[madcat]

My OH bought me a second hand un branded drum carder on e bay, it's a monstrous looking chain drive thing but does a great job.

OH has decided he enjoys making big fluffy batts on the carding monster and has set about working his way through a white fleece I was given , breed unknown and short staple.
The results are lovely to spin. I'm pretty happy about this but really somewhat surprised.

He also carded up a few gloriously pink batts from some of this gift fleece that I'd dyed as an experiment. Time to dye a lot more me thinks.

[Bionic]

Can I borrow him?

[Lesley Silvester]

Me next, please.

[Fleecewife]

Oh you lucky girl madcap  .  Get him to do as much as he will before he runs out of enthusiasm, so you can keep on spinning  for ages without having to stop to card.   Your new machine sounds gorgeous too. 

[Dogwalker]

Where's the end of the queue?

[henchard]

Is it just me that finds this thread very sexist?

[SallyintNorth]

Is it just me that finds this thread very sexist?

Welcome to our world, henchard 

A decade or more ago I was working on a batch of marmalade at a farm where I was WWOOFing, listening to Woman's Hour.  The lady of the house was working in the kitchen too.  Her hubby came in - who was a really nice guy, not a bit sexist - and had a bit of a rant about the programme, complaining that it was all women's issues, everything was expressed from a woman's point of view, you only heard female voices, and that it annoyed him.  I told him that the other 23 hours a day were like that to us. 

Things have improved somewhat since then.  But only somewhat.

[Bionic]

Henchard, male or female, if they are going to do the carding for me I want to borrow them 

[Lesley Silvester]

Ditto, Sally. A trained monkey would do.  Hmm wonder what goats would be like at carding?

[Somewhere_by_the_river]

How can it be sexist, surely the point is it's a man doing what is often thought of women's work...?!  I think such uprooting of some 'traditions' must be a good thing... now I just need to get my OH to take note... 

If you can't hire him out, get him to give lessons... 

[SallyintNorth]

Actually we had two men drum-carding for us at our recent Sheep to Shawl challenge - one in particular seemed to be enjoying himself enormously.

There are pictures but I don't have the pictures' or the subjects' permission to post them, sadly

[madcat]

I'm always surprised by the things my hubby gets interested in. He likes an interesting machine.
The Kenwood mixer is his, mostly used for bread as he makes almost all our bread.
Finding things he can still do in spite of his limited eye sight is important as he's not one to be doing nothing.

My Dad has far more kitchen machines than I do and more recipe books and is also a much better cook.

[Lesley Silvester]

Has your OH started losing his sight, Madcat, or has he always been partially sighted? My OH is totally blind yet still puts the washing in the machine, hangs it out and irons it later. He also does the hoovering (not perfectly but he does it) and can clean bathrooms if needs be. Oh and he doesn't let me fill the dishwasher as I don't do it the way he likes. His favourite thing, though, is operating the sound desk at church. He has also been my carer since I became disabled.


He's been blind all his life and his hand co-ordination isn't wonderful due to being born with hydrocephalus, but he gives things ago. He has driven cars to raise money for Guide Dogs and even had a go at towing a caravan off-road.


He amazes people with what he can manage but I'm used to it now.


Incidentally, his first wife - also blind from birth - bakes lovely cakes.

[Steph Hen]

Wow! That's amazing Mad GoatWoman!

[Dogwalker]

And he makes a fantastic cup of tea.