Category: Fibre Preparation
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Drum Carding a Fine Fleece
Welcome back to our series of posts on processing our Rambouillet fleece from start to finish. Previously we covered how to Flick card locks. You may recall that I stated once locks are flick carded, my preference is to then to put that fibre through a drum carder. I like to complete this stage to…
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Flick Carding a Fine Fleece
In previous posts I covered how to scour or wash locks and I also covered how to dye those locks. Now that the wool is dry what’s the next step? Well we are now at the stage where we will prepare the locks for spinning. There are several ways to accomplish this, often dependent upon…
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Scouring a Fine Fleece
Scouring fleece does not have to be frightening. Follow these steps and you will have clean felt free locks. Scouring With Dish SoapIn my last post I went though how to separate locks and prepare for the scouring or washing stage. Fine fleeces tend to be heavy with lanolin. To get this grease out I…
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Sorting the Fleece
Sorting The FleeceIn my last post I explained how I sorted the fleece into sections. The neck area was one pile, the back, the sides and finally the britch area. The picture below shows the neck in front of the green line , the britch behind the red line, wool from the back is between…
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Fleece Processing Introduction
When I first started with this hobby I struggled to find information to take me through all the steps. For anyone that is new to this hobby, I wanted to create a place to help with all of the phases from raw wool to a completed project. There will be a series of blogs that…