How to Pick the Right Spindle for the Job
Connie Kephart shares her tips for how to pick the right spindle for any project.
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Connie Kephart shares her tips for how to pick the right spindle for any project.
When it comes to Norman Kennedy, his singing and storytelling steal the show. In From Wool to Waulking: Spinning Wool and Creating Cloth with Norman Kennedy, the tales of a lifetime of experience spinning and weaving hold his audience captive.
Here’s how to shop at sheep and wool festivals when you want to bring home goodies.
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Fiber enthusiasts look forward to sheep and wool festivals every year! Some even travel across the country to attend the larger festivals. Fiber festivals have more to offer than just the vendors market. Had enough shopping?
Seriously, why do I have so many braids? BECAUSE I LOVE THEM.
Gradient yarns that slowly shift colors from one end of the skein to the other are a great spinner’s challenge.
Hackles come in two types: a flax hackle has square tines clustered in several rows, and a wool hackle has cylindrical tines in only one or two rows.
Where do you go to learn about spinning? We can read about spinning all day, but a spinning mentor can move your work forward like nothing else.
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