Wool is loaded into the mill's antique carding machines, which separate and straighten the fibers. (Elizabeth Flores/The Minnesota Star Tribune) Carl Klemer launched the business that became Faribault ...

spinning the wool into yarn, or knitting and weaving, but between shearing and spinning there’s another unfamiliar process you’ll have to go through. Known as carding, it helps align the ...

It is well known that woolen rovings in their untwisted state ... simply by felting them as they come from the carding machine. This is done by steaming the rovings, and at the same time applying ...

APPLETON — For well over a century, the Courtney Woolen Mill has been in business ... Courtney appeared at the mill to run the Davis and Ferber carding machine one last time, with about two ...

GREENWICH—Fifth graders at the Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs toured the Battenkill Fibers Carding and Spinning Mill in Greenwich this week. Students observed the inner workings of the mill and ...