Garden Girl TV: How to Card Angora Fiber for Spinning and Knitting

[lovinlocks]

You are the business. I am so encouraged here. Thank you.

[585judith585]

if you still make clothes with angora fur can you make a hat and glubs i would really enjoy it thanks

[spankses]

everyone cards differently.......angora doesnt need much more than a little 'transferring'....

[piafou63]

Hello,

Beautiful video, but I never card my bunnies hair for spinning : I only spin "as it comes"...unless I want to dye before spinning (but I avoid this with angora hair, most of the time).

It's perhaps that sheared rabbits need carding ? (Mine are plucked).

Frédi

[irina5575]

i thought when you hand card you are not suppose to be hitting the teeth on the combs but kinda roll over gently--you might what to look up the proper way to hand card--seemed like you were fighting with the combs

[Iccece92]

Fabulous! This cleared up a lot of questions that I have had. Thank you Garden Girl!

[celestialfarms1979]

@dankimforde It takes 3 months to grow a coat of angora long enough to shear... Compare that with 6 months for a Mohair or 1 year for a Cashmere goat!

[celestialfarms1979]

It takes 3 months to grow a coat of angora long enough to shear... Compare that with 6 months for a Mohair or 1 year for a Cashmere goat!

[cobainzlady]

thanks for showing us this whole process. just seeing someone do it is so helpful. better than reading in books.

[Sikros]

I'm no knitter, but this all looks so interesting!

It seems like a long process though, and I usually don't stick to anything unless I get instant results so I guess I'll never know the fun of spinning my own yarn.

[blamshiza]

great series, thanks for sharing

[rwu19290]

cool!

[jmdj1994]

just what I was looking for thanks for posting.

[dionysusstar]

Very neat. Thanks for posting.