Pindrafting Fiber
If you wish your fiber to be further processed after carding, you may choose to have it pindrafted. In pindrafting, your roving is fed several times through a machine called a pindrafter. This machine further processes your roving, drafting it more finely. The pindrafter has many small metal "combs" filled with pins that align the fiber to be more parallel than simple roving. This will allow you to spin semi-worsted yarn. You may also choose to have your fiber blended into various color patterns at this stage. Pindrafting may be the final stage in the processing of your fiber, or it may be the final (required) step before we spin your fiber into beautiful yarn. See the chart below for more information!
Pindrafted Roving
If you desire a thinner, more uniform roving, which is perfect for new spinnners just learning to draft, or for accomplished spinners aiming at finer semi-worsted yarns, our pindrafter can produce this for you. Our roving may be coiled into a bag, or packaged in "bumps"--oblong, center-pull "balls" of pindrafted roving. Our standard size for these bumps is 4 oz. each; but you may choose the weight of your bumps. Pindrafted roving bumps are convenient to spin from, and also store and show well if you sell your pindrafted roving at fiber events.
Blending
If you would like your roving to be blended with a fiber such as silk or nylon, pindrafting is the stage to do this. We can also blend colors at this stage. For example, we often make 2-color or 3-color "striped" pindrafted roving, which, when spun, produces a tweedy or "marled" yarn.
Preparation for Spinning
If you ask us to spin your fiber into yarn, the fiber will be pindrafted first to prepare it for spinning.
Pindrafted Roving
If you desire a thinner, more uniform roving, which is perfect for new spinnners just learning to draft, or for accomplished spinners aiming at finer semi-worsted yarns, our pindrafter can produce this for you. Our roving may be coiled into a bag, or packaged in "bumps"--oblong, center-pull "balls" of pindrafted roving. Our standard size for these bumps is 4 oz. each; but you may choose the weight of your bumps. Pindrafted roving bumps are convenient to spin from, and also store and show well if you sell your pindrafted roving at fiber events.
Blending
If you would like your roving to be blended with a fiber such as silk or nylon, pindrafting is the stage to do this. We can also blend colors at this stage. For example, we often make 2-color or 3-color "striped" pindrafted roving, which, when spun, produces a tweedy or "marled" yarn.
Preparation for Spinning
If you ask us to spin your fiber into yarn, the fiber will be pindrafted first to prepare it for spinning.
