Fibers

I have wanted to build a wool picker ever since I saw photos of them on the internet and learned what they did. A wool picker is a machine that pulls wool apart to make it more open. This helps c…

Plans for sale to make picker

* | Author: Carol Ekarius, Deborah Robson * | Publisher: Storey Publishing, Llc * | Publication Date: Aug 27, 2013 * | Number of Pages: 232 pages * | Language: English * | Binding: Paperback * | ISBN-10: 1612121780 * | ISBN-13: 9781612121789

Alpaca Fleece . . . . Now What? : 10 Steps (with Pictures) - Instructables

How to spin your own yarn in the Fleece to Fabric Class! Join the waitlist to be notified when enrollment is open. Learn how to take a sheep's fleece and turn it into yarn in this helpful knitting course. Visit for easy knitting beginner tips. Learn the art of spinning yarn, knitting and hand dyeing. Exclusive knitting free patterns, spinning wool tutorials, crafts, yarn projects, fiber art and DIY ideas.

There are so many excellent spinning books out there, it was hard for me to choose my favorites. But, as I started to narrow it down, I realized that my favorite beginner books were the books that taught me how to spin yarn! While several of these books are no longer in print, they are available in Kindle format, and of course you can always find them second hand if you are on the look out. So here they are, my top 5 books that taught me how to spin yarn.

Pets are family. Spin some of their fur into yarn and memorialize your love for them! Here are resources for spinning precious pet fur into beautiful yarn!

After countless hours cleaning our fibers for proper preparation ready for carding, I thought ... THIS IS INSANE! At the rate it was moving along I have enough fibers for a life time ! Something had to change... So I started researching again, this is in fact my favorite thing to do. I came across "fiber tumblers" ... Hummm... The cheapest I found was 950$ plus taxes and shipping... Ya well, that's out of the question. I showed all these "tumblers" to Pierre, and with a smiling face kept...

How to Spin Alpaca - From Farm to Yarn! – Jillian Eve

"SWING WOOL PICKER" The Swing Picker has sealed bearings on swing shaft, 350 hardened points, ready to separate your fiber, prep, before carding/spinning. The Picker has removable point plates, if you chose not to be so aggressive in your tease/separation process of the fiber, you have the option to adjust in-feed and swing by mechanical screws to fit your application. Sold with wooden fork to load in-feed for safety and locking pin for storage. Picker is constructed of Hickory and hardwood...

Making a DIY Wool Picker Find out more at looseendsfibre.wordpress.com #Spinning #Britishwool #Fibre #Wool #WoolPicker #Fibreprep