Curved-back carders are great; I have a pair of Clemes & Clemes "student" cards (1/3 smaller than regular cards) that will only be pried out of my cold, dead fingers. ;-) Unfortunately, Clemes & Clemes is now out of business (along with most of the other fiber-related businesses in the SF Bay Area), so you may have to look for a pair on either the Housecleaning Pages, or on eBay.
I also have a set of old-fashioned Howard flat-back cards, and they also do a nice job, once I got used to them. They're right around $50/pr. Dawn Jacobson http://dtjacobson.blogspot.com/ > > Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 16:46:31 -0600 > From: Jennifer Horsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: so what's everyone up to? - carders? > > I'm wrapping up my Master's thesis and haven't done much knitting or > spinning since last November! Argh. I'm going to a 2-day spinning > workshop at the Estes Park Wool Market and I am really excited. I need > to buy hand carders and want to get something that I will use a lot. Any > recommendations for a good starter pair? To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
