Did you/they make your own felting machine? The only ones I've seen are the mini mills one. it was very aggressive and left a large distinct indented pattern on the felt.
Ann Shepherds' Spring Farm North Gower, On Canada http://www.shepherdsspringfarm.ca/ _____ From: fibernet@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fiber...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Turan Albini Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 12:29 PM To: fibernet@yahoogroups.com Subject: [fibernet] Re:ring spinning frame I work in a small mill. We do lots of different stuff because we have our own line of yarns from our own flock and then do custom stuff. We can handle a batch that is about 25 pounds. So when 200+ pounds of gorgeous Coopworth was sent us and the client had no clue besides a vague "knitting yarns" and told me "what ever you think is best". I decided best was to give them as wide a selection as possible to experiment on. Most fun for me too. Spinning with a ring spinning frame is remarkably easy and fun if one has been hand spinning for years and are reasonably analytical. It is limited to semi worsted- worsted yarns because it drafts the fiber before it allows twist into it. It really drives home the point of how important twist is in how a finished yarn looks and feels. My last few spinning batches have been, Coopworth, bison/alpaca/wool, quivet/cormo, Shetland/Romney, western fine wool range sheep. It is never dull and always challenging. Here is a link. http://www.lambandw <http://www.lambandwool.com/woolproc.htm> ool.com/woolproc.htm At home I spin on my Reeves with wool from my own Corriedale crosses. Cheers, Turan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
