carding fiber for spinning

I bought a pair of hand carders last week and tonight I gave them a try.  It took a little while to get the hang of it but by the end of 2 oz of fiber I think the rolags at least looked okay.  Maybe tomorrow I'll give them a real test and try spinning them.

washed fiber (I didn't remove the lanolin)

fiber after being hand picked

fiber pulled on carder

my first (pathetic) rolag

a row of rolags