This close up of a 1910 Furber Davis tandem carder at Fibers First fiber processing mill in Post Falls aligns animal (hair/fleece) fiber during their process to becoming yarn. Fiber comes off the machine in a strip.
June 30, 2020
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June 30, 2020 1:09 p.m.
The story of yarn: From sheep to needle in the Northwest
Turns out, you can make yarn from a lot of different animals’ haircuts.