Custom Fiber Processing
For Handspinners, Animal Producers, and Fiber Artists
Where your fiber comes first
For Handspinners, Animal Producers, and Fiber Artists
Where your fiber comes first
Washing: The raw fiber is personally inspected and washed using biodegradable soaps to remove dirt and lanolin so the fiber can be processed and made ready for hand spinners.
Sheep
Pin Drafted Roving
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Picker: Washed fiber is laid out onto the intake tray of the picker and is then pulled through a large revolving wheel with hooks. These hooks help to separate the wool locks (opens the fiber up) which allows a lot of the debris to fall out. The fiber is then blown into a picker room. At this stage it looks like a big cloud of fiber, which is then sprayed with conditioner (10-1 ratio of water and water soluble anti-static oil). The fiber is then gathered up and taken to the carding machine. 
Alpaca
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