Sunday, 17 July 2011

Drum Carding.....Finally!!!!

A couple of months ago my lovely husband gave me a Minty Drum Carder  -  I think he had got fed up with me going on about needing one & just went ahead and got it!



It is such a lovely thing, beautifully made & incredibly practical and I am enjoying myself making up new blends to spin. 


My first experiment was mixing blue falkland, dark blue/purple merino, bamboo and sparkle:



Here are the component parts - falkland, merino, bamboo and a little bit of silver angelina sparkle (how I love the sparkle -  I feel like a child using it!)



Going through the carder...



The resulting batt waiting to be spun...



Finally, spun into a singles yarn. It surprised me how quickly this spun up!



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  1. Inthesky17 July 2011 at 20:06

    I have got a minty too, we can be in the minty club. Your Batts and resulting yarn are beautiful.

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