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ArticleWhy I Love My Handcards: Carding Wool Three WaysI love and collect handcards the way that many of my friends collect spindles.
ArticleCleaner Carding: How to Keep Your Handcards Spick-and-SpanWhether you’ve inherited a set of previously loved handcards or just want to de-gunk an often-used pair, Heavenly’s tips will keep your carding cloth clean and ready for action.

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122 Spin Off issues mention “handcards” on 311 pages.

Spin Off Winter 20162 pages
- Page 4nice but not too precious wool. I’ve had a new spinning wheel and new handcards on the list for about five years now, but somehow they seem too indulgent—what
- Page 10from the 1970s, and this board carder was a very popular alternative to using handcards for blending colors as well as carding fleece. Monnie Fenner Ashburton, Victoria, Australia Convergence.
Spin Off Fall 2023 2 pages

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ArticleVM Is Not the End: Save That Fleece with Handcards Vegetable matter (VM)—the chaff, twigs, and burrs that can become embedded in our fleeces—is considered a flaw. But how much VM is too much? It’s a matter of opinion.

ArticleCarding Cloth: What tpi does the best job?Spinning tools are a big investment. Handcards, drumcarders, flick carders, and blending boards all use carding cloth, a toothed material, to open and blend fibers.

ArticleCarding Tools and Techniques: Spin Off Fall 2023Join us as we celebrate all things carding—from handcards, drumcarders, and flick cards, to blending boards and more—to help you harness the power of fiber prep.

ArticleHandcarding Tips and TricksAre you desiring light and fluffy fiber to spin? Using handcards might be the solution.

ArticleHandcarding Then and NowIf you gave ten handspinners each a brand-new set of handcards, how many different ways would you see them used?

ArticleDecoding the Mystery of the Rolag, the Puni, and the Rolag-PuniWhat do you call the little rolls of fiber that you pull off handcards, a blending board, or even a drumcarder? Not any word you’ll find in a typical dictionary.

ArticleCall for Submissions Spin Off Fall 2023: Carding Tools & TechniquesOur annual tool issue turns to a topic brimming with creativity and steeped in debate: all things carding. Do you love handcards, drumcards, blending boards, and more? Share your article and project ideas with Spin Off!

ArticleBlending Tool Roundup: Shopping GuideWhile speed is relative in the world of fiber prep, blending boards and drumcarders will do their jobs more quickly than handcards or combs.

ArticleIn Remembrance of Patrick GreenI was first introduced to Patrick Green in 1978. I wanted a way to prepare fibers faster than I could with handcards. My local yarn store provided me with a solution: a drumcarder from Canada made by a man named Patrick Green.

ArticleThink Globally, Spin LocallySpin Off Winter 2017 is full of practical information (how to spin yarn to knit cables, for instance, and how to make your handcards work better than ever before) as well as inspiration (visit a Dineh reservation and see a Navajo spindle in use).

ArticleOdd Handspinning Terms: Carding & Combing EditionWe’re back with another batch of odd handspinning terms—some you’ll know and others may surprise you! Let’s explore carding and combing wool.

ArticleKate Larson’s Carding Wool FAQI found the carding methods that are best for my body, the fibers I use, and the variety of yarns I want to spin.

ArticleAnatomy of Carding Cloth: Dissecting the Past, Present, and FutureA foundation cloth covered in bent metal teeth seems such a simple technology, but we continue to find new ways to make use of it in our fiber-prep pursuits! Roy Clemes helps us take a closer look at carding cloth and how it is made.

ArticleCan You Diz Off of a Handcard? Fiber prep aficionado Kim McKenna says, “Yes, you can!” and she’s here to show you how.

ArticleHoliday Gifts for My Spinning ToolsWhen I was growing up, my mother told me about the legend of the animals that would talk at the stroke of midnight on Christmas. I never checked what our old horses might say; it was too cold to go to the barn at midnight.

ArticleTool Roundup: Focus on FlickersLearn how to use a flicker to transform what may be a less-than-perfect fleece into fiber that’s perfect for spinning with this roundup of resources.

ArticleHandcarding Like You’ve Never Seen It BeforeFew subjects in spinning are as contentious as handcarding. Explore three completely different ways that excellent spinners approach these tools.

ArticleSpin Off’s Top 10 Posts of the Year for 2023We’ve rounded up a list of your favorite Spin Off posts of 2023—and what a varied list it is!

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Page 83diz in Kim’s combing video is the same as described here for dizzing from handcards. —Editor • McKenna, Kim. “Wool Combing and the Importance of Planking.” Spin Off, Fall

Page 89for most types of fiber, picking removes significantly more VM than a drumcarder or handcards. Periodically, you will have to stop sending fiber through and clean debris out of

Spin Off Fall 20022 pages▾

Page 49y S P A n o S 1. Lightly brush the seed cotton with handcards (or fluff it open with your fingers).
Page 77the water and set it on Lift a 2- to 3-inch section from the handcards; pick out any remaining hairs. To spin this cloud of clean fleece, you need

Spin Off Winter 20142 pages▾

Page 27What type of equipment do you use in your business? KS: A drumcarder and handcards at the moment. Oh, and my beautiful, Schacht Matchless spinning wheel. I got to
Page 38has a short staple like cotton, I started by making punis on my cotton handcards to organize the fiber. Using my forward hand to control the twist, 36 Spin.Off

Spin Off Spring 20082 pages▾

Page 64it and spin directly from the beautifully crimped locks. Just a couple passes on handcards or through a drum- carder is sufficient to produce light and airy rolags or
Page 712008 n Spin.Off 69 www.SpinningFiber.com www.CopperMoose.com 1-866-44FIBER Copper Moose Strauch Carders (with Bonus Silk) Handcards, Ballwinders. FREE Shipping on All Ashford, Louet and Strauch Drum Carders. Wheels & Looms: Kromski,

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Page 32spinning. I used my drumcarder to blend 1-ounce batts, but a blending board or handcards would work well for this type of blending, too. I placed the add-ins randomly,
Page 55instructions ( front ) and then made an adapted pair designed to accommodate different sizes of handcards ( back ).

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