Hand Carders
Hand carders (or hand cards) are a relatively low-tech way to prepare fiber for spinning. When you card fiber with hand cards, you are separating the fibers and partially aligning them to make them easier to spin. Carded fibers are the preparation you use if you want to make lofty woolen yarns.
If you want to make worsted yarns, you’ll need the fiber to be aligned more precisely and you’ll want the shorter fibers to be removed. The tool to use for this sort of preparation is a wool comb. If you use a flick carder instead, you’ll end up with fiber that’s aligned like you’d get by using wool combs, but the shorter fibers won’t have been removed.
Any current eBay auctions for hand carders and flick carders will be displayed below. Click a picture or description to get more information or to place a bid.
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Strauch Petite Carder Strauch Quality/w economy(Assembl US $356.00 End Date: Saturday Nov-22-2008 19:47:52 PST Buy it now | Add to watch list |
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Carding Tool Flick carder for carding & spinning wool US $10.50 (3 Bids) End Date: Sunday Nov-23-2008 15:58:51 PST Bid now | Add to watch list |
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LOUET Roving Carder - Roving Carder (Alpaca) US $355.00 End Date: Sunday Nov-23-2008 19:23:46 PST Buy it now | Add to watch list |
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2 Howard Hand Wool Carder Cleaning & Flick Carders NEW US $24.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Sunday Nov-23-2008 22:52:26 PST Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list |
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Schacht Spindle Curved Wool Hand Carder Paddles 7 3/4" US $17.06 (4 Bids) End Date: Monday Nov-24-2008 8:37:26 PST Bid now | Add to watch list |
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new FLICK CARDER spinning roving weaving US $14.50 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Nov-25-2008 5:20:53 PST Bid now | Add to watch list |
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wool picker spinning wheel roving fiber weaving carder US $148.00 End Date: Thursday Nov-27-2008 11:28:13 PST Buy it now | Add to watch list |
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ASHFORD FLICK CARD US $16.50 End Date: Sunday Dec-07-2008 7:24:27 PST Buy it now | Add to watch list |
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Strauch Petite Carder Strauch Quality/w economy(Assembl US $356.00 End Date: Friday Dec-19-2008 19:54:03 PST Buy it now | Add to watch list |
When buying hand carders, the most important feature is the number of teeth per inch. The finer the fiber you like to use, the more teeth per inch your carders will need to have. Fine hand carders (112 teeth per inch or more) will work well on a wide range of fibers; however, coarser carders will not work for finer fibers such as alpaca, merino wool and cashmere.