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Also, keep your hands at least 3-4 inches apart. If you are pulling too close, you can't get the fiber to separate and let the twist ride up the wool. And one more thing: Let go a bit. If you hold the wool too tight, it will also fight with you. The rest is just practice! Good luck. barb
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Hi, thank you for that information. How exciting to grow and use your own dye plants! Look out, spinning is addictive! Well, I find it so. I am interested in Japanese indigo. Is it different from the other indigo? I have an icelandic fleece which I am spinning. Beautiful silky wool it makes :)
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Hi. I've just signed up and am curious to see what happens here! I'm just getting interested in dyeing with plants. anyone grown mdder from seed? I've just ordered some seeds so we shall see. I've been a spinner since I was 15. I find it a very satisfying hobby. I usually knit and crochet...
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I am interested in purchasing this for my iPad . my question is, after I download the magazine, would I have to be connected to the Internet in order to read the magazine and view the videos. thanks for any info, don't want to spend $ if I can't read the magazine .as I don't always have Internet...
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I had an epiphany this morning: I think it is time we all learned to weave. Spinning is fun and spun wool accumulated FAST. The rule of thumb is 3-7 days spinning to feed the loom for one day. (3-7 because it depends on who said it, I am not sure exactly how big my thumb will be....but I guess I will...
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Thank, Oliver. I may have found something that works--but isn't very cheap! Schacht Spindles come in a 3 oz and a 2.5 oz size and i think they do the trick just fine. They cost about $20 each but I can order 20 or so at a time, so that is good. I am spoiled: I just reconnected with the woman who...
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I just joined and I found a place talking about guilds. What ARE guilds, as opposed to spinning groups? If I have a group, locally and I want to create a Guild what will I need to know or do? barb
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I need a source for spindles. I teach beginning spindle spinning sometimes and I need a source for 3 oz (approx. but I don't want them too light) low whorl spindles. I call them "half-orange" spindles because the whorl is shaped almost in a half circle. I want to buy 10-20 of them to make...
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Hi, all! I have been spinning for 20 years and I am a rank beginner (emphasis on rank!) I am taking a Masters Spinner Certification here in the Chicago Area. I went through the first of a 6 year program and hope to continue (If I can get the homework done!) I use a Schacht original wheel (now called...
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Hi My name is Doralee and I have opened Doralee's Handspininng in Sanford Maine. I am starting to teach classes and have run in to the problem of getting across core ideas of spinning techniques to students who want to learn spinning but are having a hard time getting over the fact they have to let...