JUMPING AROUND AND CARDING

I'm jumping around a bit here. I haven't finished the hat that I started in the previous blog post, some two weeks ago. Instead, I've been carding a lot of wool, anticipating future feltmaking efforts. It's a necessary task but I do wonder if I could have done this carding a lot earlier in the year, or if it's a procrastinatory tactic when I really should be making felt and refining some skills. Knowing when to appropriately prioritize tasks is  time management skill I will probably need improving on forever. But anyway, carding wool....

I carded a LOT of the alpaca that I have because it's so easy to card...

Alpaca doesn't have lanolin, so a fleece can be dusty but it won't be greasy.

The staple length is short.

Alpaca fleece goes through the carder easily. Carding alpaca fleece is much faster than carding sheep wool, because there's no lanolin to weigh down the fibers.