In Which the Pirate Cards More.

In my last installment of “As The Carder Turns” I was wondering how heavy I could make a batt, and the answer is 70 g (just under 2.5 ounces) of Corriedale. I really packed it on, and I’m really pleased with how it looks – even if my camera really has trouble accurately capturing pinks and purples.

“Wouldn’t it be neat, though,” I said to myself, “if I split this in half and carded a good amount of silk into it?” So I did, at least for one of the halves.

Of course, sending it through the carder several more times with a bunch of white silk muted and homogenized the colours. The next “wouldn’t it be neat, though…” is spinning each one and then plying them together!