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  • Carding and Combing
    Carding removes tangles in wool fibers but does not fully align the fibers so they are all going in exactly the same direction. Carding is a process of brushing clean fibers over opposing sets of short wire teeth to open and separate the fibers into a
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  • Drop Spindles
    Drop spindles are ancient yarn-making tools that were a necessity in ancient times and are still used in many parts of the world. There are basically two types of spindles; suspended and supported. Spindles are simple tools comprised of a shaft (the stick
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  • Dyeing Yarn
    Dyeing your own yarn or fiber offers the same satisfaction as perfecting your favorite recipe. You know exactly what goes in it, and you can tweak the ingredients to get exactly what you want. With many types of natural dyes or chemical dyes, you can
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  • Handspun Yarn
    You can spin all types of yarn for knitting, weaving, embroidery, lace-making, or crocheting from natural or synthetic fibers. When you choose the fiber, grist, color, and style of yarn, you soon realize that the possibilities are endless and that there
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  • Plying
    Plying is a gateway into the vast world of yarn design. Plying involves twisting two or more single threads together, in the opposite direction from which they were spun. A plied yarn is stronger, more consistent, and more stable than the singles from
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  • Processing Cotton
    Prior to being spun, cotton needs to have the seeds removed and carded (to get all of the fibers aligned in one direction ready for spinning.
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  • Processing Wool
    Wool processing involves many steps to produce a desired fiber preparation from raw wool: shearing, washing, combing, carding, all before it’s ready for spinning.
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  • Spinning Cotton
    Cotton really is the fabric of our lives—but for handspinners, spinning cotton can be a bit intimidating. It is spun in the same way that wool is although it is a bit more difficult due to the short smooth fiber and lack of crimp.
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  • Spinning Flax
    Flax, which has been spun, is called, linen. There are two general types of flax, one is grown for seeds, the other for its fiber. Flax is the stalk of a plant that is used for fiber. It is considered a cellulose or bast fiber, similar to hemp, jute,
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  • Spinning Silk
    Silk is one of the luxury fibers that new spinners are likely to try first after they've mastered wool—it is so seductively beautiful with its incredible luster and ability to take color. There are many different characteristics of yarn spun
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  • Spinning Wheels
    Yarn spinning is the act of drawing out fibers (drafting) and adding twist to make yarn. You can make yarn on a simple tool like a drop spindle [link] or you can use a spinning wheel. Spinning wheels have been in use for thousands of years and have evolved
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  • Spinning Wool
    Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Wool is probably the most popular fiber to spin, largely because of its versatility. It is also the easiest fiber for beginners to spin. With so many different sheep breeds, comes numerous types of wool.
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