{"id":11295,"date":"2024-10-12T06:48:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T04:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/?p=11295"},"modified":"2024-10-12T06:56:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T04:56:28","slug":"short-lecture-card-your-wool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/short-lecture-card-your-wool\/","title":{"rendered":"Short lecture: Card your wool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today I offer a short lecture: Card your wool \u2013 structure and shape for smooth flow and airy yarns<\/a>. A 40 minute online course where I share my thoughts on carding and show you why, what and how I card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buy Card your wool here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love carding and spinning longdraws from carded rolags. I have carded literally thousands of rolags by now and developed a carding technique that suits me. But it hasn\u2019t always been like that \u2013 in the beginning my carding was more straining and my rolags more wonky. At one point I watched a video where four spinners showed their personal carding techniques, that were totally different from each other. I picked the parts that suited me and built my own carding routine and it has made my carding smooth and joyful. I hope this short lecture can help as a guide for you to find a carding style that suits you, your tools and your context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Course outline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The course is 40 minutes and divided into four shorter videos so you can watch smaller portions at a time. The video is in spoken English and all videos are captioned in English. I have added on-screen keywords for important concepts. The keywords also make it easier to scroll throug the videos if you are looking for something special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I go through why I card, what types of wool I card and how I card. I have divided the carding process into three steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n