Using a Picker to Prepare Fiber for Carding
I received a note asking me to demonstrate the picker. It s only 3 weeks late, but here it is. I am using the Patrick Green Triple Pick in preparation to card on either my Louet roving carder or the Patrick Green super card. No matter what carder you use picking is a MUST. I used to sit for many evenings finger picking fleece but now I can do what took me several evenings in only an hour and it s much better prepared. I will try to do another video showing other picking and fibers but this is the basic prep and the big picker. No matter what picker you have, they all work about the same. The triple pick is simply bigger and in my opinion (and I ve owned a Meck which was the standard way back when I owned it 20 yrs ago, just before Meck died) the best. Not cheap. You need to be very careful using it. It makes a HUGE difference in the final carding and fiber preparation and without it I would be at a loss. Hope this helps.
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