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Cold? Hold still while I make a sweater for you!I’ve been carding the Coopworth fleece from Hidden Valley. It is really beautiful. Very lustrous. The sheen is incredible.
washed, uncarded
I have about 1/3 of the 9+ pounds of raw fleece ready to spin.
Drum carder
After running it through the carder a few times, you get a batt like this…
(Check out this great You-tube video about using the carder.)
ready to spin
From here it gets spun and plied into a skein like this…
finished skein
About Charlotte…That’s my wheel. She is an Ashford Traveler, and I have put a few miles on her, I’ll tell you. Mom got her used and gave her to me to learn on. It’s been a few years now. I think Charlotte was a kit wheel that came un-assembled and unfinished. Some of the groves for the tension bands are a bit rough and tend to fray the bands to shreds. This makes for some frustrating spinning. So all along I have been making due with the groves that were smooth enough. That’s okay except it meant that I had to peddle faster than usual to get enough spin into the fiber to produce the yarn I wanted.
Today I decided to borrow my daughter’s Lendrum. I mentioned this to my Mom and she told me not to…she said she is looking for a new wheel for me! OH GOODY! I’m so excited! I can’t wait! I’ll card the rest of my Coopworth while I’m waiting. And I’ll have to think of a name. They all have names.
Maybe Charlotte needs to live with another beginner spinner for a while. Hmmm, I have someone in mind…Miss Katie?
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I’ll come and clean after this week!
Will you be at the meeting on Fri? I’ll forward the newsletter to your email. Hope to see you soon. G