Spinning with wool roving is a great place to start your spinning adventure! Roving is easy to find and available from many different breeds, giving you all manner of choices for spinning. So, how do you actually spin roving and what are the tricks to make spinning wool roving easier for a beginner? Does Spinning…
Maybe you have considered learning to spin your own yarn, especially if you are buying craft yarn for your projects! Will you save money learning to spin your own yarn or are you better off to buy from someone else? Compared to buying hand crafted specialty yarns, you save money by purchasing prepared wool and…
Thinking about getting into handspinning yarn? Handspinning is fun and relaxing, not to mention all of the really neat yarns you can make! Once you decide to jump into handspinning, the next question is where to start. Since you are starting out as a total beginner, you might as well make it easy! What’s the…
Long wool fleeces look so interesting and get your imagination going with possibilities! Long staple wools are an interesting wool to work with for any handspinner. Obviously, long wools need to be worked with and spun differently than shorter stapled wools, but how do you work with this wonderful long staple wool? To spin long…
If you are interested in working with wool yarns, you’ve probably wondered if you could spin your own. There’s wool for sale online and maybe you could buy a fleece or two from a local shepherd at shearing! But, once you get the wool, can you work with it, can you spin your own wool…
Spinning wheels are seen in historical photographs, old movies and fairytales, so we all know what they are, but are spinning wheels still used today? Spinning wheels are commonly used today Spinning wheels are commonly used today, everyday, by fiber loving folks around the world. Actually, spinning your own yarn, called handspinning is an increasingly…
When you are looking into handspinning wool, you’ll easily find videos and some articles and, eventually, you’ll come across classes and workshops that are available, maybe even some close to home! Should you go? Do you need to take a class to learn to spin wool or can you learn to spin wool yourself? If…
Since you are looking into handspinning, of course, you are also looking into equipment and fiber choices, which leads you to cost. There are a ton of options on what to buy and from where, but what do you actually need and how much will it cost you to get started spinning wool? You can…
Spinning with raw wool versus washed wool, what are the things you need to do to make spinning with raw wool work for you? To spin with raw wool, pull a small section of wool to work with off of a well skirted fleece. Use your fingers to separate out the ends of a few…
You may be wondering, why spin wool to begin with? Do you really have to spin it or can you make things with wool that has not been spun? Wool must be spun to make yarn for most knitting, crochet or weaving projects. Wool can be used unspun for felting and is occasionally used unspun…