A little good news on the textile-nerding front...

Guess what, you guys?

*deep breath*
I ordered a drum-carder for all my wool needs. Yes, soon I will be able to take whole fleeces and card them into beautiful batts of gorgeousness, ready to spin! It's a biggish purchase, so I've been putting it off for a long time. But I went to a very nice lady in Coon Rapids who talked me through the kinds of carders that would suit my needs...and it should arrive next week. Exciting stuff, I tellya!

I can hardly wait. I already have a *lot* of alpaca wool that is just too much for hand-carders. Also, Cheryl and Cassandra, the ladies who run Pi Hollow Rabbitry have an entire two pounds of angora for me. Two pounds! I've been knitting up some angora mittens for both of them to say thank you. I am just dying to see how things will go with some new equipment to play with...

*rubs hands together*

Muahahahahahaha!