Help For Beginning Spinners

This is where you’ll find links to the “Beginner’s Information” posts. The list is in its infancy at the moment, but it’ll grow as the week progresses. Enjoy!

The Introduction

• So You Want To Spin? – Drop Spindle versus Wheel
• Yarn: The Low Down – Basic Concepts of Twist and Plying
• Yarn: The Creation – Video Tutorials for Spinning with a Drop Spindle
• Choosing A Drop Spindle – What Style of Spindle and Where To Get It
• What Am I Looking At? – What Type of Wheel and Where to Get It
• Yarn: The Creation 2 – Spinning on a Wheel
• Drafting, Plying, and a Balanced Yarn – How to Draft, Ply, and Achieve an Easy-to-Use Yarn

Series: Wool

• Choosing a Type of Wool – How to judge which kind of fleece will be best for your project.
• In The Raw – Buying Raw Fleece and Washing It.
• Preparing a Fleece for Spinning – Different Tools You Can Use to Process Clean Fleece