Wool combing
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Thank you so much. There is a lot of disagreement out there about the advisability of combing Shetland wool and I am so pleased to find your very clear video and even more clear opinion about combing Shetland wool.
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It is a very good description, congratulations.
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Interesting stuff. Thanks.
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Thanks Sue! I'll see what there is in town and do some experimenting.
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Personally I would do it by hand, if you have lots of it, try some in a stocking in the washer, Separate the locks and lay in stocking all facing same way up, then knot the stocking tightly each end of the staples this way it keeps them from moving around too much. Worth a try, depends on your washer if it draws cold water then hot which is not so good, less agitation is good, but you need really hot water to clean wax out properly.
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So, don't do the washer stuff? Do it by hand, bending over the tub?
And the bugs are dead. This is North Texas Merino from wethers, late cut, so it's long.
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Is there a particular reason that you spin from the butt-end rather than from the tips or is it just personal preference?
VidBint 11 months ago
Hya,
I spin from the butt because the scales on the fibre go from Butt to tip and I don't smooth down the yarn as I spin but I do as I ply. This means that the scales are roughed up as I ply so that it helps the singles to mesh to each other and gives a more coherent yarn instead of 2 singles that are just wrapped around each other. It is personal preference, I just find it works best for me.
chicksinrubber 10 months ago
Very nice video! I have some standard poodle hair that I cut off my poodle spring intending on spinning some yarn out of it. It's about 4 inches long. Do you think that it would be best to comb or card it? Should I mix in some Merino or other wool? And should I pick out the course guard hairs?
haleyshandmades 2 years ago
Hi Haley, I think it depends on how matted or not the hair is on how you would prep it, if it is fairly open I would tend to card it and take out guard hairs first, maybe blend with a little mohair or silk as it would strengthen without detracting, also the shrinkage rate would not be too different, if you blend with merino and then wash it you could find the merino shrinks more leaving you with a bit of boucle effect (which may be happy accident)
chicksinrubber 2 years ago