05 July 2009

It's my birthday and I'll party if I want to.

Well, not exactly my birthday yet, but close enough. I figure turning 50, I
get to celebrate as long as I want. So, you may ask, what did I do? I bought a miracle machine.

Start with a mixture of handdyed alpaca roving and mohair locks. (Can you believe how vibrant the mohair locks are? They take dye so beautifully. All those locks were in the same dye bath.)
Image of Mohair and alpaca before carding
Feed into one miracle machine (aka, Strauch finest drum carder, newly arrived at my doorstep on Thursday.)
Image of mohair entering drum carder
Out comes a basket of beautiful fluffy stuff to spin.
Image of basket with fluffy carded mohair and alpaca blend
Image of mohair and alpaca fiber on spinning bobbin

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5 comments:

  1. Lynn in Tucson05 July, 2009 13:07

    I've been working on a borrowed carder for months and I don't know how I'm ever going to give it back! Isn't it the best?

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  2. Charisa05 July, 2009 18:04

    It does give you lots of options - mixing color that you can't easily do in a dye pot, mixing fiber types that aren't readily sold. It seems pretty wonderful!

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  3. Jane06 July, 2009 13:34

    Fantastic pictures and great blue colour too!

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  4. Rogue Rylla06 July, 2009 14:39

    Gorgeous colors and such pretty, fluffy fiber! It does seem like a miracle machine:)

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  5. Pamelamama06 July, 2009 21:33

    wow, that is quite amazing.

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