[Ag-eq] Carding wool

[Susan Roe]

Nella,

That is a great idea as a gift for your Mom.  I would at least check into it 
and see what the cost would be.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
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>
> 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
>> Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> 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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