Rambouillet processing

Anne has been working hard on the picking, washing, flicking of the Rambouillet wooland with a little bit of carding we are now starting to see some results.  The original raw wool is reduced by about half through the full process - removal of really dirty/short/matted locks, then when flicking the discarded wool - both add up to quite a bit, but the remaining wool is very nice.  I found that with the Ashford drum carder I can run it through a couple of times to get a smooth batt - keeping it down to small 1oz or less (more starts to come off the card and tangle as it goes under the brush.  I'm sure this is related to the fine nature of the Rambouillet wool - and really I should be using a carder with finer teeth, but don't have that luxury.

Ready for a carding session.

I'll deliver the first batch of carded fiber at the Christmas guild meeting next weekend.