Carding

I got my carders the other day and have slowly started to card my fleece.  This process not only makes the fleece ready for spinning but you can all get any unwanted grass that is still left in there out.  It is very simple, you catch some fleece onto one carders bristles, you then brush the other carder onto the first. 

  This gets all the fibres running in the same direction.

 Once you've finished carding you roll the fibre off the carders and this creates a rolag which is ready to spin

Here you can see the before and after carding.

Next I get to actually spin this stuff!