[Ag-eq] Carding wool

[nfoster at extremezone.com]

Susan:

I don't know how hard the Angora hair is to work with; I just like the way it
feels while still on the animals.  I also love goats of all kinds.

I've heard of a couple of places here in Arizona that will process different
wools for you.  I've thought about having the sheep wool processed for my Mom. 
I think that would be a neat gift for her since she loves knitting and such.

Nella

Quoting Susan Roe <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>:

> 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
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
> To: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>; "Agricultural and Equestrean
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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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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