Category: HAND SPINNING

The heritage craft of turning wool, fleece, fibre into yarn.

Used Equipment

Van Gogh Loom

Used Weaving Looms and Spinning Wheels Places for weavers and spinners to barter, list and find used looms, spinning wheels, tools, and second hand equipment. Post Views: 34

McMorran Balance

McMorran Balance

How to Use a McMorran Balance Original filename: aa022800.htm McMorran Balance What is a McMorran Balance? Have you ever purchased a cone of yarn and don’t know how much yarn you really […]

PAIVATAR YARNS ON EBAY

PAIVATAR YARNS WEBSHOP I have been selling my Paivatar Yarns on EBAY – because it seemed to be an efficient selling platform to be on. I found EBay to be quite efficient […]

How to Join Roving

How to Join Roving This video clip shows how to start spinning on a wheel. It demonstrates how to join the roving to the leader thread and how to adjust the tension […]

Distaff Spinning

Hemp Distaff On Wheel

Spinning with a Distaff Both flax and hemp are usually sold in roving form or tow, where the flax has been heavily processed into short 2-4 inch lengths. The flax or hemp […]

Flax to Linen Yarn

Hemp Hackled

From Flax to Linen Yarn Flax Growing, Rippling, Retting,Hackling, Scutching and Spinning There are two general types of flax, one is grown for seeds, the other for its fibre Linseed has been […]

From Flax to Linen

Flax Spinning Workshop

From Flax to Linen Of all natural fibres available, I think flax qualifies as truly a miracle fibre. It is environmentally friendly and is a renewable resource. All of the plant can […]

Doukhobor Weaving

Duokhobor Weaving 1998 Living in the Kootenays in British Columbia, I am fortunate to have experienced some of the rich heritage that the Doukhobor community provides. The Doukhobors are a pacifist Christian […]