Carding an Art Batt with a Fancy Kitty Motorized "Little Tom" Drum Carder #livingfelt

🛍️Shop Drum Carders & Art Batt Supplies: https://feltingsupplies.livingfelt.co... Fiber Carding Playlist:    • Fiber Carding   Today we are carding beautiful Art Batts! This tutorial goes takes you through the basics of carding an Art Batt! Today Marie demonstrates how to make a fun gradient effect on an Art Batt using some of our fairy favorite colors! We are working with 19.5-micron Merino Top and embellishment fibers on our Fancy Kitty Motorized "Little Tom" Drum Carder. The same principles taught in this tutorial can be applied to Manual Drum Carders as well. Marie shows multiple methods for feeding fibers onto the Drum Carder, and gives insight and tips on how to get the best results for your custom Carded Art Batts. We are so excited to carry Fancy Kitty Drum Carders from She & I Designs. There are various configuration options you can choose for your drum carder, including the drum size, TPI (teeth per inch) and motorization options. These fabulous Drum Carders are made in the USA and are the very same Drum Carders used in the Living Felt studio! Create your own custom art batts or roving from wool and various other fibers to use in you felting or spinning! Check out this Unboxing video where we open a Fancy Kitty Wide Manual Drum Carder and show you what comes along with it:    • Drum Carder Unboxing: Fancy Kitty Manual W...   🕑 TIME STAMPS 🕑 00:00 Welcome & Introduction 00:36 Drum Carder, Tools, and Fibers 00:52 Prepare the Fibers 1:18 Starting the Motorized Drum Carder 2:00 Build a Wool Foundation 3:01 Load a Full Feed Tray 3:14 Using the Burnishing Brush 4:16 "Painting" Fiber onto the Drum 5:18 Safety Considerations 5:36 Add Luster Fibers and Embellishments 6:06 Angelina 6:20 Sari Silk Waste 6:34 Wool Nepps 6:57 Use Burnishing Brush to Clear the Licker-In 7:08 Watch for Pilling 7:36 Continue Layering Wool and Luster Fibers 8:06 Blending Fiber Colors on the Drum 9:08 Using the Packer Brush and Burnishing Brush 9:31 Top Layer Luster Fibers & Embellishments 9:58 Removing the Batt from the Drum 12:05 Final Look & Compare Batts 12:43 Wrap Up ⬇️ F E L T W I T H U S !⬇️ Supplies: http://www.livingfelt.com Watch Felting Tutorials: http://www.livingfelt.com/learn Online Felting School: https://feltingtutorials.com 🖤 FB Group: https://www.fb.com/groups/livingfeltf... 🖤 Facebook: https://www.fb.com/livingfelt 🖤 Instagram:   / livingfelt   🖤Follow Marie:   / marie_spaulding_in_joy   Living Felt provides free quick and easy needle felting, wet felting and nuno felting tutorials because we love to help you felt cool things from wool. We offer these free online felting classes to teach and inspire everyone, even the beginner. Wool is used in most of our projects, and we have lots of tips and tricks to make felting fun and simple. Learn to felt with Marie Spaulding as she teaches felting and needle felting tutorials from the heart. She is the founder and head fairy at Living Felt. Felting art work, home decor, fun keepsakes, thoughtful gifts, treasures and wearables with you is one of Marie's greatest pleasures. She makes felting and needle felting friendlier than ever before. Since launching Living Felt in 2004, she has sparked enthusiasm for felting across the globe and inspired thousands of new friends to give felting a go in their crafting and artistic expression. Living Felt provides totally FREE quick and easy needle felting, felting, and wet felting and nuno felting tutorials every single week because we love to help you make cool things from wool! Follow along with these fun online classes to learn more about felt design and needle felting techniques. It’s inspiration for everyone—from beginners to advanced felters. To make felting and needle felting easier than ever before, we offer felting kits and supply lists, plus you can call us with any of your felting questions - we are happy to help! The wool fibers we share will make your felting projects easy and fun! We hope you enjoy our wet felting, needle felting and nuno felting tutorials. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss a single one! #livingfelt #woolywednesday