[Ag-eq] Carding wool

[Susan Roe]

Nella,

I have been told that Angora goat wool is difficult to card because of the 
heavy guard hairs that have to be removed.  I spoke to a woman years ago and 
she told me that she collected her angora wool until she had about 100 
pounds and then shipped it to a company in New England who then carded the 
wool in a drum carder which does larger amounts of wool in half the time. 
They sent it back to her all ready to knit.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
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Sent: Friday, September 27, 2013 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Carding wool


>
> Tracy:
>
> I've heard of people washing the wool, but don't know how it's done.
>
> I've seen the carding brushes before, but never tried using them.
>
> Have you ever tried using llama or alpaca fiber?
>
> I really like the way it feels.  I also like the way angora goats feel. 
> If I
> were going to keep animals for fiber I think it would be angora goats.
>
> Nella
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> Quoting Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>:
>
>> Nella, you asked how wool gets prepared for spinning.
>> It has to be carded and cleaned first.  I have 2 big carding brushes, 
>> which
>> look like 2 big slicker brushes--big flat wire brushes.  You take a hunk 
>> of
>> wool, pull out the big bits of stick or whatever, spread it out a bit, 
>> and
>> put it on one brush, then brush it with the other brush to get the dirt 
>> and
>> crud out, and to make all the fibers go in the same direction.  At least,
>> that's what someone showed me to do.  I may be missing a step, or not 
>> doing
>> it well, because it takes me forever to get even a little wool ready for
>> spinning.  Perhaps I'm supposed to wash it first?
>> The wool is full of lanolin, which I guess is good for my hands, but 
>> makes
>> them smell funny.
>> Tracy
>>
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