Lois, as a fellow southpaw, it has been very difficult for me to learn traditional crafts, as they are ALWAYS taught right handed. This is quite refreshing. Thank you!
Thank you for your delightful and clear instructions. I'm a fairly new spinner and have been looking at getting carders to process a bag of raw alpaca fleece I received from a friend. I feel confident now in approaching this process.
Thank you so much for saying something I didn't understand. I had purchased wonderful vintage carders that were leather. They finally fell apart and I'm just struggling with new ones as they don't have that "bounce"!! You are the first person who ever said that and I am too new to know that was a thing with the leather carders. I miss them
Awesome! I learned something new! I always put the wool too far "up" on my cards creating the ridge of fibers that begin to loop around the teeth. I always just thought that was part of the draw backs of using rolags. I'm excited to try again using this new info
Thank you so much!! I collected a bunch of my malamute's fur and have been trying to card it and spin it using a hand spinner, and I was failing miserably until I watched your videos. Love how you show everything in such good detail. Thanks for saving my malamute-fur project!! Also your intro to these videos is hilarious and I Love it.
I attended a beginner class almost thirty years ago at a living history museum. My instructor taught us the same procedures that you are using. So excited to be getting back to my roots. Thank you for this video!
I love the "mirror" idea. That's exactly how I taught my Niece, a leftie, how to crochet. In fact, the mirror method works so well, because I'm facing my student, that I'd rather teach lefties. And, as the student this time, it was really easy to catch on to what you were doing. I've loved watching your videos; they're so much fun, as well as educational. Thanks ever so much for making them.
After 6 years Im back to trying it out for single hand long draw and found 2” is ideal. 3” starts to bind sometimes. For sure need a light hand and getting it started is a trick. Im liking it.
+Marianne Stella Davidson Early American Ghosts in the newly settled woods before 1850 often had no other option. I don't know if they were buried with their hand carders, however. My ghost's grave is nearby, but I haven't considered checking on what she was buried with. May I just also say that before these pioneer women were ghosts, keeping sheep in the wilderness was an unpredictable activity. Wolves love sheep in bad ways. Our area was settled after the Rev War; many veterans received land grants for their service. This land became available after the Iroquois supported the British and it didn't go well for them.
thank you for this 1 I have no clue to the tips and trick of carding but your explanation was clear and easy to understand ! I saw one video of an elderly lady in the 60/70's roll her carding on the back of the carding paddles. it was cool !
I remember playing with one of these as a kid at a heratige park. They were okay for us to use and I’m both glad and relieved to find I was doing it wrong. I smashed the paddles together and pulled them both in opposite directions, making it hard to pull and for anything to get done. I thought that was how it had to be. Now that I know better, I’d love to take it up someday when I have the money to
I decided recently that after spinning for about a year I wanted to start intentionally spinning woollen style yarn. Up until now I've been attempting to do the long draw method but I didn't know about the need for 3.5" or shorter fibres, so this is very helpful! I think it also may solve a mystery of why longer yarn was 'carpet yarn.'
Wow...find it really very useful and u explained it really very well...n let me tell u that u have a very pretty smile...so always keep smiling like dat
Very educational. I would love to learn to do this BUT, I have been retired less than a year and I just can not learn all the things I'd like as the list keeps getting longer. Thank you for posting this video.
I found to be informative. Doing my research now for spinning. I raise rabbits for fiber. What form of spinning is good to start with? I am think Drop spindle after seeing the prices on spinning wheels.
I have my grandmother’s flat back hand cards from the late 1800’s. The teeth are rusted and loose. Should I have them restored so I can use them, or keep her cards as she left them. I do have C&C cotton & wool cards so I don’t really NEED them to be working cards, but I would love to put my hands where hers worked.
+Janetnva I have a collection of old hand cards, though not my grandmother's, alas. The teeth are put into the leather in pairs - these pairs, if you could take them out, are shaped like U's. So the old leather carders have 'wiggling' teeth, rather than the firmly fixed Clemes and Clemes teeth in rubber backing ( modern carders). Sometimes the antique old teeth are too rusty and worn to use. But many times, they can be used - I start by carding very oily wool in them and discarding the first, rusty, rolls. The rust gradually stops transferring to the wool. Very worn out carders won't do a good job of carding the wool as the teeth are too worn down, too many are missing or the leather has disintegrated and can't hold the teeth well anymore. If you try to use your old cards, be very gentle at first to see if they are still strong enough. I would not restore them with new card clothing.
I found one of those in my attic and thought it was a dog brush.. no way I would use it on my dog it would definitely hurt my dog. Now I know what it is. It's beside a big wheel so now it all makes sense
I want to do this with fluff taken from Typhus Latifolia (North American cat tails). bulrush, common bulrush, common cattail, great reedmace, cooper's reed, cumbungi, marsh reeds.
Tudah Rbah (thank you very much). Before I leave, let me tell you, the real Name of the Creator is Hayah asher Hayah. Also, we are to do the 7 appointed times, in Levitcus 23. HaLLUYaH means, the praise to Yah.
I don't know how I got here....but this was very interesting and I enjoyed listening to you! Thank you for sharing
Love these Exhibitions on how things were done in the old days we need to start learning again
Lois it is so nice to see someone that knows what they are talking about teaching wool craft. 👍
Thanks 😊
Beautiful demonstration.
I am very nostalgic for when women gather and work wool together.
Well I declare, I used to do this when I was little with hairbrushes and that fake cobweb stuff...
Great video! Love the way you explained it
Lois, as a fellow southpaw, it has been very difficult for me to learn traditional crafts, as they are ALWAYS taught right handed. This is quite refreshing. Thank you!
Thank you for your delightful and clear instructions. I'm a fairly new spinner and have been looking at getting carders to process a bag of raw alpaca fleece I received from a friend. I feel confident now in approaching this process.
Thank you so much for saying something I didn't understand. I had purchased wonderful vintage carders that were leather. They finally fell apart and I'm just struggling with new ones as they don't have that "bounce"!! You are the first person who ever said that and I am too new to know that was a thing with the leather carders. I miss them
Scream like a ghost!!
Lois, you're hilarious! And very educational.
Ruby Gray
I just visited Scotland and I was very intrigued to understand the whole process. This was very well explained and I loved her! She's so genuine!
Awesome! I learned something new! I always put the wool too far "up" on my cards creating the ridge of fibers that begin to loop around the teeth. I always just thought that was part of the draw backs of using rolags. I'm excited to try again using this new info
Nice to see another spinning southpaw. Helps when teaching spindling to righthanders. Interesting to watch your videos.
I noticed a lot of my ancestor women were "carders" in the old census files back in the 20s and 30s etc. So I wondered what they did.
Thank you so much!! I collected a bunch of my malamute's fur and have been trying to card it and spin it using a hand spinner, and I was failing miserably until I watched your videos. Love how you show everything in such good detail. Thanks for saving my malamute-fur project!! Also your intro to these videos is hilarious and I Love it.
I attended a beginner class almost thirty years ago at a living history museum. My instructor taught us the same procedures that you are using. So excited to be getting back to my roots. Thank you for this video!
I love the "mirror" idea. That's exactly how I taught my Niece, a leftie, how to crochet. In fact, the mirror method works so well, because I'm facing my student, that I'd rather teach lefties. And, as the student this time, it was really easy to catch on to what you were doing. I've loved watching your videos; they're so much fun, as well as educational. Thanks ever so much for making them.
Excellent!! So clear to understand. Many thanks.
After 6 years Im back to trying it out for single hand long draw and found 2” is ideal. 3” starts to bind sometimes. For sure need a light hand and getting it started is a trick. Im liking it.
Lovely ghost! Did not know American ghosts were such good carders!
+Marianne Stella Davidson Early American Ghosts in the newly settled woods before 1850 often had no other option. I don't know if they were buried with their hand carders, however. My ghost's grave is nearby, but I haven't considered checking on what she was buried with. May I just also say that before these pioneer women were ghosts, keeping sheep in the wilderness was an unpredictable activity. Wolves love sheep in bad ways. Our area was settled after the Rev War; many veterans received land grants for their service. This land became available after the Iroquois supported the British and it didn't go well for them.
You are so precious! Thank you for this great teaching video! I love hand carding but don’t have it perfected yet, but this really helps!
Amazing. Thank you so much for taking the time to demonstrate this technique. I am so interested in how things were done in the 1800's.
thank you for this 1 I have no clue to the tips and trick of carding but your explanation was clear and easy to understand ! I saw one video of an elderly lady in the 60/70's roll her carding on the back of the carding paddles. it was cool !
I Love your videos! Thanks for sharing them.
I was fascinated. Really awesome to look at your work. I officially want to learn to make my own yarn. Thank you for this incredible video.
;-) I didn't want you to be bored!
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Glad I found this video. My new goal is to be as good as you are...it’ll take a while! Great video.
I remember playing with one of these as a kid at a heratige park. They were okay for us to use and I’m both glad and relieved to find I was doing it wrong. I smashed the paddles together and pulled them both in opposite directions, making it hard to pull and for anything to get done. I thought that was how it had to be. Now that I know better, I’d love to take it up someday when I have the money to
thank you so much for the instructional video
lady you are amazing, this is so interesting!
Thank you for this video, I just bought my carders and I am looking for videos to teach me to do it. Very informative!
No clue how I ended up here, but you're new favorite.
Also, these are like giant dog slicker brushes!
I decided recently that after spinning for about a year I wanted to start intentionally spinning woollen style yarn. Up until now I've been attempting to do the long draw method but I didn't know about the need for 3.5" or shorter fibres, so this is very helpful! I think it also may solve a mystery of why longer yarn was 'carpet yarn.'
I've been struggling with hand cards since i started with all this 5 years ago, and i do believe this will help.
Thank you so much for this… I have not been being gentle to my cards and I have been wondering why I’ve been so frustrated.
I love your videos, thank you.
I love you videos Lois! Thank you :)
This is wonderful thank you!
Wow...find it really very useful and u explained it really very well...n let me tell u that u have a very pretty smile...so always keep smiling like dat
exactly what I was looking for!! thank you
Looks like very relaxing work
Thanks so much! We raise Gulf Coast Native sheep and they have very short wool. I'm having a hard time figuring out how to work with it.
Oh wow; my mom had those kind of combs (she made her own dresses for a while) and I always wondered what they were!
Very educational. I would love to learn to do this BUT, I have been retired less than a year and I just can not learn all the things I'd like as the list keeps getting longer. Thank you for posting this video.
This was fabulous! Thanks xx
Lois, another gem, thank you. What is your tie shawl pattern?? Love it
I'm also wondering. It's a nice looking one. I think there is a few different versions on Ravelry. I'll have to start looking.
I hope you're doing well, Lois ❤
this is very helpful and educational video. Thank you :-)
it looks like smoke...awesome
Thanks for sharing your valuable knowledge. I'm very new to this. Could you recommend a video showing how to make a large batt for a mattress by hand?
This was amazing, thank you!
Thanks for sharing!
I found flat bottom carders at paradise fibers ( their own brand) wooden not leather.
I adore you! and your videos! xxoo
I found to be informative. Doing my research now for spinning. I raise rabbits for fiber. What form of spinning is good to start with? I am think Drop spindle after seeing the prices on spinning wheels.
Thank you so much
Wow! I may now be able to card rolls. I never saw a detailed explanation like this one. Thanks! How do I find your blog?
Q. How do you remove those small fiber pieces from the cards. My Ashford cards like to hang on to small strays.
I did this in school:-)
How do you decide if you want to use flat cards or curved cards? What is the difference and what difference does it make in the finished rolag?
I think you make your choice based on what feels good in your hand (or in my case, based on what I could afford lol). The final product is the same.
I have my grandmother’s flat back hand cards from the late 1800’s. The teeth are rusted and loose. Should I have them restored so I can use them, or keep her cards as she left them. I do have C&C cotton & wool cards so I don’t really NEED them to be working cards, but I would love to put my hands where hers worked.
+Janetnva I have a collection of old hand cards, though not my grandmother's, alas. The teeth are put into the leather in pairs - these pairs, if you could take them out, are shaped like U's. So the old leather carders have 'wiggling' teeth, rather than the firmly fixed Clemes and Clemes teeth in rubber backing ( modern carders). Sometimes the antique old teeth are too rusty and worn to use. But many times, they can be used - I start by carding very oily wool in them and discarding the first, rusty, rolls. The rust gradually stops transferring to the wool. Very worn out carders won't do a good job of carding the wool as the teeth are too worn down, too many are missing or the leather has disintegrated and can't hold the teeth well anymore. If you try to use your old cards, be very gentle at first to see if they are still strong enough. I would not restore them with new card clothing.
I'm new to this and am collecting my equipment. Can you please recommend a set of cards? Thank you!
Fabulous!
I found one of those in my attic and thought it was a dog brush.. no way I would use it on my dog it would definitely hurt my dog. Now I know what it is. It's beside a big wheel so now it all makes sense
love it!
I want to do this with fluff taken from Typhus Latifolia (North American cat tails). bulrush, common bulrush, common cattail, great reedmace, cooper's reed, cumbungi, marsh reeds.
So i take it that my Cardigan was carded again
I don't know how I ended up here. I was watching videos about knitting .
Woww ❤️
She's lookin like a ghost in all that white
WOW!!!
💕💕💕
ما شاء الله
مثل شمال افريقيا
And....I wish I could come sit with you in peace....ahhhh....
Tudah Rbah (thank you very much). Before I leave, let me tell you, the real Name of the Creator is Hayah asher Hayah. Also, we are to do the 7 appointed times, in Levitcus 23. HaLLUYaH means, the praise to Yah.