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I’ve hesitated about writing this post. In the same way I hesitate about commenting on YouTube videos that claim to be showing a certain spinning technique – and aren’t. But great…
By Benjamin Krudwig
To make handspun yarn, you don’t have to use a spinning wheel. Drop spindle spinning is easy to learn, portable and less expensive.
Alexandra, Pss of Wales and an Spinning Wheel. Mids 1890s.
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To make handspun yarn, you don’t have to use a spinning wheel. Drop spindle spinning is easy to learn, portable and less expensive.
Andean plying is a method of plying from one yarn source. It is most commonly used with spindle spinning, but can be used for wheel spinning as well.
Her Majesty Queen Victoria, By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, Empress of India, Spinner A recent news article * about Prince Charles giving Camilla two sheep for...
In approximately 2011, I was gifted some beautiful sheeps wool already prepared into this pretty roving, stranded bi-color black and white, and I fe…
Women spinning in art - There are multiple artistic representations of women spinning created across time and in various places.
1860s CDV photo of Princess Louise (1848 - 1939), who was a member of the British Royal Family, the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert. Photographer is Hills & Saunders out of Eton & Oxford, England.
Once in a great while my work goes along in a predictable order. Most of the time, since I do commission work almost exclusively, things take a less controlled route. Case in point: Early on in my…
A spinning wheel without treadles? How does this work?
Thinking seriously about the cups used for supported spinning in Ladakh, made from the pulp of apricot kernels from which the oil has been extracted. This is a good example of so many things: perishable artifacts made from organic matter, textile-related tools whose purpose would be unclear if the t
Catalog #: Iraq_00275 Collection: Edwin Newman Collection Album #: AL4-B Page #: 50 Picture on Page: 4 Description : Spinning wool Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
fiber study and other fibery stuff: how to begin? When I started spinning last summer with a little home made spindle that I got as a present more then five years ago, I had absolutely no clue where this all would lead me. I was always knitting and sometimes crocheting but never thought I would like to make my very own yarn. I forgot the little spindle for more then five years and remembered when i traded a milking goat to somebody with icelandic sheep. I got a couple of roving and no idea what to do with it. When I came home, I remembered the little spindle made with a dowel and a CD. This was the magical start. To see the fiber transform into a yarn fascinated me that I wanted a "real" spindle. Searching the internet for stores in my area that could help me, I found the Spinning loft and Beth Smith in Howell Michigan. She picked out some spindles for me to try and I went home with an acorn spindle and some roving. It did not take too long until my first spinning wheel arrived. This was a Kromski Symphony. Because I also wanted a wheel that i could take to places, i was looking for a more compact travel wheel. I was not really fond of the Sonata from kromski and was looking at the jensen wheels. I had heard very good reviews on them and I decided to get a Jensen Tina II That wheel was such a delight to spin that i wanted another one from jensen. Ths time I got the opportunity to add the 30" Ashley in a beautiful birdsbeye maple with a big knot in the table. Not only is this a very decorative wheel, it also spins like a dream. So effortless.
The spinning wheel is an ancient invention that turns plant and animal fibers into thread or yarn, which are then woven into cloth on a loom.
To make handspun yarn, you don’t have to use a spinning wheel. Drop spindle spinning is easy to learn, portable and less expensive.
Low-whorl drop spindles often have a simple, straight shaft without a hook to secure the yarn.
Using a drop spindle is a fun way to get started in the wide, wide world of hand spinning wool. The drop spindle is inexpensive to buy and an easy DIY project. We just finished a weekend at the Heart of New Mexico Fiber Gathering where I was able to demonstrate spindle spinning and visit with many people who are trying to learn how to spin yarn. These tips are my best advice for a beginning spindler. Don't feel frustrated until you've tried them all! 1. Watch someone spin with a drop spindle.I
I was recently asked by a student which of the spinning wheels I would choose if I could only keep one from the shop's collection. It took me a few minutes to decide (because I love them all for their own quirks and features) but ultimately I opted for the Kromski Fantasia. Although the Fantasia is missing out on a co
