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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2016 17:21:08 GMT
Hello everyone. i have been going to ask this question for sometime and then I forget.... I have seen on "etsy" fibers called "Cloud"..... Sometimes it is angora fibers called this and it is always very fluffy looking... Is it the way it is carded that makes it called "cloud" Or other methods of processing it??? It always seems very expensive.... I have a photo of what it looks like it.. Can anyone give more information on what "Cloud" fibers are? Thanks for the help. Much appreciated...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2016 17:28:58 GMT
I do not know where the sad face icon came from but it was not meant to be there. Smile..
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Post by koffipot on Jan 4, 2016 17:54:01 GMT
I saw some on Spinning uk on Fb and thought it was described as 'cloud; because it's so smooth, light and fluffy? Well that's just my understanding.
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Post by Shepherdess on Jan 4, 2016 18:12:16 GMT
I don't think there is a strict definition. I always thought it is fiber that has been flicked open and then just dropped in a pile. angora bunny fur is often like that. It is very fluffy as it's combed or plucked. It is very hard to card by itself and people just seem to spin it from the cloud if it is not mixed with wool.
So really just as you describe a fluffy pile of fibers.
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Post by sundownalpacas on Jan 4, 2016 21:48:28 GMT
I spin my alpaca yarns from a cloud. I put the fiber through my carder and do not make a batt or a roving. It just comes off of the machine and goes directly into a box. These are usually created with commercial carders. Saves time as far as carding goes. Very easy to spin from. Liz
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Post by Pandagirl on Jan 4, 2016 22:36:48 GMT
Can you ask the seller? I've never heard this term,mbut it seems a little generic.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2016 23:11:05 GMT
hello Liz, do you have any photos of how you card it and how you take it off... I am most interested.. Thanks...
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Post by sundownalpacas on Jan 5, 2016 2:46:02 GMT
Alpaca cloud
follow this and scroll through the pics, you will see a picture of my carder. It was built in 1923/24
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Post by zed on Jan 5, 2016 11:25:37 GMT
I can't say I've heard it used. I'd hope it was meant like the others say, and the picture does look like nice stuff, but knowing etsy and their overly flouncey descriptives, it could be the pile of crap you have when you clean your carders and all the little bits are left.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2016 15:47:05 GMT
Wow Liz. What an impressive carder. If I remember right you live in Michigan??? Maybe on day I will come for a visit... Smile..
Zed. I have seen this product on many websites and they all look about the same... And I think from what I am gathering the coat depends on the type of fiber it is??? Thanks for all the input. Much appreciated...
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Post by Shepherdess on Jan 5, 2016 17:19:14 GMT
can you tell me how to find it on you page. I popped over but everything is in albums by project. The links don't work for me.
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Post by Pandagirl on Jan 5, 2016 19:19:31 GMT
Wow Liz, now that's a carder.
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Post by sundownalpacas on Jan 5, 2016 20:30:05 GMT
Yes, you are all invited for a visit. I would love that, This carder is what they call a dye lot carder. It was used in the wool mills to get the dye lots right. They would dye the wool, then run it through these carders until they had the colors right to spin it into the yarn. Then they would move it to the very large production carders. These carders are rare to find, this one was in a barn out east. I had a man who lives here in MI refinish this carder for me to use with my Alpaca. He is very experienced as he built the worlds largest carder, which is now in China. He use to work for a textile company out east, until they moved their business to China. Ann, yes I will have to tell you the project name, then just click on that project and look at the pictures. Ok I just checked and this project I named snowstorm.
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Post by Shepherdess on Jan 5, 2016 21:52:04 GMT
I do not see it listed it goes from stained glass to wet felting when put in alphabetical order.
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Post by sundownalpacas on Jan 5, 2016 23:57:45 GMT
Oh I forgot that is listed as a Handspun, not a project. Just choose handspun under my profile then you should see it.
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