Alright, everyone. Look out for a really excited spinner. While a good friend is traveling about the country, she volunteered to let me babysit this little beauty for her, and, um, sort of make sure it doesn’t forget how to run.
And I’m making sure! By the end of the first day (Sunday) I had thirteen batts in my possession. And I’ve got lots more fiber to take care of.
The first bundle of the huge fleece is out of the wash pot and drying. The sheer size of the remaining fleece is slowly dawning on me. That’s a lot of carding time!
Laid Out To Dry
I’ve thought about getting a drum carder, and I know which kind I would get, but they’re a bit—no, very—pricey, and I don’t want to lay out that sort of money unless I’ll be using it to generate more income. Like custom batts or something. To put things in perspective, I could buy my spinning wheel three times over with that much money. So, for the time being, I’ll keep hand carding.
Or, sort of merrily. The carding is fun. And, unless I’m doing something drastically wrong, it’s very easy.
Freshly Carded Wool