Baby Camel and Silk

Not too long after I got my drum carder Deb, I thought I’d try some baby camel and some tussah silk.

I first dyed some of the camel with some browns.

I loaded the feed tray with dyed and undyed camel.

As I cranked the handle, I found myself humming that song from the Byrd’s.

I alternated loading the feed tray with camel and tussah silk.

Since the baby camel and silk are fine/light fibers it really helps to use a burnishing tool on the drum to push the fibers down the teeth after each layer.  I didn’t purchase the burnishing tool for my drum carder, it was an additional $55.  What I decided to do was try what Twosheep’s does.  She uses a wallpaper brush to burnish the drum.

But when I went to my local hardware store to get one, they were all out of wallpaper brushes.  I looked around since they have other brushes and this is what I came home with.

“Scotty” what I decided to call the brush (originally designed to brush table crumbs) works great and all for $6.

Here’s the batt off the drum.

Think light, fluffy and airey… and soooft.

I then spun and plied it. (3 ply)

I’m thinking a “smoke ring”, but I don’t have a specific pattern picked out yet.