Playing around with the drum carder

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Alpaca and silk blend yarn, 15-16 WPI, 27g, 93 yards.

Last weekend I played with the new drum carder a bit.

Back in the summer we purchased a bit of white alpaca from a member of our spinning guild. We’ve washed about half of it already in small mesh laundry bags, getting maybe 50 – 60 grams per bag.

When we got it we noticed that the tips were pretty muddy and glued together. We hoped that this would come out in the wash.

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