What is the brand/model of your drum carder? How many TPI?

Is that Suri Alpaca?

I wonder if when you take the small dowel out of the center, if you laid it on top of the fibre if that would give you more even grip across the rolag when you draft it out? Hope that made sense. Beautiful rolags nonetheless.

As I am preparing to process my first ever alpaca, my first ever fiber, thank you for this very comprehensive demo of the process. It doesn't look as scary as it sounded on paper. Wish me luck

stunning, stunning, stunning love them

had a good giggle at your working memory, as an AuDh’er i totally get the get excited and forget hehehehe , u are not alone

Cheer~a thickness or layer of a folded or laminated material.😊

I’m in the process of working myself through the most gorgeous chocolate coloured alpaca fleece. Hardly any guard hairs, soft as a whisper, and barely any VM. I tried spinning it unwashed and within minutes my fingers were black. So I changed gears and washed a sample. Boy, was it dirty! The water turned dark grey and despite shaking it out thoroughly, the amount of sand that came out had me gobsmacked. You’re right, processing alpaca fibre is easy. And a spin dryer is a blessing, as it means that on a warm day, the fibre is dry within an hour. And then, you get to play… I don’t have a carder, so I comb it into little nests that I spin as fine as I can to knit into gossamer shawls. The lace it produces is like a dream. I now want two more fleeces, a white one and a grey one. To be able to switch things up and possibly blend them into undyed gradients. The farm my fleece comes from is only a 10-minute drive from where I live and a raw fleece costs less per weight as the cheapest merino top I can find… around half. So it’s well worth the effort! Besides, it’s really nice to be able to tell someone the animal’s name and age when you gift them something you made out of homespun yarn. 😊

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8:00 "We don't make mistakes, we just have happy accidents." - Bob Ross

I could watch you paint with fiber and blend the colors on your drum carder all day long. Such a gorgeous batt! Glad that your trip was so fabulous. Will there be some Canadian Rockies inspired batts in your future??? harpingJanet

Very nice!!

Beautiful ❤what make is your carder please

That’s an impressive drum carder! Lovely batt. ❤

I LOVE your videos!! Thank you so much! 💛

My goodness, this is just beautiful! One of the yarns I still have on my spinning wish list is a very, very gradual transition from a lighter colour to a darker one. Then I want to knit a lace shawl with it, center outwards, triangular, with the edge as the darkest part. Still working on the planning of it all.

This is incredibly helpful! Now you have me thinking about getting a Turkish spindle!

So pretty! That is the toughest part for me - plying spindle-spun yarn. The Turkish spindle has got to beca great help!

i always tie a knot at the end of the pled yarn, then cut the little loop in half before letting it wind on the bobbin .. that way theres no way the ply is coming loose.

Several creators have posted "ply on the fly" with their Turkish spindles. I have tried it and it is pretty cool but I have not done it enough to get a good consistent chain. Love the yarn today!!❤

I’m equally in love with spinning on my Turkish spindles. I first tried a drop spindle, and hated the whole process, much to my surprise. But with my first twirl of my first Turkish spindle, I felt like I had come home. Your video posting is perfect timing for me. I am almost finished spinning my Snow on the Pines rolags from you, and started thinking about how best to ply my singles. I think it will be a two-ply. My initial spin was more inconsistent than I like for trying to chain ply. It was quite fun to see your Ig post in Banff this morning, and have you plying in your living room this afternoon. Thanks for making a video for your vacation away time! harpingJanet

Beautiful. I love my Turkish spindle. Curious how to get the double turtle?

Your videos pop'd up in my feed a month or 2 ago, and I've been enjoying every one! I like your teaching style! My fingers are itching now, and I have to go dig my Turkish spindle out of retirement! :) Thank You!

I have got to get my spindle out! I bought it last year and have not really done anything with it yet.

If only I could get my wheelspun yarns as lovely as my plied turks spun yarns.....

I Love Turkish spindles too. Your turtles look great. Have a good trip. Can't wait for the plying. PS the extra blending helped.😊

I’m equally obsessed with my Turks! I don’t care one whit for spinning on a drop spindle, but the Turkish spindle is magic. Your demo of how to wind is the best I’ve seen. I hope you have a great trip! harpingJanet

I haven’t quite mastered my Turkish spindles … thanks great info

Definitely would be cute headband

Would be a gorgeous scarf

You captured the best colors of fall in this yarn! I love it! harpingJanet

Awesome video and stunning colours. Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful colours and blending. Can you please tell me what drum carder you are using. I am interested in buying one and would appreciate your thoughts. Debs from Down Under

Great video many thanks and beautifully spun.

I've been so busy with life and work that I finally got to tune in and see what you're up to. Just wow! Those are some beautiful colours! Can't wait for the fall update :)

So beautiful!

So pretty!!!

Thank you for your demos! I love the progressive colors of this spin as fall is my favorite time of the year… 🍂🍁

I'm struggling with mixed fiber spins. I LOVE the tweed effect but I tend to get thick and thin rather that tweedy? I know you talk about this as it comes up but I'm dying for more tips. BTW those colors❤❤❤❤❤❤

That is just plain scrumptious! Makes me excited for fall and pumpkin pie!

Thanks for taking us through your process. It was especially fun for me as I am chain plying a hand dyed (not by me) merino, silk, cashmere blend into a pink, maroon, purple, blue gradient. It's such a meditative and creative process to use our brains and our hands to orchestrate the look we want. And it brings so much joy from picking out the fiber to testing and spinning and then knitting it up! Then wearing the product of all that loving focus or gifting it to someone special! Thank you for your great videos.

You are the color whisperer!!!:)

So cool! Finally catching up on your videos. My tour de fleece was a bit of a tour de flop, but hey I got one skein of yarn, so no complaints:)!

Ohmygosh - beautiful!!!

That is gorgeous!!!