Techniques- Fibre combing

This is not really a how to, more of a what I did next. The fibre I washed last week was nice and dry by the weekend, I decided that the washing had not been too much of a fail after all and to get on with making the fleecy pile into something I could spin with. The first technique on my list was combing.

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Since I am skint I found these in the local pound shop- £1 each. They are reasonably strong as well.

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I did try a comb/carder like thingy combo, but it was not overly successful (pictures may follow at some point). So the rest was done with just the two sided dog comb.

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First a lock was pulled off the fleecy mass

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Then combed, towards the tip first, then towards the cut end (the butt? giggles immaturely). The more tangly ones I used the wider teeth first then turned the comb over and gave it a go with the finer side.
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Mmmmm, fluffy
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Mmmmmm, lots of fluffiness
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The locks came up beautifully fluffy, there was quite a bit of rubbishy stuff, mostly shorter hairs and the like that got binned.
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The main downside to combing it lock by lock is that it takes ages, I haven't weighed the box of fluff yet, but there will not be a lot in there. Next week I will be giving hand carders a go.