Back in the spring, I sold my Fancy Kitty Kitten drum carder. I was very tired of crank crank cranking a manual and only pulling off 1.5-2oz batts. They were so tiny! So much effort! I did sell it to the schools art program where they only really need tiny batts, and do smaller projects, so it fit's their need so well. But then... I went without a drum carder for 6 months!! It was an ultimate tragedy. I love to spin from batts, it's probably my favourite fibre preparation. Batts are fluffy and draft smoothly, and the yarn from them is always much more lofty, even if you spin with a worsted draw due to the misalignment of fibres.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'd had my hook in the water for a great big fish (read that as I posted in every buy and sell for a Pat Green Triple Drum carder) right from the get go. But it seemed they were always just slightly out of my price range and often in USD, which with the current state of affairs with our currency would put them way out of my price range. So, lo and behold, many moons laters, someone asks if a Fancy Kitty Tom XL would do the trick. And while settling for a smaller, but still excellent carder was just a bit painful, I did it. And I'm so so very happy! This things is a great machine! Many hours and 9 big batts latter, I'm excited to start spinning! But first, to card the 6 other fleece I have that are clean.... Never ending!
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| see! big batts! as big as a kitchen chair! |
Well, I'd best get back at it. 6 fleeces won't card themselves!
Happily Spinning (and carding)
~Kara~
