This video-and the part 1 video too- have been very helpful! You have cleared up my confusion about when to card, when to comb, and that vegetable debris does not condemn a fleece to the compost pile. Thank you!
It's always a matter of what you have the patience to do. Lots of people think I'm crazy for doing this but just as many people love it. I'm glad you found it helpful!
I have to say thank you for your tap tap tap method on one card!! I recently had hand surgery and because I remembered seeing this video, I can now card very small amounts of filthy skirtings for needle felting ornaments in an effort to feed my fiber addiction while I'm one handed!!! 3 more weeks looked impossible to get through until I broke out the needle felting kit yesterday!
I'm so happy it helped you in such a trying time. It sucks to be unable to do our favorite things so I'm glad this allowed you one aspect of the craft. Get well soon!
Perfect. I'd already processed quite a lot of fleece before seeing the first video and this will help me to revisit the bits with lots of VM that I DID pull apart before washing.
I used this process on the dirty, VM-filled leftovers from combing a Hog Island fleece. The staple length is much shorter, but the basic principle is the same--and unlike my batch of leftovers that I hand-picked, this approach also gets out the noils. I cannot wait to share this with my spinning group, and I really wish I had known about this so much sooner. Thank you!
I just bought a wonderful BFL/Cheviot fleece from Saskatchewan for cheap. A lovely fleece, but lots of VM. I decided to use the suint fermentation method. This Friday, It will come out of the bath. Hoping to either card or comb it to get all that debris out. Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful 💖 I do the same with the picked dirty fleece too except I don’t tap it, just card and pull it 2-3 times. Works too!! Thank you for your videos 😚
Yes it was washed first to remove the lanolin so the debris comes out easier. It'll work with merino just work with small amounts. Here's the playlist with the updated videos using this method. ruclips.net/p/PLmTCYWSQRNhw5EjetXBtt9hQbQwJjnMIx
It would be very hard to make it work although I suspect it's possible. Removing the lanolin allows the debris to fall out as you open the fiber. I would think flicking locks would work better on a grease fleece but I'd have to try it and see. Hmmmm....a new experiment!
Thank you so much for sharing this method! I have bags of "meat breed" fleece gifted to me, and will continue to be given it from my 4H friend families
Barbara Rickman I spin right off my combs half the time because I can be impatient lol but yes this is fast and effective and easy. I love those traits. ;)
I came across this video by accident, and it had changed my life. It really, really works. I have piles of lovely fiber instead of VM filled wool.
This video-and the part 1 video too- have been very helpful! You have cleared up my confusion about when to card, when to comb, and that vegetable debris does not condemn a fleece to the compost pile. Thank you!
It's always a matter of what you have the patience to do. Lots of people think I'm crazy for doing this but just as many people love it. I'm glad you found it helpful!
The way you explain the process makes it so easy to remember. Wish I had seen these videos when I was first learning about fleece preps.
Well I'm glad you've found them now and that they're helpful.
This process is exactly what I needed on a very dirty alpaca fleece I've been struggling with for months. Thank you!
So glad it's helpful!
I have to say thank you for your tap tap tap method on one card!! I recently had hand surgery and because I remembered seeing this video, I can now card very small amounts of filthy skirtings for needle felting ornaments in an effort to feed my fiber addiction while I'm one handed!!! 3 more weeks looked impossible to get through until I broke out the needle felting kit yesterday!
I'm so happy it helped you in such a trying time. It sucks to be unable to do our favorite things so I'm glad this allowed you one aspect of the craft. Get well soon!
I love your videos. Now I feel like sitting all day and cleaning fiber. :-)
Thank you! And I have been known to do exactly that lol.
Perfect. I'd already processed quite a lot of fleece before seeing the first video and this will help me to revisit the bits with lots of VM that I DID pull apart before washing.
I used this process on the dirty, VM-filled leftovers from combing a Hog Island fleece. The staple length is much shorter, but the basic principle is the same--and unlike my batch of leftovers that I hand-picked, this approach also gets out the noils. I cannot wait to share this with my spinning group, and I really wish I had known about this so much sooner. Thank you!
You are a fiber genius! Thank you for sharing
Well I wouldn't say genius but thank you for thinking it :)
I just bought a wonderful BFL/Cheviot fleece from Saskatchewan for cheap. A lovely fleece, but lots of VM. I decided to use the suint fermentation method. This Friday, It will come out of the bath. Hoping to either card or comb it to get all that debris out. Thanks for sharing!
Good luck! I haven't tried the suint method as I have neighbors too close but I hope to do so in the near future.
@@bffiberarts only smells when you lift the lid. The smell is a strong sheep smell which to me is not awful.
@@tools4ewebycarolhowe496 I don't mind sheep smell. I'll have to try it for sure then.
Great, works like a charm, thank you so much💫✨💥
Beautiful 💖
I do the same with the picked dirty fleece too except I don’t tap it, just card and pull it 2-3 times. Works too!!
Thank you for your videos 😚
Love this series! Thank you for sharing. Will try this for sure!
This is awesome for my combing waste! Yeah!!!
Yes it works great for that! I even use it on relatively clean fleece before combing to make it go faster.
00:55 "and I'm going to show you how we can all of this to again, look like this." I was like "No way." haha! :)
Ian Juby and you saw it happen. I can barely film never mind photo shop lol.
This is great, thank you!
Really helpful, thank you!
Thank u
Heard of someone dyeing the noiles and spinning them in...sort of like tween yarn.
Thank you!
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Curious to know....1. Was it washed prior to this and 2. Would this work with a dense fleece like merino?
Yes it was washed first to remove the lanolin so the debris comes out easier. It'll work with merino just work with small amounts. Here's the playlist with the updated videos using this method. ruclips.net/p/PLmTCYWSQRNhw5EjetXBtt9hQbQwJjnMIx
Does this work on unwashed fleece? Some people like to spin in the grease.....not me, so I am just wondering.
It would be very hard to make it work although I suspect it's possible. Removing the lanolin allows the debris to fall out as you open the fiber. I would think flicking locks would work better on a grease fleece but I'd have to try it and see. Hmmmm....a new experiment!
Thank you so much for sharing this method! I have bags of "meat breed" fleece gifted to me, and will continue to be given it from my 4H friend families
It really depends on the fleece but cleaning them is super quick so don't be deterred.
This method was so FAST and wasted little fiber, that I may abandon my combs and use this method as you can spin it right away!
Barbara Rickman I spin right off my combs half the time because I can be impatient lol but yes this is fast and effective and easy. I love those traits. ;)
Is this after washing?
Yes wash it first so the debris doesn't stick to the fleece.
Can you do this with alpaca to??
I haven't tried it with alpaca but i don't see why not. Give it try.
So, basically you flick card it.
Upside down flick carding. I find it allows more dirt to fall out.