Wool festival loot
Sep. 14th, 2010 09:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altivoOK, finally unloaded the camera, or at least, the still photos. Didn't bring up the video of herd dogs being disobedient, but it may not be very good anyway.
These fluffs of wool are the products of the drum carding class I took on Friday morning. The large rolls are called batts and this is the way carded wool comes off the machine. The coils or balls are called rovings and are made by gradually stretching a batt out with your hands until it forms a soft rope. All are very light and fluffy and ready to spin with either a wheel or a drop spindle. I'm eager to try them but need to finish some other projects first.
And here's my self-indulgent souvenir, purchased in one of the dealers' buildings: a hand-turned drop spindle by Stephen Kundert, with a whorl of "Blue Denim(tm)" pine. I was intrigued by the light wood with blue streaks in the grain, but held off long enough to think about it overnight. Since it was still there on Saturday and only $25, I bought it. Like the other spindle by Kundert that I've owned for several years, it spins beautifully as well as being a handsome piece of wood work.
Here's one of the projects that needs to be finished before I can play with that carded wool. This is a bathroom mat woven of "loopers," a fluffy by-product of cotton sock manufacturing. These circular loops of heavy knitted terry are the trimmings from the tops of the socks. They make a squishy, absorbent rug about a half inch thick, and I intend to use this in the bathroom this winter. It has a planned color design I'm calling "Winter Sunset."
(As usual, click any of the photo thumbnails above for a larger view.)
These fluffs of wool are the products of the drum carding class I took on Friday morning. The large rolls are called batts and this is the way carded wool comes off the machine. The coils or balls are called rovings and are made by gradually stretching a batt out with your hands until it forms a soft rope. All are very light and fluffy and ready to spin with either a wheel or a drop spindle. I'm eager to try them but need to finish some other projects first.And here's my self-indulgent souvenir, purchased in one of the dealers' buildings: a hand-turned drop spindle by Stephen Kundert, with a whorl of "Blue Denim(tm)" pine. I was intrigued by the light wood with blue streaks in the grain, but held off long enough to think about it overnight. Since it was still there on Saturday and only $25, I bought it. Like the other spindle by Kundert that I've owned for several years, it spins beautifully as well as being a handsome piece of wood work.Here's one of the projects that needs to be finished before I can play with that carded wool. This is a bathroom mat woven of "loopers," a fluffy by-product of cotton sock manufacturing. These circular loops of heavy knitted terry are the trimmings from the tops of the socks. They make a squishy, absorbent rug about a half inch thick, and I intend to use this in the bathroom this winter. It has a planned color design I'm calling "Winter Sunset."(As usual, click any of the photo thumbnails above for a larger view.)
