S2E6.5 Semi-worsted Batt
S2E6: Everything but Hand-combed Top
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Drum carders are often thought of as woolen prep tool but can also make semi-worsted batts. Roy Clemes joins us to show us the steps to creating a more worsted batt for worsted-style spinning.
Up Next in S2E6: Everything but Hand-combed Top
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S2E6.6 Drum-carded Sliver
Creating carded sliver on a drum carder (for a semi-worsted prep) and a worsted-style spin. Roy is using an electric carder in this segment (which is really exciting) but a crank carder works just the same.
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S2E6.7 Commercially-combed Top and Pr...
A little bit on combed top and how to "prep" it for spinning to make it easier to draft and more gentle on our hands.
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S2E6.8 Reviving Combed Top
Laura tackles what to do with old/compressed/felted top by testing several "reviving" methods. She uses the same top and snaps and opens it, steams it, combs it, drum cards it, and hand cards it. Then she spins each sample, talks about the experience, and the closely looks at each yarn sample.
