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Post by Shepherdess on Jan 6, 2016 0:35:16 GMT
Very nice. Our textile museum has a similar one. Does it just com off and fall into a pile or does it have a drum it collects on or a way it's gathered in to a rope? This is mine:http://feltingandfiberstudio.com/2015/03/26/carding-some-wool-and-making-some-felted-soap/
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Post by sundownalpacas on Jan 6, 2016 1:50:48 GMT
No, it does not collect on a drum, just falls off. But there is a piece of equipment on the other side of the carder that he built called a trumpet. I can take it from wear it comes off the drum, then feed it into that to make a roving.
I love your carder, it looks to make big batts. Your studio looks nice too.
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 1, 2016 18:25:12 GMT
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Post by Shepherdess on Mar 1, 2016 23:21:04 GMT
Thank you Liz. it is a great carder the batts are about 18 inches wide ad 7 feet long.
I wonder what he is making the yarn for.
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Post by koffipot on Mar 2, 2016 9:05:17 GMT
Thank you Liz. it is a great carder the batts are about 18 inches wide ad 7 feet long. I wonder what he is making the yarn for. It's so thick! Perhaps for rug weaving?? |
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Post by Shepherdess on Mar 2, 2016 15:45:21 GMT
I suppose it might be. he didn't seem to be spinning it very evenly but perhaps that was on purpose. I wonder if he plies it.
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 4, 2016 16:15:41 GMT
I suppose it might be. he didn't seem to be spinning it very evenly but perhaps that was on purpose. I wonder if he plies it. Yes, that is on purpose, that is why it is called 'clouds'. They use it to make scarfs and colls. |
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Post by Shepherdess on Mar 4, 2016 23:11:22 GMT
Ok I missed that part. To me when someone talks fiber and clouds it a loose pile of picked but not carded wool.
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Post by huzzah on Apr 13, 2016 12:36:47 GMT
I have a big bag of "clouded" alpaca fiber that I have not idea what to do with. LOL. I don't spin. Someone gave me the raw fiber and I took it to a mill to be processed. Because it was short, and not from the prime part of the animal, they advised me to have it processed that way. I would love to do something with it, but I think felting it is going to be very labor intensive. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
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Post by MTRuth on Apr 13, 2016 16:32:29 GMT
I don't felt a lot of alpaca fiber but I would think that if you made 3-4 layers of "cloud" that it would felt fairly easily.
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Post by sundownalpacas on Apr 14, 2016 0:43:03 GMT
I have a big bag of "clouded" alpaca fiber that I have not idea what to do with. LOL. I don't spin. Someone gave me the raw fiber and I took it to a mill to be processed. Because it was short, and not from the prime part of the animal, they advised me to have it processed that way. I would love to do something with it, but I think felting it is going to be very labor intensive. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks That is only what I use for felting, we call them seconds when sorting from shearing. The short fibers felt wonderfully. They felt very fast too. Depending on what you are making with the felt, you want several layers so as not to felt a hole in it. |
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Post by huzzah on Apr 18, 2016 20:24:21 GMT
Thanks very much sundownalpacas.
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