Such a gorgeous batt, with the array of golds and the shine of the Teeswater! Thanks for showing me how to get a more parallel arrangement of fibers using a drum carder. That may make having a drum career in future be an intriguing option. harpingJanet
I find there are so many ways you can use a drum carder according to the fibre and what you want out of it! I love mine both for preparing unprocessed fleece and for blending fibres.
That was super helpful Marina, thank you. I wonder, for someone like me who doesn't intend to do huge amounts of processing fleece, so basically just dabbling in it, are just the hand carders enough to prepare those small amounts of fibre for spinning? I'm guessing it won't be as smooth to spin as if it would have been processed using the drum carder too?
You can absolutely just use hand carders; that’s how it was done for years! It’s obviously more time consuming, but you card the fleece into rolags and spin from those. It tends not to work as well if you have a very long staple length; for that you’d probably want to use combs.
Such a gorgeous batt, with the array of golds and the shine of the Teeswater! Thanks for showing me how to get a more parallel arrangement of fibers using a drum carder. That may make having a drum career in future be an intriguing option. harpingJanet
I find there are so many ways you can use a drum carder according to the fibre and what you want out of it! I love mine both for preparing unprocessed fleece and for blending fibres.
Marina this is completely off topic but may I say, your hair is looking absolutely gorgeous 😍
Thanks - it suddenly got long again!
How lovely to watch this, Marina. So deliciously calming and peaceful, and just love that onion colour. You make it all look so easy x
This was so informative. And what a beautiful batt! Happy creating 💚🧶💚
I'm so glad it was helpful! There are so many ways to produce batts, but this is my favourite.
Thanks Marina, great video, very informative. Looking forward to seeing it spun in the next instalment 😊
That was super helpful Marina, thank you. I wonder, for someone like me who doesn't intend to do huge amounts of processing fleece, so basically just dabbling in it, are just the hand carders enough to prepare those small amounts of fibre for spinning? I'm guessing it won't be as smooth to spin as if it would have been processed using the drum carder too?
You can absolutely just use hand carders; that’s how it was done for years! It’s obviously more time consuming, but you card the fleece into rolags and spin from those. It tends not to work as well if you have a very long staple length; for that you’d probably want to use combs.
@@MarinaSkua thank you 🙌🏼
This is just really wrong. Hilarious.