Author Topic: Jacobs fleece for spinning (Read 10183 times)

RUSTYME · « **Reply #15 on:** July 13, 2010, 12:18:38 pm »

http://handspinner.co.uk/ashford_drum_carder.html

Thats the toy you NEED now then !!!! lol... I used to card for my late mum . We lived in a rented farm house where they kept a few hundred sheep on the land . At shearing time they bagged it all up and only ever took some or most of it away ...those huge sacks were left full of fleeces so we used them . There was a permanent smell of sheep in the house ..lol .
I did have a set of plans to make a drum carder , but can't find them now . Also , you used to be able to buy the carding 'cloth' as they called it , the bit with all the bent staples in it !!, but I can't seem to find that either now !!! Oh well start saving my pennies for a pair of hand carders ... in the mean time ... raw, as is , will have to do .
Good luck with your carding !!! (you 'NEED' the little toy at top of page !!! )

cheers

Russ

Hilarysmum · « **Reply #16 on:** July 13, 2010, 12:44:26 pm »

Quote from: shetlandpaul on July 13, 2010, 11:51:39 am

the wife has just bought a wheel. and strangly handed me the carders. only 15 fleeces to do.

I love it

MurmuringWheel · « **Reply #17 on:** July 13, 2010, 08:37:31 pm »

Quote from: Hilarysmum on July 13, 2010, 12:44:26 pm

Quote from: shetlandpaul on July 13, 2010, 11:51:39 am
the wife has just bought a wheel. and strangly handed me the carders. only 15 fleeces to do.

I love it

Me too, he must be really well trained

Only 15 fleeces