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Crafts

shanti

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5. Not an electric one

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 05:09 PM

Apr 2019

but I do have an Ashford drum carder. Before my CMC arthritis (non-dominant thumb), I used to knit, spin, weave, all of that, but it's just too painful now.

I used to purchase raw wool to spin, which is why I bought the carder. My wheel is a Kromski Sonata and I was taught by an 80 year old woman who still kept her own Shetland sheep in the Nor Cal foothills. I'm kind of a person who is mostly self-taught, but I really needed a teacher to spin properly. I've spun lots of different material, but never dog hair, although I've heard it can be done. Have you thought of combining the dog hair with something else to extend it?

Hope you find someone to spin for you at a reasonable price!

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I'm looking for spinners. Does anybody have an electric carding [View all] sinkingfeeling Mar 2019 OP

Are you on Ravelry? Stargazer09 Mar 2019 #1

I wish I could find someone to card wool I've purchased for needlefelting eleny Mar 2019 #2

I have a set of antique paddles and have been playing with it a sinkingfeeling Mar 2019 #3

Me too! eleny Mar 2019 #4

Not an electric one shanti Apr 2019 #5

I'm like you. Taught myself to knit and crochet and paint and quilt, etc. sinkingfeeling Apr 2019 #6