Yarn is smallest synonym for the process of spinning. It involves decades of experience of machinery. The principles of Blending, The dynamics of carding, The velocity of spinning, The electronics of winding, The cylces of Reeling, The foams of Scouing and The rainbow of Dyeing each stage has knowledgebase sufficient for individual books.
 
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Carpet yarn making

The history of spinning is very old. It is generally agreed that the spinning of fibres to form a thread or yarn has been in existence for over 10,000 years. The drop spindle was the primary spinning tool for almost 9000 years, it was used to spin all the threads for clothing and fabrics from Egyptian mummy wrappings to tapestries, ropes and sails for ships.
 
In early times the yarn was hand spun. After industrialisations the yarn started to be spun using carding machines and mules using steam power. After industrial modernisation of Europe the yarn spinning was developed into Ring Spinning using electrical power. During 90's modern machineries were introduced having state of art Electronic clearing devices, filament yarn, friction spinning etc.
 
Through out the world, there are three traditional system to spin Woollen or wool blended yarns i.e.
 
1. Woollen System yarn also called as carded yarn or condenser yarn suitable for any need be it Apparel or furnishings. Incidentally most popular as it is most cost efficient way to produce yarn.
 
2. Semi Worsted yarn is short version of worsted yarns and used only for furnishing yarns such as carpets, Rugs and upholstery.
 
3. Worsted yarn is costliest spinning system in traditional system and incidentally used only for apparels. There are evidence of use of worsted yarns for Rugs but that is a mere fraction of above two.
 
We have tried to explain basic procedure of carpet yarn spinning in few sections which can accessed by links in side box.