Blending Fiber!

Are you blending fiber for spinning? What fibers are you blending? Do you blend for color or for fiber content? What method do you use?

I plan on using my drum carder to blend some merino roving with alpaca. Just for fun!

Tags: blending, carders, color, drum, fibers, spinning

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Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on December 5, 2010 at 6:12am

The drum carder is essential for a large volume of fiber, though.

Permalink Reply by Elaine Wenger on November 7, 2011 at 3:18am

I agree with you Peggy. I can't imagine that I myself would survive trying to hand card an entire fleece. The project would probably die in the process. At the one Alpaca farm that I visited this past weekend, she had Alpaca fleeces available at a discount. I was certainly tempted but just knew I would lose interest trying to hand card the whole thing.

Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on November 7, 2011 at 5:34am

What you need is a drum carder at a discount! I got mine second hand and share it with a friend, but I didn't get as good a deal as Susan, who bought hers second hand. It was a steal!

Permalink Reply by Elaine Wenger on November 7, 2011 at 3:21am

Glad to hear you like your hand cards. A drumcarder is on my wish list. I need to get more practice with my hand cards. It's not the making of the rolags so much as it is spinning with rolags.

Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on November 7, 2011 at 5:31am

You can make rolags with a drum carder, I think. Or you can start the fleece with the drum carder and finish it with the hand cards for a really nice preparation. Not that I've actually done that!

Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on October 25, 2010 at 5:22pm

What kind of "bi" projects are you working on?

Permalink Reply by Susan the Blue Lake Knitter on October 25, 2010 at 5:34pm

I read that as big projects!

Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on October 25, 2010 at 5:36pm

oh.

Permalink Reply by Nutty4Knitting on October 25, 2010 at 5:37pm

Thanks, Susan. I think my fingers are numb from all the poking they've been doing at these keys the last few days!! And I obviously didn't proof read that one carefully! =) Leave it to Peggy to point it out. At least you are as hard on yourself as you are the rest of us, Peggy!! =))))))))

Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on October 25, 2010 at 5:39pm

I have an overactive funny bone! Just slap me if I go too far!

Permalink Reply by Nutty4Knitting on October 25, 2010 at 5:42pm

I have long arms, but I don't think they'll stretch as far as from me to you! Even though I am only in the 'next door' state.

Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on October 25, 2010 at 5:45pm

Then it will have to be a virtual slap!