A lovely lunch break surprise, much better than putting my kitchen back in order after I've torn it all apart scrubbing everything. 😉 Snuggles is a lovely fleece, yes it was informative, and also ASMR at the same time. lol

@stitchesandstarlight

6 ай бұрын

I’m so glad! I also avoided chores to make this video so you’re in good company.

Wool to gold mentioned you on his podcast and I'm so glad!

Those skeins are like money in the bank!! I'm working on not over twisting my chain ply and meanwhile lusting after that Perendale! You are frisky noodle!!

Sooo much helpful information, Tazhi. Thank you! I appreciate you sharing your knowledge and experience!

Thanks for sharing your sheep and spinning knowledge with us. I needed squish vision for this episode.

this makes me want the motorized carder so much mooooore~ Beautiful~ I have no words!

@stitchesandstarlight

6 ай бұрын

The motorized carder is a whole treat, ngl. It just makes the whole process that much more enjoyable.

Omg that Perendale fleece is to die for. I love the mixture of light and dark hairs. I can appreciate the work that you put into the Merino fleece... I have been spinning some blended merino batts that my daughter made (her first blends on a drum carder) to make a 3-ply DK weight. It makes lovely, nubby yarn, but it turns out to be quite difficult to draft, so I can only spin a little bit of it at a time. I had a much easier time with combed merino top. texture will end up looking very much like yours, which I like, but it is a blend of orange, white and yellow, so the colour will look like peaches and cream. I liked seeing how you card, it is very interesting.

What a FUN video I enjoyed it and you immensely!! See you soon!! ❤

Love the format! So much fun learning how the different types of fleece turned out. Looking forward to seeing what you do with all of those beautiful fibers!

Wow, that is such a great video, especially for those who are new to using a drum carder. I just got one over the Christmas holidays and was struggling to take the batt off - you see in other videos where people just grab the batt and it all comes off beautifully - not in my case. I will try to use my fingers like you and roll the batt gently off. Thanks for this. You have a great show here and I appreciate the time and effort you put into creating these videos for us! Thanks Tazhi.

Loved this so much! Just scoured my first fleece this weekend so this was perfect timing to watch part of your process. Also super impressed with how much you scoured in a week! 👏🏽

This is perfection, thank you for sharing!

Such a fascinating episode!! I imagine it took a lot of effort so thank you.

Spinner here and I loved this episode.

Terrific show today, Tashi! Thank you my friend

The BEST episode that you’ve done!!! Fantastic!!

😊😅you are my kind of fleece hoarder , I have 8 fleeces in garage and 10 in spare bedroom

This was a delight as always! I reallly reallly want a drum carder omg.

This was super fun, although you're contributing to MY…erm…fleece problem! I just had to go look up Nistock Farms and drool a bit, but NO! I am firm in my resolve to get all my fleeces scoured before any more are aquired. (I've actually been scouring a portion of super soft Rambouillet while watching this video.) So exciting to see Greene County Wool represented! I got to pick out a fleece in person last spring. I remember Charles' fleece--I was sorely tempted, but in the end I went for Athena, a dark grey. (I'm a little disappointed that the brown tips wound up diluting the grey into more of a taupe color, but I sure can't complain about the bounce! This is the first time I've ever had a fleece spring back like a sponge even while fully saturated with water when I took it out of the scour. If I ever need to do some bunjee jumping…) Your fleece-washing and sampling feats are an inspiration! There's no way I could get 20 lbs washed in a week with my setup, but I'm inspired to get a couple of pounds of this Rambouillet lamb done tomorrow. (This stuff felts at the slightest glance, so I've been taking it in very small batches.)

I have to remember some of this for when I finally borrow a drum carder to deal with some fleece I have. I hand carded some of it but it takes so long!

I LOVE all the natural colors of wool! And I really enjoy watching the carding process. I think a drum carder might be in my future sometime..

@stitchesandstarlight

6 ай бұрын

I really love mine I started with a small basic hand crank one and I processed three fleeces on that one before purchasing this one.

It was fun to watch the bat making process. Thanks for sharing! If you ever decide to do something like this in the future, I think you can see what is on your iphone camera from your apple watch, so you can double check your framing. :)

Very enjoyable watch.

Thank you for sharing part of your process with us! Just last week I pulled out my little drum carder for the first time and played around with making little 20g batts (louet jr doesn’t hold much 😂). My first fleece is a little 1.5lb mystery fleece that I suspect may be Corriedale but could be completely wrong about. But the sample spin I did with it turned out incredibly fun and bouncy~ The next time time I’m at the carder, I’m going to be trying some of your steps and see how this mystery fleece wants to cooperate. I loved watching your showcase of yarns and seeing how each breed spins up. We often hear that a fleece behaves a certain way, but seeing different examples side by side really makes it evident.

@stitchesandstarlight

6 ай бұрын

I’m so glad it inspired you and hopefully some of the tips I shared helps in your own making.

Forbidden noodles is my new favorite. 🐑🍜

@stitchesandstarlight

6 ай бұрын

Hahaha mine too 😂😂😂

Really, really, really enjoyed “In the Workshop”!! so much fun. Thank you!!!!

@stitchesandstarlight

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching! I’m so glad you enjoyed it.

of all the kinds of wool nattering (not sure how that is spelled!) the fleece to skein aspect is by far the most fun in my book.

@stitchesandstarlight

6 ай бұрын

Same! It’s the one thing I can go on and on about and never get bored - wool is just really cool like that.

I just like to watch you ramble, also I've been looking for an opportunity to say 'get your life'😄

Thank you for showing your process for drum carding! My wrists are tired of carding fleece on hand cards. Considering getting an electric or manual carder and seeing you slo mo your electric carder was amazing! Your fleece, bats & yarn is inspiring. Makes me want to go knit

@stitchesandstarlight

6 ай бұрын

I started carding on a small manual carder - it’s the basic Brother model and I still use it for smaller samples and to test some stuff out. They’re more accessible and affordable than electric carders and have a myriad of carding cloth options.

@BikeWaltham

6 ай бұрын

@@stitchesandstarlight thank you 🙂very helpful

This was super interesting! And your knowledge is impressive. Bravo!

@stitchesandstarlight

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! A lot of it just experiential and experimental but that’s my favorite way to learn.

Love your teaching method. Straightforward, honest, so helpfully informative. Thank you

So inspiring!

Loved this sooooo much!!

You are inspiring!! Loved watching you make a batt - always good to see how others do it😊 Your work is beautiful…and it’s clear that it’s your joy! 🥰

@stitchesandstarlight

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I know I say this pretty often but wool really does help me hold it all together and it’s a real joy to be able to share that with everyone.

Fiber joy and wool chaos. Pretty much sums up my life. Thank you for sharing your processes!

I just love your videos. This was so fun to watch and so informative. I plan to keep an eye on your shop for some of those beautiful batts! 😊

@stitchesandstarlight

6 ай бұрын

I’m so glad you enjoyed it! I will be sure to post some sort of notice before the shop is open again.

loved this style vid from u xxx

My brain has been subpar lately, but when I pulled out my wheel and spun it made me feel a lot better. I'm glad that your spinning brought joy to you as well!

Oh, that was amazing...the knitty knotty comparison w/ icelandic and the bouncy one! Wool is so cool!

"Frisky bits" and "forbidden noodles"....this is the best! So interesting to see your process. I just posted earlier today on the WnS Slack channel, kind of freaking out because my first long wool spin was so dense. I should have just watched this first 😛 Hope to see more from the workshop!

@StarfireReborn

6 ай бұрын

The Good Thing About Spinning Is You Keep Getting More Chances To Do It Better. 👌

@stitchesandstarlight

6 ай бұрын

I don’t think I realized how often I said strange things until I watch these podcasts back. Just adding it to the tazhi lexicon I guess.

LOVE THIS! Knitter, not spinner here, and I love that you just taught me so much about different fleeces and wools. It's so fascinating. ❤ Such a joyful, fun episode. And I could totally watch that carder go for hours.

You're videos are so good, so much fun and filled with the energy that helps me get motivated to work on my own Sanity String projects. When there is a new Tazhi Video, I absolutely cannot watch it without pulling out one of my WiPs and continuing it's progress, which my neuro-tasty brain needs. I have loved all of your content so far, and I'm ride or die with ya for whatever you want to produce! Thank you for all you do!

I was really excited to see you make a video like this. I love seeing other people's process and flow. Pretty jelly of your carder though, lol. Mine is manual and not as fine, but it gets the job done.

@stitchesandstarlight

6 ай бұрын

My first carder was a little manual brother - I still use it for smaller samples and to test blends when that urge hits me - and I processed 3 fleeces on it before I bought this larger one. It was slower going but like you say, it gets the job done.

Perfect video for rainy, late night knitting. Thanks!

Thank you so so much for this. I loved everything about it! I watched while spinning away on my fiber advent. Seeing the magic of the third pass was awesome. I’m itching to get my hands on my fiber. I’ve scoured half of the 4+ pounds of Cozette purchased from Roy Bob’s earlier this year. It’s such lovely fiber. You are so fun to watch and listen to!!!

I so enjoyed your workshop ! Great change up from a typical podcast! I always enjoy when you do you!

@stitchesandstarlight

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for saying so! This was much easier to make than a formal podcast so I think I’ll be including more of these going forward.

This is absolute woolly joy! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Honestly I like this format more than podcasts! That bat was absolutely beautiful @.@ and that silvery colour... Delicious Congrats on all the washing and sampling, don't break your back!

@stitchesandstarlight

6 ай бұрын

It was a lot of fun to make so I think I will be including more of this format going forward.

Perfect timing. I so needed this today. Love the color.

Love this episode!! I’m not a spinner but I have so much respect for this craft. I’ve been knitting for 30 years and not had the opportunity to try cbm - I will try to buy some of yours when the shop is open. Thank you for sharing❤

This was awesome to watch. Thanks for everything. 🎶💞🎶

Your energy is infectious! Loved this episode - keep doing what you love and sharing it in whatever format suits you. LOVE your samples. You always drop some lovely little nuggets of information when you share - like about long wool grist and elasticity and it is so interesting. I'm a new spindle spinner (just about 4 months) and you get me sooooo excited about making yarn. Thank you!!

@stitchesandstarlight

6 ай бұрын

Welcome to the spindlehood! Making yarn is exciting for the people who love it and I’m so glad the joy is catching.

Your videos really do make me feel like we are friends. I’m always waiting for more. Love this format. Loved your vlogs. Love your podcasts. So. Please. Do more of what brings you joy to make! I’m in for all of it (not that my opinion matters lol!)!

@stitchesandstarlight

6 ай бұрын

I’m so glad you enjoyed this new format - it was honestly a lot of fun to make and much lower impact that the formal podcast so I think I’ll be including them going forward.

Snuggles turned out gorgeous!

This was fantastic!! Thank you!

@stitchesandstarlight

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for giving this new format a go!

Loved the workshop vibe and all your sampling!

@stitchesandstarlight

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Loved this video! How large is a carder/how do you store it (and your spinning wheel) in an nyc apartment? I was in Astoria for 2 years in a 2 bedroom and I can’t imagine storage, and even now in our small home I cannot think of where I would keep things, but my home is overrun with toys and books and since I work from home my home office is full of a lot of work equipment. I always imagine these are things people keep in workspaces but you’ve clearly fit it in an apartment so it has to be doable.

My batt making workflow is really similar to yours! Except for the predrafting before feeding back on -- I'mma have to try that. Questions! 1) Do you always pull off in batts or do you ever diz? (Or rolag? CAN you even rolag off an 18" wide drum??) Or, what do you like to do to your batts before spinning? 2) Did you get new ink?? Your arm looks like it has one of those post-tattoo clear bandages on it, is why I ask.

@stitchesandstarlight

6 ай бұрын

I think dizzing roving off of this carder would take way too long to be enjoyable so I just pull it off in batts. I imagine I could pull off in rolags but I don’t have dowels long enough to do so and that’s what I will be looking into next - there’s a Clemes and Clemes tool called a batt lifter that I’m going to be trying to diy for my size of drum. Before spinning, I rip my batts length wise into strips, pre draft and then wind into little nests that I then store in a bowl. I pull a nest as I go, unwind and then spin. They store pretty easily if I don’t finish a batt in one sitting.

Loved this format! I learned so much, and hope you will share those skeins after they are washed. Maybe before/after photos! Hope you feel better soon ( I can relate, just getting over covid).

@stitchesandstarlight

6 ай бұрын

I’ll try to include after footage in the next workshop update - some of them bloomed beautifully in the washing.

Such a great video! My husband was listening from over my shoulder and he was so curious about processing fleeces that he immediately began Googling fiber festivals in our area so he can track down a fleece 😍

@stitchesandstarlight

2 ай бұрын

That is awesome! I'm a million weeks late but I hope you found something you enjoyed.

So your licker in looks full in your opinion, that’s how you roll with your carder? I would like to be less obsessive about material collecting on my licker in. Opinion?

@stitchesandstarlight

2 ай бұрын

Pretty much! I try not to care about things like that so I can spend my time and energy on the things that really matter like carding floof!

Do you do anything else to remove VM other than just the hand picking/fluffing you did here? I know the grease and a lot of the dirt gets removed during scouring, but that doesn't get out the VM.

@stitchesandstarlight

2 ай бұрын

If I have a very VM heavy fleece, I might flick the locks but typically picking is enough to wrangle with most of the VM.

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