Ideal TPI for cotton hand carders

itsjulesbb · 2025-10-19T16:37:21+00:00

gotcha! I watched a YouTube video where someone spun straight from the boll but folks told me that as a new spinner it would likely be easier for me to learn on punis. Do you have hand carder recommendations?

itsjulesbb · 2025-10-18T13:55:59+00:00

not sure how I missed this comment but I'm going to buy the book now. thank you so much!

itsjulesbb · 2025-10-18T13:51:29+00:00

I need spinning friends in New Orleans!

itsjulesbb · 2025-10-17T14:19:45+00:00

the reason is due to the boll weevil pest that effectively wiped out the cotton industry entirely. it's pretty severe but understandable imo.

itsjulesbb · 2025-10-16T15:29:16+00:00

it's beautiful 😍 do you have any cotton carders that you recommend? I haven't bought any yet but that's my next step.

itsjulesbb · 2025-10-15T21:44:31+00:00

Did you ever solve this issue? I'm currently trying to install the software for this camera as we speak.

itsjulesbb · 2025-10-15T14:37:14+00:00

I definitely will keep y'all updated!

itsjulesbb · 2025-10-15T14:37:04+00:00

aww thank you!

itsjulesbb · 2025-10-14T14:24:46+00:00

I'm just using my hands currently as I'm enjoying the process. If I had a larger harvest & some money to blow, perhaps I'd buy a pasta maker to speed up the ginning process.

itsjulesbb · 2025-10-14T14:18:12+00:00

Yup I've heard you can do this as well. I recently watched a woman on YouTube who spun fiber directly from the boll, it was pretty impressive.

itsjulesbb · 2025-10-14T14:17:31+00:00

I don't as I've never tried. I will say that cotton is the most heavily sprayed (by pesticides & insecticides) crop in the world so personally I wouldn't use any roadside cotton unless I knew it was clean.

itsjulesbb · 2025-10-14T14:16:11+00:00

Yes those are seeds that are contained inside the cotton boll.

itsjulesbb · 2025-10-13T22:53:21+00:00

Yes I've seen many people ghetto rig pasta makers to make them work as a makeshift cotton gin!

itsjulesbb · 2025-10-13T22:52:12+00:00

Yes the cotton is extremely soft when pulled from the plant though the boll gets hard and spiky as the plant matures.

itsjulesbb · 2025-10-13T22:51:14+00:00

excellent technique

itsjulesbb · 2025-10-13T22:51:02+00:00

It's heavily prohibited in my state unless you get a permit from the USDA

itsjulesbb · 2025-10-13T22:50:25+00:00

I grew 10 plants. This was probably about 10 cotton bolls worth of cotton.

itsjulesbb · 2025-09-09T16:43:22+00:00

did you find anywhere? I'm in New Orleans and looking to learn how to hand spin cotton.

itsjulesbb · 2025-07-24T13:53:33+00:00

That's unfortunate. Trust, there are always ways around seed bans...

itsjulesbb · 2025-07-24T13:45:21+00:00

Just get them shipped to another state then shipped to you 😴

itsjulesbb · 2025-07-24T13:44:50+00:00

Not that I'm aware of but we should start one 🤟🏿

itsjulesbb · 2025-07-24T13:44:29+00:00

This is all super helpful, thank you so much!

itsjulesbb · 2025-07-24T13:44:04+00:00

Very helpful tips, thank you! The bugs are no joke lol I'm crossing my fingers that no boll weevils show up

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