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January 2023 Newsletter

How to Make a Rolag on Hand Carders

By Jacqueline Harp

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Using Schacht Hand Carders

You can spin any fiber prep with a woolen draft, but a woolen fiber prep—a rolag—will add extra loft to your yarn. A rolag is the bread and butter of a hand spinner’s toolbox: an airy, fluffy tube of fiber that a hand spinner can effortlessly control and direct when spinning. Hand carders are the perfect tool for making rolags.

Find the full tutorial heretwo in progress photos of carding a rolag, finished rolags

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