Louët, hand cards

Description

Louët hand cards and combs

Carding and combing are pre-treatments in which the hairs or fibers come to lie in the same direction. This makes it easier to felt or spin the material. When combing, the hair is stretched more than when carding. This difference determines the character of a spun thread: worsted or ironed yarn.

Louët hand cards are made of a very light and strong type of wood, from which, for example, piano keys are also made. The card fittings that Louët uses are made of galvanized steel wire. The high quality guarantees a long service life.

The hand cards of 19 x 10 cm are available in pairs. Standard with fine fittings (46 tpi = points per square inch) or with very fine fittings (110 tpi = points per square inch), for silk, alpaca wool, superfine merino and other fine materials.

The little hand cards 10 x 10 cm also have the very fine batter (110 points per square inch).

The single card brush (“”flicker””, 6 x 10 cm) is a special tool for “beating loose” felted tips of the wool. But you can also use it as a regular little carding brush. It has a 72 tpi batter.

The wool combs are 6.5 cm wide and available in two versions per pair; standard with a single row and on request also with a double row of pins. The double row of pins is especially suitable for very fine wool types. The wool combs are made of lacquered ash wood.