I know, it's been a while since my last video and I'm really sorry to those of you who have been waiting...life is hectic, I don't know what else to say. I'm going to really try harder to do the next one sooner than later.

I’ve just found your channel, but what artistry! It’s a pleasure to watch you work. I love your technique for getting ‘ALL’ the gold! 🧡

I just found your chanel. I don't do sheeps and do not do all the things you do, I just knit 😁. But it is so relaxing and informative watching you. Love your Videos, great job. Hope Mr. Bates is not freezing without his coat 😂Greetings from Germany.

I love your philosophy on many things!

I could sit and watch you go through the stages of fleece to fibre all day 😄 Its s so helpful when you are taking your first baby steps into this stunning craft. x

Hi Kimberly, you helped me look at a Corriedale fleece yesterday at thr CFF and we talked about combing the fiber. This was an outstanding video for technique, thank you so much. It was also really helpful to see how you are organizing the various stages of prep and I love the table set up. Thank you for sharing!🧶 Cher

You combing station is cozy looking. Life gets hectic, I know. Whenever you make a video, I'll be here. No pressure :) love your videos.

I love that you shared the various ways you work with the “waste”. I’ve never seen this shown before. Excellent video 😍 Thanks

You are so calming❤

Still love the artful combing with your fluid movements. It's been quite a while since I last watched and glad that your video came up on my feed. Very enjoyable to watch. Very close to how I comb.

Thanks for Sharing! I love your simple method for limiting the "waste" fiber by utilizing multiple passes and tools!

I just found your video and enjoy the freedom you express in "it is okay to do whatever feels comfortable for you". The fiber is beautiful! 😍

I love the way you teach/explain. It makes it very easy to understand. Especially for beginners.

I have learned a lot from you about combing the wool and dizzing it. The variegated wool is wonderful! Linda Bates

These videos were a pleasure to watch. I will now be on the lookout for the plastic baskets and trays! I have a drum carder, but now may SERIOUSLY consider buying a hackel. I have picks, but they are not as finely spaced. The fleece from start to finish was just wonderful to watch. Learned so much! Thank you!

Wow. You are meticulous with your fibre. I need to follow suit and stretch the amount of fibre I get out of one fleece. You are awesome. Always so happy when you come out with a new video. thanks for posting!

It’s a joy watching you process the fleeces through all the steps. I love the feel of the fleece as I prepare it. But I am a cosmetologist by trade.

Your videos are fantastic and I'm SO glad to have found this fiber prep series in particular. Thank you!

This was an amazing series. I’m brand new to learning the process from sheep to yarn and I am enthralled 😃 I just came home with my first skirted and I am super excited 😁

Shopping for combs, Valkrie sent me to your You Tube. I believe the Valkrie comes are right for me. Thank you.

Another great video--thanks! Your videos are my go-to favorites. They started me on the journey of learning about and appreciating different fibers from the beginning to the end.

Thanks so much for this series of instructional videos on Mr Bates fleece, taking it from start to finish. I"m washing locks before combing and you answered my question why, ie greater yield. Thanks for explaining that.

I really enjoyed revisiting this cast, it's always helpful to do a bit of revision. Thank you. Jenny(NZ)

Just wanted to say thanks for the new video. I always appreciate seeing your technique and the tips and tricks you throw in. Your videos made me want to tackle my first fleece. I'm in a lot deeper now, lol. I've come to enjoy learning about the different breeds and their fleece characteristics. I have a lot more to learn, but thanks for getting me started!

Beautiful. Thank you. I see that (if I understood correctly) that carding is not necessary to create a top. I am brand new to the world of spinning and am trying to learn how to turn a fleece into top, so it can be spun. Your video was very informative.

Great video! I am alot less worried about fussing with it now. You have made it easy to see the process. Thankyou.

Love the demonstration. I do the same thing you do so it is cool to see someone else who combs and cards similar to my method. Thank you for taking the time to show this.

Really enjoyed your videos. Thank you for sharing. Learned a ton of good stuff! Hope you are doing well and enjoying all your beautiful fiber.

I love your videos. You make it all look like magic.

Thank you! Beautiful !

Loved seeing your process for combing! Can't wait to see your next video!

I am truely hooked to your videos came across you in my research to learning about making my own ply for crocheting and weaving I live in Cumbria on the west coast of northern England our local sheep are Herdwick these are a very hardy sheep that live through a lot of damp windy weather most of 5he year so my hope is to use locally sourced fleece from these sheep. Your videos are great and very informative thank you....now spending my wet Saturday afternoon watching all of your videos

Great video! Thank you for your help with my fleece at MDSW.

I would LOVE to see a long video of you combing, and spinning in the grease!!!!!

Really enjoyed your video thanks for posting this.

Thank you so much for this video. It has been very helpful.

Wanted to say that one of the things I have appreciated in your videos is that you show ways to use almost all the fibers you are processing. I see videos sometimes where the presenter pulls the first (or sometimes second) waste from the combs and casually says to just toss it away, as it has no use. I don't raise sheep, and purchase whole fleeces to process. Not an inexpensive hobby. I do re-comb my waste, usually through the 2nd waste I pull off. If the fiber left is just tangled and shorts, I have hand carded it also. What isn't something I'd want to make garments with goes into my bin of rug wool, and will become a roughly spun yarn for a semi-felted hearth rug for my old dogs. Anything that is really scrungy goes out as mulch on my plants. The only issue is that I have to keep reassuring the neighbor children that those woolly lumpy things around the plants aren't really dead critters. 😊 I like the concept of using everything possible for a purpose.

This was really wonderful, thank you ♡

What a BEAUTIFUL CHANNEL!!! Thankyou for sharing all your knowledge. I was wondering what is holding your comb to the table? It’s so sturdy.

This makes so much more sense. I mean the way you use the hacker

Fantastic tutorial, thank you!

oh i'm so excited for another video! I had to add a comment before even watching it!

БЛАГОДАРЮ!!! ❤❤❤

Could you explain the characteristics of Finn wool and why its desirable or not to use. And what you feel its best used for or blended with? Thank you. I love your videos. Please make MANY MANY more. LONG VIDEOS PLEASE ! 🙃 I just love everything you do!

Absolutely love the top you made and your technique. I was not pulling out locks to comb like you do. I'll do that with my next batch. I am using Jacob Black and White right now. I love the colors but I find I was getting short fibers at the end of my top while spinning and had difficulty controlling thickness.

I like your method. I have tried clamping one comb but end up holding both of them so I can comb wherever I am sitting. But I love how you have a hand free to smoothe the fibers. I love getting my hands in the fiber, too! Thank you for this. :-)

I really miss your fiber education videos. When are you coming back with more content?

I'm in the process of learning to spin and all about fleece fiber... I'm working at the moment with an old fleece from an old mattress I had... I so wish to have the same roving you have... BUT... I don't xD ahahahahahahaha

Gorgeous fiber!

What kind of projects would be suited to make with the second combing of wool? I'm assuming that yarn spun with it would be a little weaker and less durable and perhaps a bit fuzzier.

Question....is Mr. Bates spun fiber plied or singles?...Trying to see on the video..... it looks like they are singles. Also, do you wash the skeins after spinning? If so, do you use detergent or just water please? And lastly, do you weight them while drying? Thank you Kindly

I really like the clarity of your video and how clearly you explain everything. I am interested to know what the tool is that you use at the point you are pulling the wool off the comb? Can these be purchased?

Great videos, thank you! Which Valkyrie hackle is this, the fine one or the extra fine?

Dis?diz? Yes it is beautiful!

What clamps do you use to keep them tight to the table?

PS... I LOVE the smell of fleece too.

Hi I have seen people load fiber cut end & tip end; can you tell me your experience of both? I value your opinion. Thanks

Ohhh I want to do that!!

I enjoy these so much! I wonder how the winner is enjoying his fleece?

Your videos are fantastic! I've never seen carding like this...I don't think its common or even known about in Tasmania. Could you please advise me where i might purchase these types of carders? Thank you a million, Natalie

What tool is that that you used to help pull your fiber off the comb?

Hello. Just love your videos. I live in NZ able to get hands on lovely fleeces. Where would I go on line to buy the big combs you are using to pull the fibre apart. Thanks.

could the final waste be used to make coarse felt?

Two questions: 1. Do you prep/scour your entire fleece before combing any of it? 2. Do you comb ALL of it before spinning it?

Your videos are so relaxing!!!! I have too questions if that's okay. I know this video is older so not sure if you'll see it. 1. Where did you get your dizzes 😍 And 2. Is that the 12in or 18in hackle?

👍👍👍💐🍭 Thank You!!

I like your setup here; like a permanent little combing station. It looks like it's a smallish table with the hackle and combs secured in place with metal strips? And covers when you're not using them! Did those covers come with the tools or did you have to make those?

that is beautiful --

Anyone knows what the little thing called at 6:00 that “collects” the wool? Thank you!

At the end of the video, you have some skeins of yarn, they look like a single, are they a test spin or that will be the end product?

Nice tarb‼ What type of spinning wheel do you use❓ 💜💙💚💛🧡❤

is it essential to have proper built combs?

How big is the hole on that diz? Love your videos!

Where did you get your diz?

Who is Mr. Bates?

Is that a 12" or 18" hackle?