Making & Using Control Cards - Spinning
We all have many demands on our time: jobs, family and social obligations. We have errands to run and appointments to keep. With our busy life styles, it's not always easy to find the time to simply sit and spin. Many of us have only a few ... [... more]
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Conditioning Your Hand Cards - Spinning
While we expect new equipment to work well right away, this is not always the case with a new pair of hand cards. The wire teeth of the carding cloth may have tiny burrs on the cut ends of the wire and these little burrs will catch the wool ... [... more]
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Spinning Linsey-Woolsey - Spinning
Traditionally, linsey-woolsey is cloth woven with a linen warp and a woolen weft. Assuming a balanced weave structure, the finished cloth would be 50% linen and 50% wool. As spinners, we are not limited to these percentages in a finished item as ... [... more]
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Blending Flax and Silk - Spinning
Some months back I had an E-mail message from a knitter who had just received the newest issue of her favorite knitting magazine. The issue contained a pattern that she just loved and wanted to knit so she tried to order the yarn specified in the ... [... more]
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Flax and Cotton, A Cool Summer Blend - Spinning
Summer, with it's warm days and balmy nights, is a time when spending a lazy day spinning on the porch or deck seems like the perfect pastime. Still, it's too hot to be working with wool and warm woolen items are the farthest thing from our ... [... more]
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I Don't Need Another Hobby - Spinning
Back when I decided to learn how to spin, wheels were not very common outside of museums. "Choice" was limited, no one in my area knew of anyone selling wheels, shops did not carry them, books were limited to older used ones which could not be . [... more]
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Spinning Tow Flax - Spinning
Flax is a cellulose fiber produced by the flax plant and is further classified as a bast fiber because the fibers are produced within the stem of the plant. Preparing flax fibers for spinning is quite labor intensive. First, the flax must be ... [... more]
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