Wednesday, June 8, 2011

This is what happens when you don't sheer a sheep


NZ mourns death of Shrek the famously shaggy sheep

FILE - In this April 28, 2004 file, Shrek the 9-year-old merino wether is photographed before he has his fleece shorn at the Golden Gate Lodge in Cromwell, New Zealand. New Zealanders are mourning the loss of the country's most famous sheep. The shaggy icon named Shrek was renowned for avoiding being shorn for years. Shrek captured the public's imagination in 2004 after he evaded the annual shearing roundups for seven years by hiding in caves on his farm on the South Island. (AP Photo/FOTOPRESS, Ross Land, File)

Monday, May 9, 2011

Carding


I purchased my Schacht combs up at the "Studio 66 Retreat" (May 2011)
The vender was Weaver's Cupboard, Gail M. Marlow-Kickey
8287 Calle del Prado
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
$72


I found this video on how to use these. There are two different kinds that I saw, one set was narrower and wider with finer "teeth". The other the one is for wool and is shorter and the teeth courser.

When one of the ladies showed me how to make "rollags" the key was to pet like you would a kitten as opposed to stabbing.