Just wanted to share a bit of news. I haven't been able to post lately. But here's a picture of a drum carder that my spinning group had set up at our recent county fair. One of our memebers was kind enough to loan it to our display for the week. I learned to operate it and demonstrate this step in the processing of wool for the many onlookers that visited our interesting display. After wool is "picked" it is placed in the drum carder, cranked by hand until the drum is full of long strands of wool all going in the same direction. Then the long pinlike tool is used to gently lift the wool off the carder at one location. Once it is "pried" (not a hard job!) loose, it can be neatly pulled off in a uniform "batt." It is then ready to spin or be put through one more process to make roving. Either way, it's "spinnable" at this point.
Several of us ladies sat and spun or knitted all week so people could watch the process and get their questions answered. We had the walls behind us covered with our hand-spun creations. A nice informational board was included that featured locks of many different kinds of wool to show the incredible variety available!
Here's hoping EWE enjoyed this demonstration! Blessings, LORI
How interesting. Would like to have seen all the wools.
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