From an 80 year old woolspinner to a couple of youngsters!! You are so well matched. Both crafter's. Both interested in craft enough, to use each others achievements to please one another. I was not as lucky. Brilliant job. All you need do now is to find a short plank of wood a Bicycle wheel and you're half way to a spinning wheel.

Amazing job. It brings beautiful memories of my mother carding and spinning wool back in the 40's in Greece. My father, being a jack of all trades, built all her equipment. Of course, they were as perfect as yours (tools were primitive) but between all this my mother dressed the whole family. Thanks!!!!....

@sameerlaskar7304

2 жыл бұрын

8À উ

@Momo_Kawashima

Жыл бұрын

My great-grandpa also remembered visiting Greece in the 1940s. Said he preferred staying in Italy tho

@SHIVAMYadav-pw5uz

9 ай бұрын

How old r u sir

Lovely machine, beautifully made. Sitting here watching with my wife - now she wants one. Just made the loom so this is the next project. Thanks .

I am a yarn spinner, knitter, weaver, and bobbin lace maker and have to say that drum carded is a thing of beauty. They are so expensive to buy, I paid close to $400 US for mine. It’s not very big either. You are absolutely talented and skilled. I stumbled on your channel a week ago and have been going back to the first video forward. I seen the carder and had to watch now! I am a textile and natural fiber addict. 😂 small suggestion, finger pick the wool apart a bit more before feeding the carder with it, and little bits at a time. It will card it a bit smoother. I usually run each batt 2-3 times before spinning. Watching from southern Oregon, USA Thank you for sharing your skills and building journey with us. I appreciate the content.

@kristiecox7350

2 жыл бұрын

Ha, I just found this today and am from Outskirts of P town. Nice to see a fellow Oregonian interested in the same things. ☺️

@janaprocella8268

2 жыл бұрын

Making "To its"...round tuits ..... As they say I'll do it when I get around to it....!

@janaprocella8268

2 жыл бұрын

@@kristiecox7350 Did he say he was in Oregon ?? That's state that I love to be in..2 Planning to get back there...

@kristiecox7350

2 жыл бұрын

@@janaprocella8268 no, he’s not in Oregon. The lady I made a comment to is. I wouldn’t come to Oregon now a days, it’s a shit show.

@fishfire_2999

2 жыл бұрын

Oohh a yarn spinner so cool .

This vlog keeps on popping up and every time I see it I think it's brilliant 💯

I have no use for a drum carder but this was so fascinating that I watched to the end. In fact, I didn't know what drum carder was until now. beautiful build. Thank you for sharing.

@RodrigoAlves-pz1si

2 жыл бұрын

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@clearlake3492

2 жыл бұрын

Sandi Devon Like you, I had never heard of a drum carder before watching this video. Maybe that's why Kris has got 8 million views for it - 99% from people who were wondering 'What the hell is a drum carder?...:

@davidcook5994

2 жыл бұрын

Me top

@jaimeflancia6337

2 жыл бұрын

L

@BroughtToYouByDDean

2 жыл бұрын

Same..curiosity got the best of us and his fine work kept us around!

Wonderful! I am a spinner, so I can appreciate all the work which goes into the tool you created. She is fortunate to be the recipiant of such a beautiful gift!Thank you!

The finishing of the product shows how much u love her and ur work.

@jupitercyclops6521

2 жыл бұрын

Finally! A machine to make use of all the hair in my drain

I love it! I loved watching how she spins the wool. It reminded me of my ancestors from Romania; my childhood was fascinating because of the archaic way of life.

@jolantakubicka9603

2 жыл бұрын

maybe we`ll go back to live in greater harmony with nature

@redrumax

2 жыл бұрын

Bunica mea torcea lina.

@jeroenverbeeck7925

2 жыл бұрын

Archaic way of live seems to be the way of the future as well. If we want to keep this planet spinning..

3 weeks work, well done. Great editing, really builds up the curiosity and it definitely works for your audience, seeing the view figures. Great stuff.

Your ingenuity is amazing. Beautiful craftsmanship in all you do. She is blessed to have you. Will be neat to see what she makes for you out of it. 😊

I'm pea green with envy! My jaw literally dropped when I saw this! It's one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen! You're so thoughtful, talented, and creative! 😊😊😊😊😊

@hellybelle5

2 жыл бұрын

Could you lovely Dot be any more gorgeous?! You're both so perfect together! 🥰🥰🥰🥰 I thought she had a spinning wheel (I saw one last year, for dirt cheap in a second hand shop, but my husband wasn't going for it 😂) but then I was delighted to find she has a small one ❤️ I bought one, and some wool that had been carded, but not spun 😊 Does she do tutorials?

@itx_1925

2 жыл бұрын

@@hellybelle5l

@biomorphic

Жыл бұрын

It's clear what the machine does, but what those hair are used for? At the end of the video the girl spins the hair, what for?

@hellybelle5

Жыл бұрын

@@biomorphic she's spinning it into wool, or woollen yarn 🥰

I work in a cotton yarn spinning mill. We have modern cotton cards, each one can produce as much as 300 lbs. of carded cotton in one hour. Excellent job. I imagine the guys in the card room would greatly admire your work.

@carloscaballero7185

2 жыл бұрын

u7u d

This was super awesome, I really appreciate you taking the time to document, edit, and upload your journey. Your integration of older technology into modern day society.

I'm quite excited to see so many people making videos of the old ways for the trades, as well as all the self taught electrical engineers posting their work. I see a nice cohesion. In our future.

@Tom-hz9oc

2 жыл бұрын

I’d like to see more people teaching their kids these skills like my dad did, and I did later for my boys (lol, they’re now 29 & 32).

@jaymethodus3421

2 жыл бұрын

When we have to rebuild society from scratch lol

@bashkillszombies

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tom-hz9oc I'd like to see more Europeans HAVING kids, but we seem to have as many single men as China does after not having any daughters for 80 years.

@mackk123

2 жыл бұрын

the new form of tyranny is to claim that farmland causes too many emissions and pollution therefore they need to house refugees under the guise of climate change. never forget the HOLODOMOR when jweish bolsheviks killed tens of millions of ukranians in the early 1930's with a man-induced famine.

I want one of those too, that carder is so cool, it would make my life/hobby so much easier! Letting go instead of pulling at the fiber when you feed it in, will make the process much smoother, it will not get atached to the smaller drum... And processing it twice or even three times sounds pretty normal to me! Next you will have to build an E-Spinner....

I am so very proud to see that you all are still doing this by hand. Today machines do this in huge factories. You do beautiful work. I love seeing her spinning the wool by hand. Thank you so much for sharing your gifts with us.

I have never seen anything more wholesome in my life. Amazing job Kris!

@jordan9415

2 жыл бұрын

Watch when he made the harp, that’s just as if not even more wholesome :)

Kris, I swear it was your ancestor that invented and made the first wheel. You are a craftsman indeed.

I would LOVE it if I had my significant other made this for me. Drum carders are expensive, but so much a luxury when it comes to carding wool! 9carding by Gand takes so much more time and elbow grease). I would cherish it all the more if it was designed and made for me. So thoughtful of you! Excellent work!

Thanks so much for videoing this process kris I so appreciate being able to see the build and what went into it!

Dot, as you get better you'll find your yarn gets less "slubby", eventually you get to where you're making a nice, consistently sized thread, and you'll discover that people like the slubby stuff because it "looks" handmade, and you will have to work hard to get back to being able to make it that way. ;) I haven't used a drop spindle in a long time but it's a great skill to have. Congrats on the nice drum carder.

@CF-rl8mz

3 жыл бұрын

So true. Sometimes my handspun is too perfect. Once you learn good technique, it’s so hard to allow those slubs to spin into the yarn. Imperfection actually requires a great amount of restraint!

@sarahdeason493

2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating ❣

What a nice gift! Very special and made with love. A drum carder is a special tool for any spinner to have. It’s a treat. I hope she enjoys it for many many years.

As a dedicated spinner, knitter, crocheter I can definitely say that you have one very special and lucky lady. I would love, love, love to have one of these. Consider making her a spinning wheel ;-) she'll love it!

I need to get this off my chest ... THAT IS REALLY THE MOST CRAFTSMANSHIP, DECORATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL THING I HAVE EVER SEEN. AMAZING. CONGRATULATIONS. 👍👍👍👍👍

@vyacheslavelizarov3069

3 жыл бұрын

Перевод

Very nicely done. It has an old world look and will become even more so as time progresses. It was thoughtful of you to make it and I'm sure your mate is impressed and appreciative.

WOW, that is truly fantastic! All during the video I had no idea what this was going to be (I'm Dutch and 'drum carder' didn't ring any bells), which made the whole process even more fascinating and mysterious. Brilliant job!

@thomassmith6344

2 жыл бұрын

Hello gydjulind

So calm and relaxed, nearly therapeutic. Your skill amazes me. Keep at it.

Dear Kris Harbour. 👍👌👏 Extremely well done, Sir! Lost your channel a long time ago and I'm delighted to have it back now. I subscribed instantly again and can hardly wait to watch all the videos you made till the roundhouse was finished. Thanks a lot for making teaching recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck health and wisdom.

As a hand-spinner, the fact that you made this for your girlfriend speaks volumes and is wonderful. Thanks for sharing your continued work.

@manongiguere6776

3 жыл бұрын

Chartreuse poure laine de moutton

@cucpham4436

3 жыл бұрын

CD CDCD0

Wow you are amazing! I watched spellbound. The planning and imagination alone to make that. You are very skilled and what a useful wonderful gift perhaps youll get a handknitted real wool sweater ❤️📦

BEAUTIFUL piece of workmanship with the wood!! Blowtorch trick really brought out the grain, too.

Another awesome, inspiring video Kris. Nice work on the carder. If Dot gets an old metal piping tip (like an icing piping tip) and splits the batt into strips and passes it through the tip it'll make continuous roving which is easier to load onto the drop spindle. Splitting the batt directly onto the spindle, like Dot was doing, requires an incredible amount of co-ordination (and a heck of a lot more thumbs and fingers) more than I can manage!

Lucky woman Dot. Always amazed at what people can do with raw materials.

Your girlfriend is blessed to have you and sharing in your amazing life!! So talented and your work is awesome!!!

Nice work! My grandpa made a carding machine for my grandma, it looked a lot the same. We granddaughters would help grandma make woolen comforters for everyone in the family who wanted one! Great memories and thankful we were taught the skills. Grandma always had a sharp scissors close by to smartly cut it off the drum, making a neat bat of wool! God bless you all!

You sir are totally awesome. 👏 If I was her I would've been praising you to the very skies, mate. 🌈 And now you can easily make yarn from pet hair too. Good on you both for keeping homesteading skills, old ways & arts, & analog wisdom alive 💕 (Who are the ones who thumbed down on this, and why, I wonder 🤔😕)

Cool vid Chris. If she knits or crochets something with the yarn give us a show. This video would do well in the fiber community.

@Makapida

4 жыл бұрын

She must be spinning... lots of wool in Wales, including a couple of amazing old sheep breeds!

@harrynut3044

4 жыл бұрын

there's a "fiber community" ?

@nerdy1701

4 жыл бұрын

@@harrynut3044 oh yeah! Because of beauty of the internet there is a community for just about anything.

@TrickleCreekFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, in the fiber community and this popped up in my feed! Excellent Craftsmanship! My son is also a woodworker and this is on his list of future projects, along with a spinning wheel. He already does drop spindles, turkish spindles, crochet hooks, he's done standing looms, custom reed holder, shawl pins, orifice hooks, etc. -yep there is a LONG list. It started with a wool picker for me at 13 years old. Along with the fiber community is the sewing/quilting community - he's dabbled there too! So many potentials...keep this in mind, all. So many of these former woodworkers have retired and there are standing years long waiting lists for a LOT of work in arenas that just haven't been tapped! Check it out!

@iliragolli4949

4 жыл бұрын

@@TrickleCreekFarmokoj

Innovative! Well crafted! I can see that she really appreciates and that's wonderful because let's pretty much one of the nicest things I've ever seen someone give someone else for a gift. Handmade. Really does come the wool out nicely.

Very cool ! And a great gift that should last a lifetime. Well done and thank you for sharing. Peace people

Vi este vídeo sin estar realmente interesado en el cardado de la lana, pero me quedé viéndolo de principio a fin porque resulta muy relajante observar cómo se va haciendo el trabajo y cómo se va dando forma a la lana. Me ha parecido muy interesante, un artilugio muy ingenioso y sobre todo me han encantado las imágenes del final y esa asombrosa cabaña. Ese modo de vida ha de ser realmente maravilloso. Muchas gracias por el vídeo y por mostrar tan bellas imágenes.

Dot and Kris what an amazing match. Many blessings. This is beautiful

Incredible skill and knowledge and you have all the right tools and materials. Fascinating to watch build a drum carder.

Thats awesome. Well done. I want on for my crafting room now. My only caveat is a freely spinning handle to turn it with. Much easier on your wrist.

Spinning wheel next then eh! What a joy to watch. Thanks. xx

In the 72 years I've been on this rock we call Earth. I never had the desire to know what a drum carder was. That is until tonight. Very cool.

@subliutenant

4 жыл бұрын

Me too John P. Been here 70 years and never heard of them till now! This Guy is extremely talented!!

@jackpshannonsr.1838

4 жыл бұрын

@@subliutenant Whyy, Yess, Yes He Is,, 🤘😎

@roncooper8666

4 жыл бұрын

In my 73 years, I had never even heard of a _Drum Carder._ Sadly, tomorrow I will awaken having forgotten that I watched this video and have no recollection of... _???_ ...what was I talking about?

@jeanmeslier9491

4 жыл бұрын

Sheesh, kids now days. Ok, ok, I'm only 80 but that was too good to pass up. I remember my Grandmother carding cotton my hand.

@mcfilthymcnasty8206

4 жыл бұрын

@@roncooper8666 I'm older yet and don't give a fat fuck.

Nice!! .. I remember my mom bought one (decades ago) and although I don't remember the price I remember it being very expensive! ... GREAT project!

Wow! This my first time watching this video! You are excellent boyfriends with a caring heart for your future wife, that is awesome! I will be looking forward to some more of your handy man wood work! That so nice! And I can see she really like it too! Awwww 🥰 that’s a gift is made from your hands and heart! ❤️ Awesome!! 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

From the moment you reached for the hand plane, I knew it would be a labor of 💘. Well done sir !!!

What A wonderful way to say,I love You! She is surely worth your time you spent.Your attention to detail shows.

@hermineqocharyan3928

4 жыл бұрын

1h

I think this is a great thing to do for your GF, I'm not that good with my hands but I had access to tools so I made a cantilever sewing box for mine a few years ago, and it got me into using tools, I've not had a chance for a couple of years but hopingly I may be able to get going again very soon.

Excellent. Looks like great felting wool once carded

Just a little detail: if you made a groove in metal band (right in the middle of it) it would help when removing the bat. Ypu should also make the tool for that, a L shaped pointed metal (not flexible) rod (like a bent scewdriver) and a perpendicular wood handle. Essential... slide in the groove and pull apart just there. YOu can also add a packing brush on top of the big roll.... What a beautiful present!!!!

That's an amazing little machine you made there ,it does a fairly sufficient job of carding that wool , great job sir ,happy spinning mame

Beautiful workmanship! Thank you for sharing!

What an awesome gift! So thoughtful!

Oh my God! That was my idea! I thought so, too. It's perfect. Thank you..

You're gonna have to make Dot a workshop soon, if this continues... shes gonna need a place for all the awesome stuff you make her. And she will give you many good things in return.

@nickprice235

4 жыл бұрын

he'll be building another for himself more like , my wife took over my workshop now ive got one area in there just for me as soon as i move her belongs out of it hahahaha

@CMCrockett

4 жыл бұрын

@@nickprice235 He's building himself a new "shed" right now.

Your workmanship skills are amazing.

That was AWSOME!! Beautiful work. I being a DIY'er, and really appreciated all the little touches and hard work you put into this project. Next revision, water powered?

I was transfixed with the first part of the video. No music or voice over was so different and I was just so focused on watching it all come together. I am very impressed.

@JDTeam

4 жыл бұрын

if you enjoyed this i would recommend JohnnyQ90 to you he makes a lot of cool stuff

Your girlfriend must be happy and proud of you,alot of skills and your way of life is incredible

@chippendale888

4 жыл бұрын

Alot? Come on? Third grade spelling. Good Lord!

@Gunface08

4 жыл бұрын

@@chippendale888 Mean people suck.

@Bannimann2

4 жыл бұрын

@@chippendale888 You DO know not everybody's native language is English.... right?

@kipdennis3796

4 жыл бұрын

@singlbade English is my fourth language i just learned it few years ago,furthermore writing fluent English doesn't mean you're intelligent

@charlespatterson8412

4 жыл бұрын

@@kipdennis3796 What's REALLY funny? Sling is wrong...

Kris, you are just the most amazing craftsman!

I was happy with making my own peg loom and utilizing my recent gift purchase of 13 fleeces of raw wool (from my husband - I wanted to learn the all the processes of wool/yarn... from start to finish, scouring dying & making fibre art.) At the back of my mind and on a very distant wish list I had made a mental note of getting myself a spinning wheel....one day - They're so expensive and so many made with such cheap materials (plastics) To my surprise...my husband is now in the process of designing me my dream of owning an humongous Indianhead (or Salish/Cowichan) spinning wheel and is also devising an onboard autowinder for its bobbins - I'm an artist he is an engineer - like you and your wife we too are a perfect match in compatibility. Happy Makings to you both

You are amazing? Born to do what you do! Love it there. Wish I was there.

@ahmadsaid3009

2 жыл бұрын

WbiGj

Now that was pretty cool. Haven't seen one of them in long while. When I seen the piture was curious had to stop to see. Well loved it big thumbs up. God bless

Good job guys, I like it. God bless you both. I'm watching you from Guatemala city.

I'm amazed at how many people (me included) don't really have any idea how common things (shirts, nails, etc) were created 200 years ago. In the modern age we buy stuff that comes out of a box - that's the extent of our knowledge. Thanks for showing us this.

Absolutely wonderful, a VERY nice thing to do. Proud of you both.

Excellent design and beautifully made; a perfect gift. Your skills never cease to amaze me. Thanks for sharing this lovely video. Best wishes

I'm pea green with envy! My jaw literally dropped when I saw this! It's one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen! You're so thoughtful, talented, and creative!

Such an artisan. Keeping the craft alive of quality beautiful & useful treasures. Imagine having something that beautiful made especially for you.

Dude this was awesome! Had no idea what you were building until the end, but I love a good woodworking video - We could make you an honorary Canadian with those dinner jackets your wearing. Keep it up bud!

I served my time as a carding engineer for 7 years working on Chadwick carding machines loved it every day

would love to see more of Dot's process for the wool!

Great job, both you two! Thank you for sharing the amazing video ! 😊💞

They're using youtube to post this too, so they are not back lagging like someone thinks! They have both technologies and skills . Congratulations to both of you, well done man!

@user-zf2gc9ee6u

3 жыл бұрын

🎆

I love this video. I love how Kris loves Dot. I'm a tad jealous, honestly. LOL! Best wishes to you both ❤

The lady was gorgeous and cool. I liked her as she was happy with the beautiful machine. LIked your video.

You both have relaxing voices I feel like y'all are the most easy going people

@macariotinta2849

3 жыл бұрын

Puedes aser maquina para pelar no pales y gual aesa que isiste

Very nice, initially thought this might be for felting, have an artist friend who works in that media and makes awesome stuff, uses some locally sourced plants etc for dyes on some of her products. Am sure Dot is going to have fun playing with it.

@lisacastano1064

4 жыл бұрын

It can be used for either spinning or felting

Really enjoyable to watch. Didn't know what a drum carder was before this... Thought it was a musical instrument from the thumb. We live and learn. 😉

That is a piece of art that works, really cool. I like your use of old school tools and modern power tools.

Now I know what "carding" is! Brilliant little machine! So pleased it worked after all that effort! Next project : a spinning wheel!

That’s was awesome brother. No idea what this was but being a woodworker I was intrigued. Beautiful partnership with you and your lady.

From Brazil what a beautiful job friend congratulations👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@viniciogaibor8746

3 жыл бұрын

Bien.

Awww, that's such a sweet and generous present, made and given from the heart. I wouldn't be surprised if we see a spinning wheel making video sometime in the future! 😉

A most amazing talent you have! Just beautiful work and function. Enjoy all your videos. Thank you for sharing your projects and this wonderful life you have created with us. Greetings from Southern California, USA.

Fascinating to watch .. Your craftsmanship is amazing .. I am new to your channel and a new subscriber and I will be binge watching your videos as I know I will find anything you do and all your teachings to be amazing and spectacularly educational ..

@thomassmith6344

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Sarah

What a sweet guy. Who's lucky? He deserves a workshop upgrade with lots of storage things on the wall as a gift.

Wow!!! What a clever man you are...and what a lucky lady Dot is ....much love to you both ❤️❤️

BRAVO! GOOD JOB, MIGHTIE FINE INDEED BUDDY!!! I AM A WOOD worker for nearly 60 YEARS AND HAVE SEEN SOME PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE MAKING A BEAUTIFUL THING AND IN REALITY IT WAS GLUED AND SCREWED CAMPFIRE MAKINGS! ON THE OTHER HAND YOUR INSTRUMENT IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT,EASY TO MAKE AND OPERATE! AND IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO MILLIONS THAT STILL DO THINGS BY HAND ! BRAVO!! BRAVO!! BRAVO!

Love the video! You’re a real craftsman........ I also got something else from the video, right toward the end. I hadn’t realised that, when you’re in your house, you can hear the stream that’s running your generator. How relaxing is that! I’d sleep with the door open just so I could keep hearing it

Aww that's so cute. I so want to make one! "and it actually works" ☺ "that should keep you quiet for a bit" 😂

@Rancherinaz

2 жыл бұрын

😂😆😂😆☝️☝☝😂😂😆😂

Omy I was wondering how to make a thing that helps me with brushing wool for crafts... And your video just save my life man. Congratulations!

Looks like my vacuum cleaner wheel, with all the long hair around here! It is sooo cool! Thanks

@thomassmith6344

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Maryann

Hi Chris, lovely to see you working with wood again, and a great piece of wood work too, be amazing if you could make Dot a spinning wheel later, drop spindles are amazing i would love to spin wool but allergic to all sorts,

A man of many talents, good at them all.

Lucky, lucky girlfriend. And talented boyfriend! As a hand spinner I would love a drum carder. And fits in perfectly with your off-grid lifestyle. Just discovered your videos. Very cool!

This young man is genius!!! Master builder!!! I enjoyed watching him work to create this gift for his better half 😆😆😆just kidding! Thank you for sharing how this was made!!!! Your fantastic!!!