Carding
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In textile production, carding is a mechanical process that disentangles, cleans and intermixes fibres to produce a continuous web or sliver suitable for subsequent processing. This is achieved by pas
Dyed wool being carded with a 1949 Tatham carding machine at Jamieson Mill, Sandness, Shetland, Scotland
Cotton carder (known as dhunuri or lep wallah) in Howrah, Kolkata, India
William Tatham Breaker carder.
A "cotton carder": engraving copied from artist Pierre Sonnerat's 1782 illustration
Flannel
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Flannel is a soft woven fabric of varying fineness. Flannel was originally made from carded wool or worsted yarn, but is now often made from either wool, cotton, or synthetic fiber. Flannel is commonl
Carding
…and formed the web. The first in Wales was in a factory at Dolobran near Meifod in 1789. These carding mills produced yarn particularly for the Welsh flannel industry. In 1834 James Walton invented the first practical machines to use a wire card. He patented this machine and also a new form of card with…
Flannel shirts are often plaid.
Red Flannel Skirt, designed by Sybil Connolly in 1957