Before you can start spinning, you are going to need some handspinning supplies! What are your options and where do you get the tools and fiber that you’ll need for your yarn? Handspinning supplies can be purchased locally from farm stores, small shops or in person events, like festivals, or from larger online retailers which…
When you are just getting started with handspinning, you’ll want to work with the easiest wool to use while you are learning. There are a lot of wonderful wools out there to choose from and many are listed as easy to spin, but what is the easiest wool of all to spin? The easiest wool…
When looking for wool to spin, it seems like most any description, from combed top to buying raw fleeces, will tell you this breed has an easy to spin wool. What does that mean? What are the characteristics that make a wool easy to spin? There are 9 basic characteristics that make a wool easy…
Looking for some easy to work with wool but confused with all of the choices? No worries, we’ll go over some easy to spin, beginner friendly wools that will be fun to work with, yet manageable for the new handspinner. Best Places To Get Wool For Handspinning gives you a list of options for your…
When you are looking around for fiber to start handspinning with, you’ll see a huge amount of choices! Choices are wonderful, once you get some practice and know what you like, but for a beginner, too many choices is more confusing than anything else! What is the best wool for handspinners to start with and…