Re: [AlpacaTalk] drum carder
Excellent advice, Susan. Like maybe, if you're just planning to spin
one color, a picker would be the piece of equipment you'd want. I
really think I want one, a bench picker, not a hmmm, the dangerous
kind that you swing back and forth. And I do intend to build one
myself eventually. And a tumbler. For felting, a picker and tumbler
are probably more valuable than a carder, any day.
Heather
On Apr 4, 2009, at 9:01 PM, LunarStruck@
> I have an Ashford drum carder that is still new in the box, never
> used. I
> don't want to sell it but hate carding and don't feel it is really
> necessary.
> A fellow spinner recently taught me to "card" the fleece by hand by
> holding
> it in one fist and then pulling it apart with my hands about ten
> times. It
> works just fine and spins great and a lot of the VM falls out, the
> rest does
> while spinning. I have to admit that carded roving batts are easier
> to spin
> but I don't want to waste the time doing it if the end product yarn
> looks the
> same.
>
> SUSAN OLSON
> Alpaca Loco
> Riverside, CA
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