One of my teachers used to remark that weaving is fulfilling because one is "making order from chaos." Not sure if this idea works unless you are a "making things from scratch" type, but as a spinner and a weaver, I like it.
I had a box of locks that wouldn't go through the drum carder. (Scottish Blackface locks were particularly snarled up.) As an experiment, I hand carded them and spun up three bobbins of yarn.
The next step: ply the single strands together and knit the yarn into swatches.
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| Box of matted locks (these are usually discarded) |
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| Detail of "waste" locks |
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| Roving made from waste locks using hand carders |
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| Three bobbins of "singles" spun from waste locks |
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