What Are The Characteristics Of An Easy To Spin Wool?
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What Are The Characteristics Of An Easy To Spin 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…

Wool Roving Or Batts: Which one should you use and why?
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Wool Roving Or Batts: Which one should you use and why?

As you are looking around for wool to spin for your next handspinning project, you’ll probably come across wool batts as well as roving. And some of those batts look pretty amazing! Both roving and batts come in all manner of fiber combinations from your favorite fiber shops, so which one do you pick? Should…

What Is The Minimum Equipment Needed To Spin Wool?
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What Is The Minimum Equipment Needed To Spin Wool?

So you are thinking about getting into a new hobby and spinning wool sounds interesting but you don’t want to get into it too deep (or spend much) until you see if handspinning is enjoyable to you, right? If you’ve looked around in the slightest, you’ve surely seen a world of spinning equipment for sale,…