Hand card

Object/Artifact

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Heritage Acres

Name/Title

Hand card

Description

Hand Card. Wooden paddle with handle. One side has a mesh of small metal prongs. Printed on reverse "The Only Genuine Old Whitmore Patent Improved No. 9 Wool L.S. Watson & Co. Leicester, Mass."

Use

Hand carding is used to prepare fleece for spinning. Carding separates and straightens the fibres.