Dizzing on the e-Carder
Create ready-to-spin sliver quickly and easily using an Ashford Diz Stick.
Carding fleece
Carding your fleece is quick and easy on the Ashford Wide Carder.
Blending colours
Blending colours 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!
Blending fibres
Blending Merino and silk on the Ashford drum carder.
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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Heavenly Comfort – Felted Slippers
Making your own felted slippers is a fun and rewarding process that transforms unspun wool fibres, with a little soap and water, into warm, durable and custom-fit footwear. Feature
Richard Investiture
Richard, on September 17th, was presented with his Officer of the Order of Merit insignia by the Governor-general Dame Cindy Kiro. Named in the King’s Birthday Honours List in
Knotty by Nature, Fernwood, Victoria, BC, Canada
Richard and Elizabeth, with Canadian distributor Marc Peloquin, enjoyed visiting Knotty by Nature, recently. Cofounder, Ryan, and team member Noah, showed us their great range of A
Harmonique, Victoria, BC, Canada
Elizabeth and Richard have recently returned from a trip to Canada visiting Marc Peloquin, our distributor, and his wife Sophie. Their business, Harmonique, based in Victoria BC ha
Spinnacle Yarn Café, Langford, BC, Canada
Nicole and Hayley, of Spinnacle Yarn Café, welcomed Elizabeth, Richard, and Marc (our Canadian distributor) to their fabulous store recently. Located in the heart of Langford the