As I explained in the last post I’m working on a custom fiber processing and spinning order for a customer. We had decided to blend 50% newfoundland dog fur with corriedale wool to make it more spinnable. This why I did a blend: Hair doesn’t have the scales the same way wool does to catch onto itself and twist as easily and I could card longer and shorter fibers together. I also knew that after washing I would have to pick the fiber so you lose some in the processing itself.
washed and picked newfoundland
corriedale on left, newfoundland on right
lovely fluffy carded batts to come……but before I do that I wanted to say that the newfie fiber is silky… not rough but has a prickle….. it did not pass the neck or bra test but it would make a lovely fiber for outerwear.
carded 50/50 blend of newfoundland and corriedale
any color variation is actual newfie fiber itself
So what do you think of my batts?
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