FAQs
What is picking?
Our machine opens the locks of fiber for presentation to our carding machine. This does not remove vegetable matter. In opening up the locks, some VM may fall out. However, VM such as burr clover hangs on like Velcro and does not fall out. The term picking is referring to...
What about the dander or lice in my fleece?
Lice are sometimes seen in llama, mohair and alpaca. Dander or skin flakes similar to dandruff is occasionally seen in mohair goats and in the dual coat wool breeds like Shetland, Icelandic, and Karakul sheep. The good news about lice is they die when they loose their host so we...
How do I “skirt” my fleece?
Skirting is removing all of the undesirable pieces from your raw fleece. This would be matted or felted parts, dung tags, second cuts, coarser fibers, hoof trimmings, stickers, vegetable material and any foreign objects. Even purchased fleeces should be closely...
What about the stickers in my fleece?
Vegetable matter (VM) in your fleece is a controversial and much discussed topic. I cannot process fiber with too much VM contamination. Some of the VM will come out of the fiber during carding but it is just being deposited into my machines. It may take me 3 hours to...
How large are your batts?
I have a 42” card and the roller is 48” around so your batt will be 42” x 48” and as thick as 10” or as thin as 2”. Every wool rolls up differently so how “fluffy” your batt is will depend on your carded wool.