Andrew's sister purchased a carder and a FeltLOOM brand machine for her fiber business. It's a pretty efficient set up and she has turned out some beautiful products already. Here are some photos of the process of turning fiber into a felted material and a link to her website.
Processing raw alpaca fiber with an electric carder
Processing raw alpaca fiber with an electric carder
Putting processed fiber through the felt loom to make felt
Felt after a couple times through the machine
Decorated felt which can be used to make garments, pillows etc.
2 comments:
The folks that sell that felting machine had the booth next to mine at the fiber festival here in May. (talk about feeling like a pipsqueak with my tiny space and their big one!) They demonstrated the process a lot, and it was pretty fascinating. I've only done felting in the washing machine. Yes, on purpose!
I didn't realize your sister had a fiber business. Maybe she would like to join us next year!?!
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