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| skirting the fiber--removing vegetative matter |
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| washing the fiber without agitation |
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| the Picker opens up fiber for further processing; this is alpaca being processed; an alpaca produces about 3 lbs of fleece per year. |
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| sharp teeth on the drum of the Picker |
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| the empty closet that collects the throws from the Picker |
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| the closet after the Picker has done its thing |
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| the Carder opens and organizes the fibers |
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| the Spinner adds twist to the prepared fibers |
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| the spools on the Spinner collecting the twisted thread |
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| the shop |
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| my purchases |
11 comments:
Bet you loved very second of this tour - reminds me a lot of the linen movie. Great to take home some purchases to both use and remember by. A fab group outing. Gilly
an enjoyable and informative day, thanks for sharing it with us. k.
What beautiful fibres, some almost look like Jude's magic thread...will you crochet with these, or stitch?
Very interesting the tour of the mill. Thanks for all of the photos.
Jacky xox
Nice batch of goodies ;>]
and thank you for the tour!
the area I live in was renowned for its mills many years ande I actually worked in one when I was younger. I was a ''savio twister'', my job was to tend the machine which twisted the yarn before the next stage of it becoming knitting wool.
Thats a trip worth doing, bet it was very interesting to see the process. Nice buys too!
I'm so glad you posted all these photos!
Fabulous Day! you all must have
so enjoyed yourselves. do these
folks have a shop on line?
just curious..... hee-hee.........
glad you're all enjoying these photos.
cristina, there is no shop online. their main purpose is the mill. i did give the link in the first paragraph, but there is just an explanation of the machines and how they charge for processing.
This post missed me by. Oh Deanna, what a great tour of the spinner. What an experience to have - thanks for sharing the photos - Hugs Nat
Great looking purchase. Be sure to bring your goodies to Bee. Anita
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