hello
Frida here, I am starting with a blank
slate and this is a David tricarder with fine teeth and you can't see it from
this angle but it has three calling
drums and I really loved it
add wool
I'm starting with the white wool and
this wool is a blend between a native
Swedish breed and merino, and it's very
nice and soft and I bought this raw and
washed it and dyed it myself
it's a good idea to card the wool from
above with a separate carder or a dog
brush to even things out
moving on to yellow
I'm trying to fill the sides of the
carder here
the drum is getting full so I'm taking
the batt off and I'm speeding this part
up a bit so it won't take forever
here I'm just using an old screwdriver
to take the batt off in sections
I'm using a Flickr brush to help get the
wool of the teeth and the finer the
teeth you have on your carder the harder
it is to get the wool off
the front the back and all beautifully
rolled up
starting a new batt, this carder can
handle about 50 grams at a time and now
I'm moving on to Orange
next we have this gorgeous salmon red
collour
that was a last of the wool so off which
the batt and I'm speeding this up
a bit
the colors look so beautiful all
organized and rolled up and now there's
two of them, lovely fluffiness, time for
color blending
this is the second pass and now I am
alternating wool from both batts to
blend the colors
it's a lot easier to tease the wool out
now when the locks have gone through the
carder once already
that was approximately half of the wool
I'm giving it a last smooth out with the
dog brush and taking the bat off sped up as
usual
now you can really start to imagine what
the yarn is going to look like
this is a third and final pass you could
definitely put it through one more time
but I'd like to keep a little liveliness
to the spun yarn
that was all of the carding and I'm
taking the bat up for the last time
here they are all 100 grams ready for
spinning
so which one would you like to see me
card next? pink, blue or green click the
"i" above to vote, thank you so much for
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