Today was spent carding some very nice Gulf Coast fleece that I washed up earlier this week. I scoured it lightly to leave a good deal of lanolin on it. I just enjoy spinning with the fiber not feeling dry. This fleece has just the right amount and I am looking forward to sitting down with it tomorrow and doing some spinning on the Lendrum.
I took 2 passes through the carder and it was beautiful! I'll let the pictures tell the story!
Then I did a little of the Shetland #2 fleece from my niece's flock of two!! This one was much cleaner than the first one and is quite a bit darker. Although it is still gray, it has a lot of black in it and it carded up 3 or 4 shades darker than #1 fleece did. It still has enough lanolin in it to keep it feeling soft and supple. The staple length is an incredible 6 inches and a little more on many of the locks! It was a pleasure to card!
Dolly was sheared just 3 weeks ago and a week later had this darling little girl lamb! Looking forward to her fleece next year! Now the flock has three!!
More carding to do tomorrow! And then off to Spinning Group in the afternoon!
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