My latest personal project is the wet felting of some chair pads, or a runner for my dresser, haven't exactly decided yet. To complete this project I will need lots, and lots, of wool. Sooooooo, I dug through my stash and pulled out my washed Navajo Churro fleece, which looked like this before washing.
I spent about two weeks picking the washed locks apart by hand and taking out any large clumps of kemp (rough hairy fibers found in primitive breeds). Once I had a bunch of fluffy wuffy wooly, I carded it on my drum carder.
I carded, and carded, and carded some more. In fact, having never carded an entire (pretty much - saved a few pieces for needle felting a cute long haired doggie) fleece before I was amazed at the volume of batts I could make! Here's a vid of the carder in action.
The best results are had by adding a small amount of fleece at a time. Once carded the batts are carefully removed. All told, I carded 15 huge batts! They made a Navajo Churro mountain, and when I laid them out on my 8 foot work table they carpeted it two layers deep. ")
See?
Maybe I will be able to make my chair pads and a runner after all. Oooooohhhh, all the buttery goodness! But first, a lion. ROAR!
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