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Fibre Processing
- The Process Explained
For Fleece to be turned into Yarn, it has to go through many different processes.
Following is a brief description of each stage.
Picker - The fleece is fed through a picker which opens the staples, allowing for the fleece to be washed more thoroughly
Washer & Drying
- up to 6kgs of fleece can be washed at a time or 3 different fleeces.
Conditioning - oils are sprayed onto the clean dried fleece to eliminate static build up.
Dehairer - the coarse & medulated fibres are separated from the quality fibres.
Carder - the fibres are carded into rovings. For hand spinners, the rovings are placed in bags or wound into bumps.
Batts are produced for felting.
Drawframe - the rovings are combined and fed through the draw frame which stretches and aligns the fibres ready for the spinning frame.
Spinner - the rovings are then passed through the spinner which turns them into Singles.
Plying -
2 or 3 singles are then plied into the finished yarn
Steamer - the plied yarn is then passed through the steamer. This process sets the twist of the yarn and is then wound onto cones.
and finally.....
Cone and Skein Winder - the finished yarn is then put up onto cones or skeins. Skeins are useful when dying of the
yarn is required. Cones are best for hand and machine knitting.
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