You can use a length of dowel to wind the roving/pull the fiber off the drum carder through the diz. Now the roving is wound around a nice dowel, rather than being juggled above the carder cylinder.
I use my distaff, as my dowel. thus, the fiber from the diz is wound directly onto my distaff and is ready for spinning. It then unwinds nicely, except for the bottom layer - that gets slid off the distaff and treated like a rolag.
Sometimes I put 1 tpi Z twist into the roving to stabilize it. This takes care of the bottom layer issue. Once you get accustomed t the motion, it is fast and easy.
I use my distaff, as my dowel. thus, the fiber from the diz is wound directly onto my distaff and is ready for spinning. It then unwinds nicely, except for the bottom layer - that gets slid off the distaff and treated like a rolag.
Sometimes I put 1 tpi Z twist into the roving to stabilize it. This takes care of the bottom layer issue. Once you get accustomed t the motion, it is fast and easy.
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