Hand carding wool 

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YES I started working with wool in 2007. There where so few fiber videos the past few years and wow wow wow gosh darn ! I was hearing from the younger ladies back & gents back around then. Thank you for the slowed down carful instructions. what I am doing wrong . . . awway . . .break time !! We were just throwing bales in between the cards, HAh! live and learn . . .

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I think technically it is a teatowel, I have several with sheep on!

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I learnt from picking what I thought looked best from the books that were available in the late eighties. Then I was very lucky to have attended a demonstration by Hetty Wickens shortly after, who watched me card and set me right on a couple of points I hadn't quite got right.

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@@ADHUK I just got my first set of carders and I've been watching your video over and over. I just want to thank you again for your wonderful video!

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Thank you! Re the cards, they were a present from my husband way back near the start of my spinning journey, so probably well over thirty years ago - unfortunately they don't have a makers mark.

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I always prep my fibres by either carding or combing. I have a set of teaching samples, with small skeins that show the yarn with no prep first and then with either carding or combing (depending on the length of the fibre) in all the examples the skeins made from nicely prepped fibres are always the best. I spend a lot of time hand spinning and I want the best I can get.

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Thanks! Glad you found it useful. I suppose the making a roll for felting depends on the shape you are making, it might work if you are making beads or small animal shapes, but most of the time if you want a flat sheet, just take the flat web of fibres off and use that.

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Oh sorry, I only just spotted your question. I don't actually know the make and they are probably about 35 years old. If you are in the UK then the Threshing barn are stocking two brands that have this grade of teeth (I think 48 tines per square inch) they are ideal for medium-grade wools (high 20's to low 30's micron count).

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Hi, pleased you found it useful! Not sure of the make of carders (my husband bought them as a present), but it probably wouldn't help to know, as they must be about 35 years old. The two main things to consider with hand carders are the weight, they need to be comfortable to use, and the pin density needs to match what you are carding. Mine are I think about 48 tpi (teeth per square inch) I think this grade is becoming harder to find these days, but they are really good for most of the English wools I use. You may manage with the standard 72 tpi that most suppliers sell, but unless you are carding fine fibres like camel/yak/cashmere I wouldn't recommend the 108 tpi fine cloth. I have had experience with the standard cloth from Wingham Woolworks, but not the actual carder design, although they say they are made from ply so shouldn't be too heavy. I have bought (within the last five years) a fine pair from Louet and have been very happy with those too, I believe they also do the standard cloth. Hope this info is helpful too.

@@ADHUK Dear Adhuk, thank you so much for taking time to give such a detailed reply. Ill try the Louet ones, and go for 48 tip if I can find them, I didn't know that the teeth were graded in this manner so that is really useful. My fleeces come from a friend who has a big white woolly sheep! We don't know the breed name but it's a rustic Breton and I have been prepping the fleece and spinning it for the last three seasons, each season it seems different. It's quite thick I would say, but I don't have experience of much else to compare with. Once again thanks so much fo this fabulous lesson.

Hi, you might be best getting a pet brush with wire teeth, try starting at the tips and working back in.

Hi, the carders are well over thirty years old, so even if I knew the brand they're not likely to be available today. The TPI is around 48 I think, so much coarser than is considered standard grade today. I'm sorry but I can't help on carding greasy fleece, as I have no experience of this. You wouldn't be able to use the same carders for clean fleece though, as they'd be just about impossible to clean afterwards.

ADHUK thank you for your informative and speedy reply! I love your videos! Please make more. Even just spinning or carding while talking to the audience, it's so relaxing. 🙂

Hi Marcia, oh so if you have loose fleece, but can't see the lock structure? If that is the case, I would just grab a handful and stroke it across the carder and let some fibres catch, then carry on just the same. If you can't see the tips, then they are probably clean and not harbouring any dust or grit. Hope that's what you meant.

Hi Mark, you'd wash it first then card it. Don't worry if it looks a bit of a mess when it is wet, all hair from any spinnable animal looks very bedraggled when wet, it fluffs up again when dry. Depending on which breed of dog it is you might need to blend it with a bit of wool to make a good yarn.

I'm also doing my dog's fur, just for fun. She's a Chow mix, and her undercoat is 100% sheep's wool, I swear! You can't run a comb through her fur - the crinkly wool snags, and it hurts her. She doesn't even shed all over the house, because the loose fur stays tangled up with the attached fur. So when I decide it's bathtime, we have several evenings of *very* gentle brushing first, so she won't felt in the bathtub! (Just kidding about that part.). But I do get mountains of wool each time. Today I took 2 dog brushes that look like tiny carding paddles and followed this video frame by frame. It looks like I'm a giant with huge hands carding tiny rolags of wool! I strongly agree that this video is the most thoroughly explained and illustrated tutorial on making rolags on the whole Internet. She's a natural born teacher!

@@froggydoodle808 oh sorry, I missed your comment! Ooh cold climate dogs like husky and chow produce a real luxury fibre, I'm not surprised you are enjoying carding it.

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Hope you don't mind the reply in English, Google translate gave me a good translation of your question. So you want to know how to wash wool without felting, and retain the lock structure. I always work in small batches, maybe half a kilo at a time, and if I want to keep lock structure I will put it in a mesh bag before starting to wash. I soak most fleece overnight in cold water. Squeeze out the water and give it a very hot wash with dish washing liquid. I remove from the soapy water before it cools enough for the lanolin to set on the top of the water. Then rinse in hot, then warm, then cool water, bringing the temperature down slowly so as not to shock the wool. You can take wool from cold to hot, but not the other way. If you would like more details, please get in-touch via my website MandaCrafts.co.uk, and I can send you my sheet of washing instructions that I normally provide to students. Hope all that was helpful!

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