Card

“Cotton card / Cotton carding refers to the carding process and carded cotton fibres used in textile manufacturing, not a finished fabric itself. In spinning and textile production, “cotton carding” means mechanically cleaning, separating, and aligning raw cotton fibres to prepare them for further processing into yarn and fabric.

A Shade Card is a cardboard or folder where small fabric pieces are attached along with:

  1. Shade name
  2. Fabric quality details
  3. GSM
  4. Composition (e.g., 100% Cotton, PC Blend, etc.