[fibernet] Re:Angora fiber - felted in storage!

[Julie C Gerow]

This particular fiber sounds too felted for carding to be of use but, in 
general, the drum carder will revive flat fiber beautifully.  I probably 
use my drum carder more for fluffing up old flat roving than almost 
anything else. One day I was fighting with some  gnarly mohair roving 
and my fingers were aching with the effort. It dawned on me I could try 
to drum card it. I ran it through the carder and it became a dream to 
spin again!   Definitely worth the time.  Highly, highly recomend it to 
those with carders - even slightly felted roving is well worth the 
fluffing - try it you'll like it!  Makes it just like new. Only downside 
is it will blend multicolored rovings a bit more than they were - but I 
have not found that to be a deterrent because the spinning is so much 
nicer.
Julie