Posts by Roy Clemes
How to Revive Rusty Hand Cards or a Drum Carder with Fake Halloween Cobwebs
How to revive rusty hand cards or a drum carder with fake Halloween cobwebs Salvaging a rusty pair of hand cards or a drum carder with aged carding cloth may be easier than you think. Whether you left your beloved wool carders out in the garage for too long or just scored a drum carder…
Read MoreHow to Wash Raw Wool
How to Wash Fleece: the Henry Clemes Method Washing raw fleece is a straightforward process, though many different methods exist. This is Henry’s wool scouring method that he has refined through years of tinkering, with the goal being to consistently produce a clean wool fleece while being as efficient as possible with his time and…
Read MoreStitches West 2020: Welcome to the {Among Friends} Neighborhood!
Part of the fun of exhibiting at yarn shows is spending time with other vendors who have become friends over the years – folks who are fun to hang out with and also make products that we love to use. At Stitches West, we have organized a group of friends into a special area at…
Read MoreJanuary 2020 Newsletter
Hello there! We usually like to start our first newsletter of the year with a reflection on the recent past… but not this year. Two thousand and twenty is clearly not messing around. It is here to kick butt and take names. If the first week of the year has shown us anything, it is…
Read MoreDecember 2019 Newsletter
Hello there! Thank you to everyone who supported us and other local and small businesses by Shopping Small on Small Business Saturday. As we said, the goal isn’t so much about bashing large corporations but about making conscious decisions when shopping and gift giving. One of the best gifts we heard about this year was…
Read More3 Fine Fiber Drum Carding Myths
We’ve all heard them: You have to turn the handle slowly or use a fur drum for fine fibers, carding fiber too many times create nepps and noils, and if you’re getting nepps and noils, it is definitely operator error. Let’s jump right into it by debunking one of the most persistent and complex myths.…
Read MoreLambtown Festival 2019
I am so proud of how this year’s Lambtown Festival turned out! All of our board members and committee chairs put in countless hours throughout the year, working behind the scenes to make sure everything came out juuuuust right. When it was all said and done, 3,100 people came through the gates, making Lambtown Festival…
Read MoreEstes Park Wool Market 2019
The Estes Park Wool Market has the best scenery of any sheep and wool festival in the country, hands down. Check out that view through the windows of our classroom. We had great students at the Wool Market this year as we taught Anything But Batts, Intro to Blending, and Exploring the Drum Carder. During…
Read MorePLY Away IV
Just 40 hours after vending ended at DFW Fiber Fest (check my previous post for more on that), our first classes at PLY Away started in Kansas City, 500 miles away. And, yes, that’s a TV in the middle of the room. We’ve gone digital with part of the presentation of Exploring the Drum Carder,…
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