For Christmas this year my husband gave me a pair of
Schacht hand carders. They curve and are made for fine wool. I did a low-water
immersion dye pot with the
Targhee that he gave me for my birthday. Then I carded the fiber and pulled it into these little balls. This is the first time in years that I have hand carded. I'm such a fan of the drum carder and have been afraid of hand carding since I had wrist surgery in 2006. Those were the
pre-blogging years so I have never mentioned how I injured my thumb/wrist while hand carding
obsessively and incorrectly. I had
deQuervain's Tendonitis. I just googled it to get the spelling right and I found: "The cause of
deQuevain's Tendonitis is an irritation of the tendon at the base of the thumb,
usually from taking up a new, repetitive activity." Yup, that's about it. I tried every alternative treatment, but
eventually had surgery that fixed it
immediately and
permanently.
I have learned all my fiber related skills from books, spin-off mag, and
youtube videos. Somewhere along the way I remember reading (or hearing?) that you should hand card with the same gentleness as brushing a child's hair. Now that I
approach it with that in mind, hopefully I will have no more injuries.
For Christmas this year my husband gave me a pair of Schacht hand carders. They curve and are made for fine wool. I did a low-water immersion dye pot with the Targhee that he gave me for my birthday. Then I carded the fiber and pulled it into these little balls. This is the first time in years that I have hand carded. I'm such a fan of the drum carder and have been afraid of hand carding since I had wrist surgery in 2006. Those were the pre-blogging years so I have never mentioned how I injured my thumb/wrist while hand carding obsessively and incorrectly. I had deQuervain's Tendonitis. I just googled it to get the spelling right and I found: "The cause of deQuevain's Tendonitis is an irritation of the tendon at the base of the thumb, usually from taking up a new, repetitive activity." Yup, that's about it. I tried every alternative treatment, but eventually had surgery that fixed it immediately and permanently.
I have learned all my fiber related skills from books, spin-off mag, and youtube videos. Somewhere along the way I remember reading (or hearing?) that you should hand card with the same gentleness as brushing a child's hair. Now that I approach it with that in mind, hopefully I will have no more injuries.
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