To spread the fibers evenly across the carder, take a lock and catch the cut end on the teeth, using an index finger to hold the cut end as you pull the lock forward and away from the teeth with the ...

One hundred years old and still running. That's the 1916 Davis & Furber carding machine, known as The Card, at The Green Mountain Spinnery, a worker-owned cooperative in Putney that produces and sells ...

RURAL GROTON — From sheep to shawl, Kelly Knispel and her mother, Marie McClintic, have built a business. “A lot of people who raise sheep don’t do it for the wool,” Knispel said. That’s where she ...

Detailed knowledge and understanding of the fiber raw material is critical to achieving the best possible quality in the yarn ...