Felting and Fiber Studio

When I have a lot of little bits I like to card them together. First I pull them all into small lengths. This pictures make the wool look very blue. I think maybe because the table is very yellow.

I mixed up the colours in a big tub

Next I feed it through the carder

This is what it looks like as it comes off onto the storage drum. This is what the batt looks like. It is about 7 feet long and 18 inches wide.

 I want to blend it more so I peel of thin layers of the batt and feed it back through the carder.

and at the other end

 You can see, at the top of the picture, how thin the web of wool is as comes off the carder to form the batt.

 This is probably the closes to the real colour. It is more green but it is very blue green.

Here is a close up you can see some of the different colours. and how the wool is not as aligned as top but not as mixed as a bat made from wool that hasn’t been processed.

There is always some wool left on the drum take off drum and I let the carder run to clean out the last of the colour and get what looks like a rolag  as well. I ran it through the carder in a narrow stip.

I think I like the first time through the carder better than the second time through. I think it will make a nice hat. The small amount I will probably spin at a demo this summer.