Carding's the processing of brushing raw or washed fibers to prepare them as textiles. A large variety of fibers can be carded, anything from dog hair, to llama, to soy fiber (a fiber made from soy beans), to polyester. Cotton and wool are probably the most common fibers to be carded. Not all fibers are carded; Flax and bast, for example, are retted then threshed. Carding's used to take unordered fibers and prepare them for spinning by either the worsted or woollen process or to produce webs of… (More on Carding)