Elaine writes:
<<But it couldn't deal with fine wools without significant danger of
nepping. I did manage to card Merino with it, but I worked very, very,
very slowly with films of pre-flicked fibers.>>
I have the Mark V, which gives me a perfect batt of Merino and other
finewools after two passes starting with precarded fiber, fed it just as
I do any other fiber. The Mark V supposedly has 72 tpi, according to
the article in the newest Spin-Off. Don't know whether I trust that
without counting, as I don't agree with much of the article's assessment
of the Mark V <g>
The point I'm deviating from is I don't think the tpi is necessarily the
primary factor when judging the quality of a carding job. I've had
better results on finewools at 72 than at 128, using the same fiber
prepared and fed the same way. I don't pretend to know why that is, but
I would strongly suggest a 'test drive' before deciding what carder or
teeth density is best for a given fiber.
As an aside, I think the article would have been more useful with a
photo of a batt produced by each carder, with light showing through it.
I have a hard time believing the Mark V performed as poorly as stated in
the article. Mine does all fibers but silk and angora superbly. And I
can use it unclamped with ease :)
Holly
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