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I use lard, alone or in combinations, and it is extremely slow to trace. The colour I get is white or slightly off-white.

And just like my Mum's too!

Welcome to the forum! I'm looking forward to seeing pictures of your soaps and candles.

These two videos are very informative, thank you for posting them. It also confirms my choice of beef tallow and lard for most of my soaps. Additionally they are locally sourced which means a lot to me.

When I use 100 % beef tallow I always make it a dual lye and add sugar for bubbles. I like it very much: it is gentle to my skin, not brittle at all, produces enough lather and bubbles. It is quite popular with those I either donate to or sell.

I can't offer any tips or suggestions, I'd just like to tell you I admire your systematic approach.

Hi! I am on Ravelry but could not not find a member named knitsoapmaker, until just a few minutes ago when I noticed, here on SMF, a name peachandpurl, and I found a heap of wonderful projects. Congrats, Knitsoapmaker!

Done a couple of days ago.

Hi Simon and welcome to the forum!

Welcome to the forum, Alondrielle!

Except me - I started making soap with 50 % sheep tallow, about 30 % olive oil with the rest being coconut and castor oils, 1 kg of oils altogether. The tallow almost never has enough stick blending with me. The shortest time to trace was half an hour and the longest about two :(

I suggest lavender, rose and geranium/pelargonium for Europe.

Catscankim, thank you for your brief explanation. I wonder if the batter should be just at thin emulsion or should it be thicker?

Catscankim, I love "The Resolvable Owl", both the colours and the pattern!

Does it also produce more bubbles?

The empty felt pocket may be filled with lavender and kept in a wardrobe.

I always used store bought soap for felting as do all my soap felting friends. The felting itself has its price and if we used handmade soap I can't imagine who could afford it except for very rare customers. I have not felted my handmade soap yet, primarily because I'm afraid the bar could not...

I mostly use dual lye these last months and have never had either separation or ricing. There must be some other reason IMO.

The link does not work :(

Thank you Marsi and AliOop, I'll try that.