How to Use a Drum Carder in Three Steps

Learn how you can use a drum carder for making larger batts and hand carders to make a large amount of fiber quickly.

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Whether you are an experienced crafter chasing the perfect yarn or a beginner looking for an outlet for your creative talents, The Complete Guide to Spinning Yarn (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2012) by Brenda Gibson will inspire you to get spinning. Beginners can learn basic techniques, from preparing and dyeing fiber to drop spindle spinning and wheel spinning, while more advanced spinners can explore recipes for a range of textured and colorful yarns.


Carding more thoroughly opens up the fibers and frees them of tangles and debris than teasing alone.

Carding may also be used as a blending process for different fibers or colors, and the end preparation will tend to contain some variety of fiber length (consequently, a different preparation is used for worsted spinning). Carding may be done using a drum carding machine or using a pair of hand carders (visit the link below to learn how to use hand carders).

How to Use a Drum Carder

  • Updated on Nov 20, 2021
  • Originally Published on Oct 20, 2014
Tagged with: batt, carding, drum carder, fiber
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