 - HOW TO SCOUR VERY DIRTY WOOL AND LONG MOHAIR LOCKS

    • Introduction to scouring long mohair locks that are ultra dirty

    • See the my entire process of scouring long mohair locks

    • What's good for one is not good for all

    • Pre-soak part 1

    • Pre-soak part 2

    • Cruddy Lincoln

    • Check it out!

    • Watch how I tackle this BFL in my secret sauce

    • FREE DOWNLOADABLE SCOUR LOG

    • Questions?