Hello all! I keep growing cotton thinking it's better to have too much than too little...
Well now I have way too much.
I've been ginning and carding by hand all this time, but there is just TOO MUCH, with no signs of slowing down.
And don't anybody suggest that I stop planting it. Because that's ridiculous.
So anyhow, there MUST be some kind of drum carder that works for very short staple fibers like cotton. There has to be. But I can't find one. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'd prefer something small and simple. It's just for home use, and maybe I'll sell some puni bundles at my local craft fair when I have extras.
I'm also sick and tired of ginning it by hand, so a simple hand-crank gin suggestion would be very much appreciated. Thanks everyone!
I would like to get a tool like that myself but I'm not sure what it's called. The tool appears to staple cable ties to the wall which is then used to keep the fiber wire in place.
This is a bit of a particular myth that most IBS sufferers despise. They visit the doctors and are thrown the advice or more fiber, bran, fruits with fiber supplements as the miracle cure that the body needs.
However if you listen to sufferers discussion often states that they not only don’t improve, but it can worsen diarrhea or constipation and cause a host of other supplements. Which the doctors, at least in my experience even specialists rarely to never tell you,
I’m not sure if a lot of the online discussion centers more around people with a severe end who are unlikely to get help from it, but I do wonder how many people have spent years on a very high fiber diet without considering it could be contributing to their symptoms and how it became the “gold standard” in treatment.
