Processing Our Own Wool
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- We put an invitation out on our Facebook page for people interested in learning how to process wool. We started by washing some wool from our sheep from our spring shearing then carded and spun yarn with our spinning wheel. Spinning the yarn turned out to be a challenge but by the end of the night Tiana had spun over 450 feet of yarn. We plan on having another open house learning and teaching others what we have learnt.
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When I was a little girl, our backyard bordered pastureland. Our neighbor had so many sheep, it took all day to shear them. The traveling sheep shearers slept in a cabin on their property. On shearing day, our neighbors had a party for all the neighborhood kids. We stood outside the barn and watch the shearing. The shearers used hand shears. The would shear the fleece in one piece and hold it up for us kids to see. We also had games and food and fun just as we would at any party. I looked forward to sheep shearing every year. Eventually, the farmer's grandkids got older, and so did he. He got rid of the sheep in the mid-1960s and concentrated on raising cows and boarding horses.
Perhaps we should plan a larger sheep shearing party. bringing it back.
At 19:59 the lady got salty lol she was like “you’ll learn” then she listened and was like ohhh she’s right 😂😂😂😂😂
Yes, the two ladies are really good friends and the one who gave the advice has been spinning many more years than Tara(me)
Learned to spin and knit my own socks 25 years ago then life got in the way. Now that I'm retiring and we have our own sheep, I'm getting back into it. So relaxing to have my own "wool den" to escape to. Your carding session brought it all back and think I will dust it off and set it up again. Inspriring video, thank you!
Love it, glad we brought it back, we find that it is lost art that is greatly missed.
@@The10AcreWoods Yes, I believe it is a lost art but you are helping keep it alive, keep going, you are the wool warrior, lol. Judging by the young folks who have attended, you are planting the seed for them to get into it as well as pass the word along how enjoyable it really is. Cheers!
So far I enjoy it all, but Tiana wow can she spin, she started about 12 years old and loves it. we make a good team
yes Lots of younger generations getting into it, helps them realize the old ways
@@The10AcreWoods I could tell Tiana is very comfortable spinning when she sat down and got to it right away. You two are definitely a great team to inspire everyone who wants to learn the old ways using new tools. Go Tiana!
i so wanna live like this
That's what Tara thought for years :D Thanks for watching!
The whole time I was thinking the same
Do it you won’t regret it
Me too!
Ok...I'm now willing to pay $10.00+ for 50gms of yarn! This is a lot of work even if it was automated! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!
Yes it is enlightening, Tara can not even make a blanket untill after this years shearing so she has enough end wooll spun. Which is also why the price of wool products are much higher, 6 sheep two years worth of wool.
What is the name of this machine?
The machine is called a wool Carter
This brings back so many memories of when I was a child, watching my aunt process wool. Might I suggest a little flaxseed or linseed oil on your spinning wheel? It's not supposed to squeak like that. The surfaces can get very hot when they rub together, and could catch fire. All in all, though, it's brilliant to see cottage industries kept alive like this. Amazing work. I wish you luck with your group.
Thank you we love the sharing of advice, i will definitely consider when I start up again in fall.
Good to hear. Do you do anything with the lanolin once you've washed it out of the wool? We used to use it to make soap and hand cream. Very messy and as kids we used to love squishing it through our fingers. To the annoyance of the adults. But it's good for the skin and brought in a bit of extra money.
We haven't so far but it is something that we can keep in mind, not sure how much we would get with only three sheep.
True enough. We had thirty Fell sheep at one point. Very tricky to catch. :) My favourite is the Soay. Very rare now, but the wool is a luscious chocolate colour. Saved time dying it.
That's the best use of a jacuzzi tub ever! A very helpful video! Thanks.
Well we don't use it for bathing so it might as well be used for washing, lol. Thanks for watching!
This lady showing the others how to do this is so amazing! I am so thankful to her for teaching this and then for whoever is putting it on TH-cam! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
You are very welcome Jamie, we have done a few of these videos including shearing of the sheep and alpacas.
Loved this video! So informative and inspiring! I also admire your patience for the blonde know it all who kept interrupting you.
I loved her input. I believe they were all learning together.
Every one contributes to the process, someone can provide some of the tools, some have knowledge & experience, some ask questions which may lead to searching for the answers or someone may already know and answer it. Someone else may be thinking, I never would have thought to ask that until I ran into it and then had to stop what I was doing until I got the answer. There is usually one or 2 people in a mixed group who have more knowledge. That is why the sharing is important. No question or hint is bad.
This shows why women learned to use so many words I couldn't imagine standing next to people plucking wool carding wool and the rest without talking the time away. This was great to see.
Tara here - these classes are amazing to be part of, you feel connections being made thru the chatter.
You're living the life I wanted. Thank you for sharing this with us
Thank you
binthrdonthat go get that life you want, my friend. You deserve to live your dream and I believe you can do it! Life is too short to not go for what brings you peace and joy. God bless. :)
I love Tara her energy, she gives of postive vibes, she explains things with so much joy :)
Oh thank you!
I'm enjoying your video and am just going to comment as I go :)
When you are skirting I wouldn't bother picking out most of the smaller pieces of hay/veg. Whatever will fall out when you give it a shake is all I'd mess with. The rest will either come out in the wash (not usually) or fall out when you comb/card it. I would jsut go for removing the tags/poop/giant pieces of veg/matted or felted pieces.
I'm noticing you are doing your washing in your tub - I'd be very cautious about that because as the lanolin cools and goes down your pipes you can end up clogging your pipes. I always wash mine in something I can dump outside.
When using your drum carder don't hold back on the fiber. Just spread it really thinly and let it pull it in on its own. Also the number of teeth per inch on your big drum is going to effect the different wools/fibers you run through it. Finer fibers you need a higher tooth/in count. The tip I was given was that you should have the fiber spread so thin you'd be able to read the newspaper through the fiber if you had it glued under the fiber on the feed tray :) This even goes for the second/third runs through :)
Yay for figuring out the wheel!!! They all seem to have their own personalities :) Definitely needs a wee bit of oil in it though, lol.
I really enjoyed your video and it is so great that you have people to get together with while you under take this journey! :)
Thanks for sharing!
That's so informative❤thank you so much😊
Glad it was helpful!
Not too long ago, every home in the countryside in Ireland would have had a spinning Jenny in their homes. How life has changed and not always for the best.
Yes, I know what you mean
i THINK WE ARE WHO HAVE CHANGE , LIFE IS STILL THE SAME ,BUT OUR INTEREST HAVE CHANGE , AND THE WAY OF MAKING THINGS HAS BEEN CHANGE ,IT IS TIME OF MACHINES PRODUCING IT IS FASTER AND DO NOT GET TIERED , THE OLD WAY WAS GATHERING PEOPLE TO GATHER ( LOVE BETWEEN HUMAN KIND ,MACHINES DO NOT MAKE US LOVING EACH OTHER .
Tiana is so soft spoken! What a lovely girl she’s grown into (I was watching older videos of her with the baby animals, sooo cute!)
Yes, Tiana is our little animal whisperer. 😊 Especially to the rescued Canadian Geese.
Your wheel needs a good oiling. Sounds like the ends of the footman especially, are too dry and that is where all that noise is coming from. Oil the leather tie that connects the footman to the pedal and at the top where the footman connects to the axle. Also, put a drop of oil at each end of the foot pedal where the metal pivot goes into the leg. You also want to oil the leather bearings on the maidens that hold the flyer in place. I learned to spin on one that looked a lot like yours and even now, my go to wheel for spinning cotton is a Country Craftsman, which is a copy of a 1740 flax wheel, so I have learned over the years to keep that oil can handy. Lots of fancy oils out there but what I use since I sew on an antique treadle machine and have it on hand is plain old Singer sewing machine oil. All you should hear noise wise when spinning is the whirring of the flyer as it goes around which is a very pleasant sound.
This is Tara - Fantastic Thank you so much, The oil we figured out after awhile, and purrs now. I also appreciate you naming our wheel, I have looking it up and was getting frustrated trying to find out what it was actually called. Is the 1740 the year. That would be awesome.
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Wow!
This video didnt feel 30 Minuten long, it was so entertaining. Really cool you guys did this👍
Very good
I use biodegradable laundry powdered laundry detergent and hot water. I tried to do a large bit of fleece in a large bucket of hot water. Don’t. Use a large rectangular tub with hot water. Don’t worry about the field debris in the wool. Most of what does not come out in washing will come out in processing and spinning. Wash twice then rinse at least twice. Or if you want you can wash in cold water to get the dirt and oils out then hot water to get the remaining waxy stuff out. Works great that way too. A little bit of agitation is not terrible but you pretty much just want to push on it and not swoosh it around. Swooshing will felt your wool. A mesh bag is good for keeping the wool contained and ease of handling. I have a propane burner I use now to heat water outside when I need hot water for removing waxy stuff. I still use a bit of detergent to hold the melted out waxy stuff. Main wash in cold water. Can’t beat cold water for washing. Hot for wax removal.
Great grandmother did it same way. A big iron kettle and wood fore. Stir and wash til lanolin is gone.
Straight up question.
Why don't people recover the lanolin (waxy stuff) and use it for lubricating the process equipment.
Sure it's harder not using the detergents but isn't it worth it?
I hate chucking anything useful
That is a great question, we are planning to recover the lanolin from the wool when we do our next batch. Lanolin can often be expensive and is likely due to the extra steps it takes to obtain it. We will likely do a video in the fall cleaning the sheep wool.
Great video! So good to see spinning is coming back and for Gods sake oil that poor wheel! COL!
Yes, we enjoyed learning and we did oil the wheel ;)
Wait, do you invite people over to your home and? Thus is so wholesome! Super interesting too ☺ if I'm ever over the other side of the pond is LOVE to pay a visit ☺
Tara here - we sure do and for sure if ever in the area, plan with us a visit
ILove you
A healthy family 😊
We all thrive with the right conditions
Those look like curry combs people use to brush their horses. What an awesome Machine! Thank you for the awesome video.
Great to gather as a learning group. You get help, everyone learns from other's knowledge. Hands on experience for everyone. No need to charge a fee. I get wool made in New Brunswick, Canada 🇨🇦 there are usually still the occasional bit of hay etc to pick out while knitting. Makes it real.
Absolutely!
I can’t wait till I’m older and have my own family so I can do things like this!! I might not turn it into clothes or anything like that put maybe pillow or plush doll stuffing! That would be so cool ! I love knowing you can do things with out the stores or a company and you can do things yourself
That is what we believe, learn to do it yourself and you feel great pride in your work.
Take time to enjoy your childhood. Adulthood isn't all it's cracked up to be. Relish each day. Don't wish your life away. I'm an old granny, I know but wise. Lol!
When I was a child, my grandpa was considered "the guy" in town if you had any antiques, or wanted to see or buy antiques. When he moved their home to town from the farm, he also bought the original bank, post office, blacksmith buildings and their equipment and set them up across the street from their house. He built a big building that was called the Yester Years Museum. This was in Dinsmore Saskatchewan, Canada. He then bought the original church as well. We would go in there as kids and pretend we were getting married while someone would play (horribly) the old, old organ. The post office had the tappity tap machine for messages (drawing a blank on the name) etc.
Anyways, this was our playground, getting to play with all these machines. I even recall him having a horse drawn cart with the one metal seat. We'd make my brothers be the horses and pull us up and down the road. We could always tell when they didn't want to participate anymore because we'd get dumped off, etc. as they ran, haha.
Anyways, we played on spinning wheels, with the carding paddles, etc. (we had no idea how to use them). If something broke, he fixed it. Easy as that. This is back when a piece of equipment could be fixed with what you had lying around the house, of course. In fact, as a brief aside here, I remember helping my grandpa pull nails from a piece of wood before he threw it away. I then would watch him take his hammer and pound each of those nails as straight as he could! He was saving them to be used again. His famous line was "a good carpenter can pound a crooked nail straight".
When my grandpa sold all his many, many items and closed the museums, it was a very sad day. The town of Dinsmore so appreciated his efforts for more than 50 years that they built a Yester Years Museum and bought a bunch of his items to display there. They dedicated it to my grandparents. As his grandkids, we all got to pick a few items we wanted to have. I got a tea cup that was very, very old, an oil lantern and an old cane. I loved having these items even though I kept them packed away. Then we had a house (condo) fire and lost everything. What I wouldn't give now to have those few items back. Anyways, it was an awesome childhood and I loved watching this equipment used the way it was intended instead of how a 4-14yo girl would play with them!
Thank you so much for this video, Tara, Tiana & Mark. You've no idea what it did for my soul!
Heather🇨🇦
Tara here - I think your grandpa and I would have gotten along great, I still pull nails and straighten them, I have drawers of them, I rescued. If I can reuse it I will, Love antique just said to Tiana, Our home is a museum and Love it. The stories and memories from each item is priceless. One day I would like to open a tearoom in the house, for now the ideas are plenty. HUGS Glad we could bring back a few memories for you, that is why I love doing it old school. Should never be for gotten
@@The10AcreWoods Haha, indeed. And a tearoom would be an amazing addition to the farm! Especially if in the summer, it could be a screened in area with a view of the animals.! You and I would be dear friends, I believe, if we lived closer. Many people would pick a tropical location if they were to plan a favorite holiday. For me, I'd love to come to the 10 Acre Woods and meet you, Mark, Tiana and the animals, of course. I wish I could happen, but I'm pretty much bed-ridden so it means a great deal to me that you write back! xo Heather
@@The10AcreWoods This isn't much as a website for the Museum, but Dinsmore has a population of about 1000 people (maybe!?) so I'm surprised it's even mentioned on the internet! www.tourismsaskatchewan.com/listings/522/yesteryears-community-museum
I am sure we would be too, keep your spirits high and if ever in the area or want to be, let me know we can plan a stay for you.
@@The10AcreWoods 🙏🏼 Will do😊👍🏼Thanks, Tara.
I'm 19, currently living in a flat with mom and siblings, but I consider renting out the small house I will earn so I can afford buying my own one with some space for sheep. Cannot wait to wear a pullover out of my own sheep's wool
All the best 🐑
I'm glad that you are sharing this process! The average person doesn't think about it. If you're ever in South Carolina in May, you will have to come see the shearing of gulf coast sheep at Historic Brattonsville 😊
Thank you! Will do!
What a great time this must have been! Thanks for sharing! 💖🇨🇦
Everyone seemed to enjoy learning and we are planning to do more in the future. This spring the plan is to shear our sheep then go through this whole process, from sheep to the spinning wheel in one day.
A set of combs is nice to get out any short cuts and bits of debris. They work really well.
We do the alpaca fleece by washing, picking, carding, making roving,then spinning
Awesome, it is so satisfying
This was so enormously helpful. Starting a homestead/farm soon and I love knitting, so was wondering how to use my own wool directly. So well explained and you showed everything! Thank you so much!
You are welcome, good luck 😊
very educational.. didnt thought i would watch till finish😂.. pat on my back for finish watching🤣. Thanks for uploading love from NorthBorneo
You are very welcome, thanks for watching and all the best 😊
You don't have to wash the fibre before spinning, instead wash it once it's plied and skaned. However, some people prefer to wash it beforehand, it's just a preference choice, thank you for sharing it's wonderful to be able to share the learning. Cheers from Tasmania!
The dog is soooo pretty 😍
Tara here - Doggie thanks you
My Dad and my Granpa made a woolmill like that in the 1920s. We still use it today.
It's great to keep in touch with the "Old Ways" :)
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Wash, pick, then card. The spinning will be easier.
Man kinda makes me want to live an Amish lifestyle but without the religion
LOL Tara here - I hear ya
Look for a little hole in the center of your wheel of the spinning wheel.
Use mineral oil, and drip a little into the hole.
I put a towel under the wheel for any oil which drips through the axel and on the floor.
The oil will lubricant the axel and the wheel will rotate easier,not squeak and make spinning easier.
Good luck ladies.
Well done ❤️
Thank you, much appreciated.😊
I enjoyed watching your video I just wish I was living near you all because I would be at your classes learning. Many thanks for sharing and I subscribed to your channel
Thanks Mary, we will continue to do classes starting back up when the weather turns cold and I will try to do as many videos as I can. 😉 Thanks for watching!
Hope you fall in love, like I did with all the characters at 10 acres both human and animal.
I like this video and this video is useful for students
Thanks, much appreciated :)
Thank you for making this great video!! 😀👌👍💙
Thanks for watching 👍😁
I would love to be there watching and learning. I think that's awesome
This is Tara, our sheep get sheared in June and once we have a confirmed date we will be doing another full class that day. Right from shearing to knitting the wool.
I wish you sold clothes and I could buy from you. It would be so so good to know who make my clothes (including who ie the sheep, produced the wool and the condition in which they live). Looks like an amazing life!
Who knows, we might learn enough to make clothes. Once we have the yarn, Tara will probably start with blankets as she has made quite a few over the years.
Thank you for this💕
I have sheep and was wanting to process the wool but was clueless about the steps involved.
I won't be able to get a spinning wheel so I will be getting a drop spindle instead.
You are very welcome, we are Live Streaming our Wool Processing class in the morning at 11am CST if you are interested. It will also be up as a regular video afterwards. 👍
How much wool does one basket make? I.e. enough for a shirt? Multiple projects? Very neat to watch - thanks for sharing!!
We're not sure how far one fleece would go we haven't got that far yet. It appears that it takes a lot of wool to make a sweater.
You were talking about the debris in the wool. When I did my wool(my first time, I was gifted 25 not so clean "pelts") adter skirting I did a cold wash then I bought a wool picker off etsy that you run the dry wool through and it pulls the fibers apart and all the junk falls to the bottom of the box then I did my hot wash.
Great tip! always up for alternative ways.
@@The10AcreWoods I did see in your most recent video I think you were getting one, they do make things a lot easier on your hands.
Loved this video... Wish it could be used this kind of technique for banana fibre...
Wow such an interesting video.Thank you.
I like your sheep,dog too.I like to watch all processes.
My friend who is knitting for 20+yrs gave to my son a vest.She went to Ukraine.some one there gave to her it.she ask me gess from which animal hair was made I said from a sheep or merino sheep.or from alpaca?....she said from a dog hair
some one has a big dog with a long hair so they cut extra hair and made a knitting
yarns.
Wonderful story, glad to hear you enjoyed the video. Thank You for Watching!
THANK YOU FOR SHARING ,
aww you have an awesome voice and the sheep and wool are lovely!
Thanks Cintia, 😊
I use Orvis Paste and add enough to make the water feel slick. I spin the water out in my front load washing machine, then hang the bags out int he bags out on the line in the sun.
I recently bought a spinning wheel and that *card* where u separate end thin the wool..hope ine day i wull understand how this wheel is working..looks very complicated..but now i know how to comb the wool..thanx a million
Happy to hear 😊👍
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There's no effort in making a drop spindle, you just need a piece of dowel and a cut circle of wood (doesn't even need to be a circle, you can use any old shape) with a thumb screwed hook in the end. It surprised me when you said 'there's a guy in X who makes drop spindles' - just make them yourself takes seconds! :D
I have 220 sheep at my farm
Those are alotta sheeps
@@johnfitzgerald5938 that makes me hungry...
with the wheel just needs some tuning up and finding it's sweet spots. OIL and Wax for every part is absolutely essential. If there is metal it needs oil. If wood it needs wax like candle wax. For that wee bit of wooble try felt furniture pad on only one leg to see if it rebalances the wheel. worked with my old wheel, make sure you do not have the maidens, uprights by the flyer too tight to the flyer. and oil it more and then some. it probably also needs a wood finish bath. old wheels do.
Thank you for doing this video. My daughter has a couple alpacas and she’s learning to spin. She’s an artist and is taking weaving classes in college. Your video was great even with the one annoying guest.
Thank you, All the best to you and your daughter. We are going to try to spin the hair of our Bernese Mountain Dog when it warms up.
Learned a lot ty sooooo much ~ new subscriber too!
You are very welcome thanks for watching 😊
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That is one hell of an old spinning wheel. :-))) but : great fun huh ? :-))))
We bought it off an old lady who remembers spinning with her grandmother 70-80 years ago, we figure it's over 100 years old.
They sell the wool carding paddles for $62.00 on Amazon.
So much, We have local store found they are 26, so not bad
forget by the oil , Thank You !, to Share is a nice Job, Your Friend from Florida.
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all the unusable/unstretchable tufts could be used to make pillows!
We have use some for felting projects.
Thank you for the video! I have learned so much about raw wool. Come this spring hopefully I'll be a bit more prepared haha. Hard to find information on it really.
Tara here , Just a keyboard away if have any questions
@@The10AcreWoods Thank you. I'm sure I will!
Friends have said they prefer spinning alpaca raw, then washing.
Did you manage to lubricate the metal part to fix the squeak ? 🙂
Yes, added a little oil and the squeak went away. 😊
You can find carding brushes on Ebay and Etsy for pretty cheap (I'm seeing $10-20 for a pair).
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I have learned that when washing/preparing the wool for spinning, you should not use Dawn dish detergent as it removes the "grease" from the wool that is needed as you spin. Use a mild shampoo such as Dove.
Well that's very interesting, thanks for your comment 👍
I hate what they term spinning in the grease.... I think it depends on the person. Some ppl love it and prefer the spin and resulting yarn ... I realllllllly hate it lol...
Carding paddles seem a lot more easier and quicker than this tool.
when you hold the fiber back when carding it causes the fiber to wind around the 1st small roller. Stretching the divided batt before sending it through would help it not need to be held much. Also when taking off the batt go ahead and use the regular bent tooth slicker brush but use only the teeth near the handle to pull the batt. It actually works just a bit better.
Tara here, Thank you for the advice I am still learning and it is much appreciated.
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Look on the alpaca sanctuary, David sells plans for a homemade fleece picker which you can use before the carding process. Cheers!
Thanks, will have a look 👍
@@The10AcreWoods oh I forgot to mention, I bought the plans and made one and it works well, I think he's in Canada but I can't remember for sure, it was about $25 Australian, and the money goes towards rescuing alpacas which is nice. Cheers from Tasmania!
Question: I have Shetland sheep with long wool. When I use my hand combs (not carders, these are true combs I made with dozens of 16D finish nails) the wool combs and roves perfect. When I use the drum carder it pills, like a cheap sweater. I saw you pick out all those little balls, but mine is FULL of those only when I use the drum carder. Why?! Is it because it is full of shorts where I amateurly sheared them? I would like to continue making roving, but doing by hand is terribly time consuming. Thanks in advance.
I believe these little tufts are from short hair, or the fine fibres that occur with natural shedding. They appear in the under coat, like a fine down between hair for warmth.
I say you make your own drum with your 16D finish nails :P
I realized the issue! One sheep, I sheared well. The other...well not so much. So all of those "shorts" were making little puff balls when I tried to card it. The better wool is carding like it should. Mystery solved! I just have to become more adept at shearing.
Yes it is an art for sure, we have a retired shearer who loves how friendly our animals are and continue to shear them for us, $50 for up to 10 sheep so well worth the price.
Oh if only there was such an angel in the depths of the Ozarks!
You can get carding paddles for 8 dollars on eBay.
You are welcome. lol
Thank you 😊
I love' it. do you have classes, that teach people the method of spinning cotton. & where is it located.? thank you .
Pretty sure you meant to say Method, but meathead gave me a good giggle. We do not but will check into this, very Curious. We are in Anola Manitoba at the 10 Acre Woods.
I'm sorry. You were right. I was trying to answer the telephone at the same time, & posted it without reading 2 wise. Thank you. I live in Ottawa, I'll try to follow you in you tube.
No worries it was funny! Great to hear let us know if any questions we can try to help with. Always nice to hear a personal opinion rather than googling it.
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I have been in the Sheep and Wool Industry for over 35 yrs..your sheep are not wool sheep. They are a meat type sheep. Cheviots are not known for there wool production abilities. You need to get a Rambouillet, Corridale, or Merino type sheep or type crossbred.. Producing a longer staple when you shear. Your Staple should be a minimum of 4 inches long before you shear. Picking the wool is done at shearing.. You spread the entire fleece out on a large table and clean out the junk and discarded hair parts..You mentioned that one of your fleeces is a Sulfolk type..Again that is a meat breed of sheep. Carding your wool is easier and easier to work with if the staple is longer..Wool from Meat type animals is usually only used to make Felt. The Hair content is high in the meat breeds and not as good for spinning.. You need to have a higher wool to hair content...
Tara here, Yes this is the number one breed for meat in manitoba, but still wool and it works. the wool is right around 4 inches long on the older sheep
Any wool can be processed, also hair I am currently working with curly horse hair and have spun great Pyrenees dog hair.
On the drum once you open the end just grab the end and pull so the batt unrolls off.
Don't let anyone tell you that Cheviot and Suffolk wool isn't good for spinning. In Scotland, where the Cheviot originated, it is a longwool Mountain breed, and is famous for the "helical crimp" in its fleece. The wool is used for Great Britain's renowned tweed fabric industry. I use Cheviot a lot for my spinning/knitting/weaving projects. And Suffolk - it is a down breed, as are Oxfords, Hampshires, Southdowns etc. The unique un-uniformity of its crimp makes it outstanding for spinning sock yarns. When it is plied it is incredibly lofty and elastic and never loses its "memory". Also - about skirting and picking - Skirting is done before you wash the wool, either right when its sheared or when you are going to start working it. Picking is done right before carding, to make it easier to use hand, drum or motorized wool carding. Picking is simply pulling the fleece apart. About staple length - you can card and spin wool that is 2 inches long. Merino and other finewool breeds grow their fleece much slower than other breeds. I have rarely seen a finewool longer than 3 inches in 12 months growth.
Basically what I am telling you is keep doing, keep learning, keep ENJOYING what you are doing - and don't let anyone rain on your parade. You can make beautiful, useful, soft and enjoyable items with the wool you have available to you. You don't need to change a thing.
Respectfully,
Rowan
www.artisanhippychick.com
Cobambam bambam .
Was that the end of the wool videos? Would love to revisit
Here is the last one we did. I believe it's a long one too 😉 th-cam.com/video/sA8gUXK8v2U/w-d-xo.html
@@The10AcreWoods Thank You!!!
25:55 😱she has the fairy tail symbol on her hand! Cool
Yes, that's Tiana's hand :)
It was a dress up day at my school so I chose Lucy heartfillia that's why I have it on my hand
This is a great informational video. I would like to know where I can buy 100/% pure wool fibers made in the US?
Check hobby farmers in your area
Buen dia quiro una de esas como ago para compra , soy de Peru
Hi there, we do not sell them just teach classes on them, but can check your local thrift stores for one
any body knows what is this machine name ? can i buy where any body can help
This is called a wool Carder and you should be able to find it online for sale.
id put blankets on them so there is lil too no debris
Not what is best for the animals, so the humans must work a little harder no biggie.
@@The10AcreWoods it keeps the wool cleaner and they dont hurt the animals sheesh but whatever
What is dies
A dye can be used to colour the wool.
Love how you are just learning... yet still confident enough to teach people....
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As an aside what you're all crediting to google should be credited to the internet and those sharing knowledge on there. Google is just a search engine. They don't deserve the misnomer credit they get as a substitute for 'the internet'. :P
You're so right and now with their Jackboot censorship, I've downloaded a VPN and browse elsewhere. Be careful you don't Betsy's lender. The truth is treason in war times and we are at war.
how to get this machine in Nepal
Not sure, you would have to order it from the company and see your options
Ma na ap sa yellow sheep ka daga lana ha please ap hatt sa bana dana please taz yellow rang ka ho sheep ma na sall banwani ha please ap hatt wali masin pa bana da please na na kara
Where can I get those tools/machines
Check online. Wool Carter and Spinning Wheel.
Thank you very much
This in Manitoba?
Sure is just past Anola
I wana your help sir..am from jammu and kashmir india. I wana setup my own factory of wool processes ...but i have lack of resources to setup such a great business..here is lot of sheep wool raw material ,only thing is how to manage all these processes in a different way.. in 2k19
Hi there, we are small scale everything by hand here, start by learning cleaning, carting and then you can go into felting or spinning.
ok ..
Hello....what kind of soap did you use in the bath?
I love your video, house animals
I spin too but live in a small townvillage.....only cats and dogs for us now :). Dont mean that ungrateful but when is was a kid we has sheep, pony goats etc
Now i spin for almost 2 years.....and i love it
Dawn soap. Awesome they are still animals and we all need a few. I enjoy the process Tiana is the spinner my daughter.
I would have place like this one day.. could you give me more information
Check out my previous videos about how we got started, thanks for watching 😊
Look for a wool picker, then you won’t have to double card.
Are you in Canada? I live in Nova Scotia on the South Shore.
Yes, Snowy Manitoba
You mean cucknadia. :P
Plz come in Nepal to teach those things and plz mention the name of those machine. I'm from Nepal and want to learn more hope you will reply on my comment.
Thank you for your comment maybe one day we can travel to Napal 👍 The machine we are using is called a wool Carder.
Use cool water and woolite. Never got.