Residents of Lacombe had the chance to turn back time this afternoon at the Michener House Museum.

All part of their Fibre Fridays program, the museum offered people of all ages the chance to learn how to turn dirty, smelly sheep’s fleece into a soft clean bundle of wool.

It’s one of the four Fibre Fridays taking place this month, demonstrating various stages of fibre production from washing to carding, to spinning and dyeing.

Kim Mickelson, who’s spent the last two summers working at the Michener House, said it’s a great way for kids to learn about how things used to be.

“We exist for the community, so it’s our job to share that knowledge with community members which is why all of our events are free. We’re not going to make people pay to learn things because we really want to encourage learning, especially hands-on learning like an activity like this.”

Although the rain was out today, Mickelson said she was happy with the amount of people who came out and shown interest.

“A lot of people have been expressing interest in learning how to spin so we thought why not start at the beginning and start with a dirty sheep’s fleece and go through all the steps.”

“We’re really pleased we had so many people out today and that all ages are interested in learning how to start working through a sheep’s fleece and turn it from something that’s a bit on the gross side of things, to yarn you can knit with.”

The next Fibre Friday takes place on August 11, where you’ll be able to learn the steps and techniques involved to properly card and prepare wool for spinning.

If you plan on choosing one Friday to come out, August 25 might be your best bet as it’s the dyeing stage where they’ll be using natural plants from their own garden to create bright vibrant colours and beautiful homemade yarn.