All wool can be used for some sort of spinning project and, actually, most wool has something it’s known for being spectacular in! The trick to having a wonderful fleece to work with is to match what you want to do with the fleece with the built in characteristics of the fleece that will be…
If you have spent anytime at all looking over your spinning fiber options, you will have likely come across something called pencil roving. What on earth is pencil roving and what would you use it for, anyway? Pencil roving is a thin wool roving, generally as thin or thinner than a pencil, that is used…
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…
Wool roving, it’s available for just about any breed that you can think of, which is super neat but can also be quite confusing! All of these wools are great for something, to be sure, but are they great for you and your spinning? The best roving to use for handspinning is a roving made…
When you are looking for wool to spin, you come across a lot of choices, different breeds of sheep whose wool is available for spinners, but also different types of wool preparations, like roving. Can you spin wool roving or is roving made for other types of wool craft, like felting, and spinners are mainly…
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…
Handspinners love to work with fibers that are new to us, whether it’s a new to us wool or a new to us fiber preparation like pin drafting. What is pin drafted roving and should you use it or are you better off using the roving you have now? Pin drafted roving is roving that…
If you are looking into getting some wool for your handspinning or felting projects then you will have come across the term “roving”. What exactly is roving and why would you want to use it? Wool roving is a 1-2 inched prepared wool fiber rope that is ready to be used for handspinning or other…
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…