What To Do With Combing Waste?
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- Опубліковано 24 чер 2020
- Sometimes it’s worth squeezing every bit of clean fiber out of a fleece and this is how I do it : )
Your only options are not to card it into rolags to spin ‘rustic’ yarn (unless of course that’s what you really want), felt it or discard it. With some more time put in, you can get much more clean, beautiful fiber out of it!
Thanks for watching and please share yours thoughts and questions in the comments.
- Kimberly
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-Kimberly ☺
I like your video. I to am a person who doesn't like tossing out usable fiber . I experimented with a extremely dirty bit of fleece . This fleece had good length of fiber at the neck but it was absolutely full of hay and chaff. I broke it apart each lock and brushed it with just a simple slicker dog brush .. the kind that looks like a carder. The long locks looked clean and lovely. I had a tub of gross garbage so I spun it chaff and all and knit a dog bed .. put it in the wash and then the dryer . It felted into a very good dog blanket. This could work for a rug as well. I am not fearful of a little veg now
Wet felt it into pet mats or hot pads. Something utilitarian.
Respect the fleece.
Can you put the cloud on a blending board to make rolags that way? I don't have a drum Carder
Subscribed...I am greatly in favor of not wasting any of the fiber off of combs. Love your technique..jenny
Thank you, as a newbie I was astounded how much waste, best 💡
Thank you for this video! My first alpaca fleece came in the mail yesterday and this will be such a helpful guide in how to use it to my best ability
Thank you for making this video. This is pretty much what I do with a good fleece as I hate waste. I do it at night, thats what evening tv is for! Its surprising how much you can get done just watching the news, and its when I get my drop spindles out too. 🥰 Its a very productive part of the day and I am always surprised at how much I have done!
Thank you for putting this Fibre Waste video together! It was not only very instructional, but a great visual demonstration on how much nicely usable fibre can be extracted from the fibres left behind from the principle combing process. Yes, it's fibre joy!
Thanks for this amazing video! I have a huge bag of waste that I was wondering what the heck to do with! I am working my way thru my waste bag and adding in some very short staple stuff I bought (knowingly). I am using my much finer homemade combs (used onion slicers) and getting amazing yield. I know have burgeoning bags of 2nd combings and am even blending with some lovely mohair locks. This is so WONDERFUL! I plan to hit the "2nds" with the hand cards next!!
I spin from the cloud,only use carders ,just do a small amount at a time.
I love how different the colors are in the piles.
Great suggestions for saving some beautiful fibers - I hate to waste it too.
In some fleeces the last combed fiber is very fine and soft. It is almost like down. You can add it to other wool for color or a tweed effect
I was dreading what to do w some very dusty alpaca, washed it then, tried carding then used old hair son had. That worked ! Using old carder or dog comb then hair pic, outside. Was at a handweavers guild meeting and they had a bag of wool that know one wanted to worked with (was soft and nice crimp ) as so dirty. I tried, then left as mulch under the lemon tree but after winds and rains, it showed back up near patio, Much cleaner and barely felted . Thank you for your inspiring ideas and showing.
So interesting! Can I ask what the TPI of your carders are please?
I wish you would make more videos!
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I want to thank you for taking the time to make these videos. They are extremely helpful and so very appreciated. It is also a pleasure to watch them. It shows in your videos how much you truly enjoy taking time to create beautiful yarn. Anything you can post would be wonderful! Thank you. Hope all is well.
Fiber joy! Yay! Thank you! Sooo very informative