Hand carders are fine for carding and blending small amounts of fiber, but I've realized you really need a drum carder when working with a bit more of material.
Although wool is still my favourite fiber, I wanted to try out other ones as well - especially as wool is quite "hot" working with in the heat of the summer days ...
Today I blended camel with bamboo, which is a great soft and lightweight combination of the matt and short-stapled camel and the shiny, long-stapled bamboo fibers, easy to spin in all thicknesses.
As I've spun my yarn quite thin at a higher ratio, it is rather energized - and so I guess I will make a 2-ply out of the single - or maybe ply it with an old, slightly golden thread I found in a thrift store ... we'll see.
(German summary: Ich habe mir endlich eine Trommelkarde gekauft - und bin gerade dabei, eine Mischung aus Kamel- und Bambusfasern zu verspinnen. Die Kombination dieser einmal kurz-, einmal langfaserigen Materialen ist sehr angenehm zu verspinnen und auch optisch recht gelungen.)
7 comments:
well done - a treat for yourself! i imagine camel 'wool' would be a sort of wirey and rough, but i *know* bamboo is soft and silky.
Hi Paula! Thanks for commenting! This camel fiber is the soft undercoat of the animal, which is real next-to-skin soft and even used for scarves and under-garments!
Super! Ich habe mir vor 6 Wochen die gleiche gekauft!!! Macht Spaaaß, oder?
Verfilzte Grüße,
Frauke
Ja, macht wirklich Spaß, Frauke - und ist noch halbwegs handlich!
Oh I do love your fibres, I love the colours in your latest yarn and I can tell it is so soft and lightweight. It will be gorgeous to use
Sending best wishes
Carolyn
Thank you, Carolyn! Yes, I'm already knitting with it!
jetzt sehe ich deine kardiermaschine. schaut praktisch aus!
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