Carded and Combed Spinning
Spinning begins with the sorting and washing of the fiber.
Afterward, the fiber is opened and beaten to free it from dust and impurities.
Fine and long fibers are used to produce combed yarns and are transformed into a ribbon called tops: the fibers are first parallelized and then wound onto themselves. In this process, short fibers are eliminated, and the result is a strong and very fine yarn.
Using machines equipped with combs, the long fibers are straightened and laid parallel to each other, creating a combed ribbon called a top.
Short fibers are used to make carded yarns; unlike combed spinning, the fibers are crisscrossed in every direction, transformed into a carded sliver, and then spun. The result is a full-bodied roving, less resistant and less fine (more ordinary) than combed yarn.
Carding removes residual impurities and creates a sliver in which the fibers intermingle.
In industrial processes, these operations are performed using specially designed machinery that prepares the fiber for combing and transforms it into tops (for combed spinning) or carded sliver (for carded spinning).
Twists are applied to the roving, transforming it into a strong, homogeneous, and continuous yarn.
Afterward, plying is carried out, twisting two or more threads together. The plied yarn consequently has greater strength.
Finally, the yarn is wound onto bobbins, to be subsequently processed according to its intended use.
If the yarn is intended for knitting machines, it will not undergo further transformations before going into the machine. Subsequently, the product made by knitting machines will undergo finishing, or more simply, washing.
If, on the other hand, the yarn is intended for manual work, knitting or crocheting, it will undergo other processes to be placed on the market in skeins or balls, with some exceptions, such as ours, for example, where we sell our stock yarns directly on bobbins.
The characteristics of finished products made with these yarns will be light and fresh if obtained from combed fibers, and full-bodied and warm if from carded fibers, with the exception of noble fibers such as cashmere.
