Wool batts

Learn how to use a drum carder to easily card wool and make custom rolags, slivers, wool batts, and roving. Even fix slightly felted wool! Blend your own wool roving and slivers.

How to use small scraps of any fibre to create a multi coloured, speckled batt for hand spinning. Create one of a kind variegated yarns with this technique.

Learn how to make wool batts on a drum carter. Make blended fiber on a drum carter. 3 different ways to make wool batts! Visit for easy knitting beginner tips. The art of spinning yarn, knitting and hand dyeing. Exclusive knitting free patterns, spinning wool tutorials, crafts, yarn projects, fiber art and DIY ideas.

I love spinning batts. I really love buying batts they are irresistible, the fiber version of a warm cinnamon roll - all fluffy and rolled up with sweetness. They are fun and easy to spin, depending on what I want from my yarn I spin them in one of two directions, the difference can be big, literall

When it comes to creating the perfect spinning experience, few materials rival the softness and luxury of an angora wool blend. In my studio, I’ve developed a process to craft these exquisite blends, bringing together my own angora and fine Cormo wool to create my beloved “Marshmallow Fluff” batts. Enjoy this behind the scenes view of how these luxurious batts are made and why they should be a staple in every handspinner’s collection.

If you're just getting started in the fiber arts and work with processed, loose fiber, you may get confused as to what's the difference between things like core, roving, top, batts, art batts, nepps, locks, etc. Here are what all those terms mean, complete with photo examples.

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Wool fibres can be used like paints, laid out to create surface colour changes, but also combined in layers to build new colors through shadowing. We can also use this simple technique to create

Wet Felting Wool: Add Color & Texture the Easy Way! Step by step wet felting tutorial for wet felting carded wool fiber or roving

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