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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2016 7:40:03 GMT
Hello Ladies
I spoiled myself yesterday :-) I bought a DIY kit which Robert (DH) will put together for me once it arrives in South Africa ... should be another two weeks or so and then I will have all my beautiful goodies and I can start to play :-)
The kit consists of the following : 1 x 12"x12" Blending Cloth 1 x Flicker Brush 1 x Howard Fine Blending Brush 2 x Rolag removal dowels
Robert will attach the cloth to a new wooden cutting board and maybe put an adjustable stand of some type at the back - not sure yet how I want it to be ... flat or at a slight angle.
And then I went shopping for a diz ... shocked at the prices! Robert said he would make me one either out of wood or whatever he can find that will work for me.
My question : what is the size hole most used for art batts and just regular Merino roving? Please advise (my usual request <LOL>)
Regards Linn
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Post by elizabeth on Sept 9, 2016 16:31:54 GMT
Someone (Ruth maybe) made a diz out of the top of a plastic container. Google 'hackle and diz' and you'll see images where someone used a button. I just used a hole puncher to make a hole in a container top. I'm using a crochet hook to pull the fibers off of my new drum carder and the hole-punch-sized opening is resulting in some fairly thin roving. I'm a rank newbie. I think I may not be putting enough fiber onto the drum to get the nice fat merino rovings - I'm too impatient! Found a pertinent post: feltandfiberstudio.proboards.com/thread/2774/april-daily-dose-fiber-2016?q=diz
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2016 16:37:36 GMT
Thanks for the advice Elizabeth. I checked out a lot of sites and it seems wooden buttons are the favourite items to use for DIY dizzies.
Got bad news though .. once the seller got my load of $$s for the DIY kit, she stopped communicating and obviously didn't ship either :-( A couple of harsh words from both sides and luckily I got all my money refunded. So now I am hoping to find just the length of carpet from a real brick and mortar store and will proceed from there.
I have found this a couple of times already ... a lot of communication before money changes hands and then it is followed by silence and delayed shipping ... and a lot of broken promises :-( Really, really makes me very unhappy and frustrated.
Regards Linn
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Post by Shepherdess on Sept 10, 2016 10:36:20 GMT
all you need to buy to make a blending board is the cloth. the rest of it is easy to get locally. Most people seem to use a 2 inch wide paint brush to press the wool down into the cloth. and 2 dowels are cheap at the store. I will say though that they do not make a bat in the regular sense. The fibers do not get blended as the do on a drum carder. I will explain more if you want later I am off to my sale this morning.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2016 10:43:10 GMT
Hi Ann, thanks for the info.
That is in fact how it turned out. I managed to get hold of a longer piece of carding cloth at much cheaper than the original "seller", without all the brushes and dowels, the latter which I obviously can get over here. The brushes I will definitely opt to use a stiff paint brush and I have a lot of cat brushes that I could use as well.
I understand that the blending will not be as good as it will be when done of drum carder but for me, it will be good enough. At least it will be much better than just using that hackle!
Regards Linn
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