Spinner's Connection : Spinning Wool, Drop Spindle

Stash Treasures: "Just Spin It!"

Kate Larson — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:35:00 GMT

Members of the Illinois Prairie Spinners are boosting stash-busting morale

Pennsylvania Guild helps over 600 children learn to spin and weave

Kate Larson — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Northwest Pennsylvania Spinners and Weavers Guild worked with Camp Stone, an Orthodox Jewish summer camp, to introduce 680 campers to an array of fiber arts.

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A SOAR to Remember

Peggy Coffey — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT

What goes around comes around- and may be spun around twice! As many readers know, the news from your groups and guilds forms the substance of this column. Your events, activities, and projects can be shared with the larger spinning community when you...(read more)

The Spindle & Dyepot Guild (Wisconsin)

Peggy Coffey — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:13:00 GMT

The Spindle & Dyepot Guild (Wisconsin) took a field trip to The Blackberry Ridge Woolen Mill to view the process of taking raw fiber through the steps of finished spinning, plying, and dyeing of the yarn. Of special interest was the washing procedure used with skirted but dirty wool. A top-loading washer is filled with water on the hottest setting, followed by adding detergent at three times the recommended amount for laundry. After mixing it well to dissolve the soap, the wool is submersed for 20 minutes into the water, then the washer is drained and the wool removed. The washing is repeated a second time before the wool is rinsed and spread over screens to dry. The wool is taken out between each cycle to fill the tub with water.

Acadian Weavers and Spinners

Peggy Coffey — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:09:00 GMT

Monday, June 9, 2008

The Acadian Weavers and Spinners (Louisiana) took part in the Ville Platte Cotton Festival in October. The community of Ville Platte has one of the oldest festivals in Louisiana, and the 2007 King Cotton was Jimmy C. Newman, a Nashville country singer originally from Big Mamou, Louisiana. Members demonstrated and interpreted weaving and spinning wool, silk, and brown and white cotton on wheels and CD drop spindles during the King’s Reception.

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