handstories

cranking

    Can't seem to stop.  Will need to spin soon . . . before things topple.

        Cranking the handle of the drum carder is just the ticket for balancing the meetings, play writing, curriculum developing, and thinking that is filling time these days.

in the laboratory

    Experimenting with more of that luscious hands+notions fiber.  

    In the last post you can see that the colors were put through the carder mixed willy-nilly.  This time I separated the colors and carded each pile alone.

    There was one more run through the carder, layering each color, one at a time.

    I'm not sure what I thought the result would be?  

    After spinning them up, I can't see that there is much of a difference.  The newest carding/spin is on top.  It does seem a little brighter, the colors not as muddied.  In this gray wet weather it's hard to be sure.  

    Anyhow, it was fun to extend the process/play.