Our Mill ( OUTSIDE )
Storage Racks for Incoming Fiber
Drying Racks for Washed Fiber, the washed fiber stays here for 24 hours. Then it can be processed.
Drum Carding Area, This is where I turn fiber into Bumps/Clouds/Rovings or Batts for Felting....
Bumps or Clouds
A Batt of Fiber
OUR FIBER STORAGE AREA. We have another storage area in our garage.
Yarn that has been spun, waiting to be plyed and put on a skein.
A Roving
Our Mini Fiber Mill
Locals are calling it
THE MILL!
The fiber sorting area. Here we shake out the small VM and pick out the large VM.
VM means ( vegetable matter.
Our Mill ( INSIDE )
Fiber being spun on the fly wheel
THE SPINNING AREA
I spin fiber using the Ashford Traditional Wheel and The Louet S10 Wheel.
The Drum Carder, The Strauch Finest 405 is a great machine.Batts produced are 2 feet long by 9 inches wide. Rovings are placed in a fiber bag. Batts for Felting are placed in long white boxes. The Bumps or Clouds are carded and rolled onto a cardboard roll.
THE DRUM CARDING AREA
Fiber being spun on the fly wheel
A bump of fiber
A cloud or a roving of
fiber
A batt of fiber
OUR YARN STORAGE AREA
OUR SIGNATURE GARMENTS
OUR WEAVING LOOM AREA
OUR FELTING AREA for felt purses and felt hats.
OUR CRAFT AREA
