Busy, busy, busy

When most 'normal' people are having the week end free, that is when I get to do things.

Two days (well mornings really) helping with the trial and also putting up the larval cultures - and then taking them down again the next day...

Yesterday I ended up (by default) in the wool lab helping a post-grad put samples through the wool scour. It is a neat, scaled down version of a commercial set-up. Theoretically you could put a whole fleece through, but I wouldn't want to. The 'mangling' part of the process would be a real killer....

Anyway in the wool lab there is lots of 'shiny toys' so I was given a demo of the computerised system for measuring micron and medullation, amongst other parameters. There are also lots of fleeces so I grabbed a few samples, estimated the micron and medullation by 'handle' (the old fashioned way) and then ran the samples through the system. It was a very interesting exercise; the results were very consistent between my rating and the system. Goes to show that I have not lost my skills over time. Would like to put some mohair through.... will have to look in my bags of fleece and see what I can find.

Now I had better go off and check ponies and the water.