Carding fleece
Carding your fleece is quick and easy on the Ashford Wide Carder.
Blending colours
Blending colours on the Ashford drum carder.
Blending fibres
Blending Merino and silk on the Ashford drum carder.
Attaching a packer brush
How to attach a packer brush to your standard 8″ Ashford drum carder.
Carding on the Wild Carder
How to use the Wild Carder to make delicious batts. Add fibre, sparkle, ribbons, fabric, locks and more!
Carding “Barely a Batt”
Carding and Spinning “Barely a Batt”. A fun and easy way to use your locks and create gorgeous yarns!
Hand Carding
How to use your hand carders.
Using the Ashford Blending Board
Blend fabulous fibres in your favourite colours and create beautiful rolags for spinning.
Making batts for felting
Maria kindly shared her technique for making beautiful fine felt with us.
Ashford Fibre Mill – Take a tour
Take a tour of our fibre mill and see how our fibre is processed.
Learn to card on the Wild Carder
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The Ashford Award Winner for 2024
École de la Laine, Vasles, France We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2024 Richard and Elizabeth Ashford Textile Award is École de la Laine (School of Wool). […
Shuttles and Needles, Chennai, India, Expands
Naresh Ramasubramaniam, owner of Shuttles and Needles, is our distributor in India, and has recently opened a second studio and shop in Bangalore, the garden city of India. On 14th
New Diz Stick and Yarn Gauge
We are excited to now offer the Diz Stick available individually (previously only included with the e-Carder). The Diz Stick is used to create consistent, even ready-to-spin sliver
New Ashford Website
We are live! Welcome to our new website. We have a new look and hope you are finding all the information you require. We will be continuously adding more information, […]
The Elizabeth and Richard Ashford Textile Award
Richard and Elizabeth Ashford are pleased to establish an annual award to encourage and support textile artists and help them enjoy artistic freedom. We hope our award will contrib