Handspun requires a special finishing treatment. Hand spun yarns should be washed or fulled before they are used for knitting, weaving or other projects to wash out grease or oils, and set the twist of the yarn.… Read more...
Information and resources about spinning on a Charkha.
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These socks are easy to spin and are a great project for using leftover bits of fiber from your stash. I used about 6 ounces of merino top, in 3 colors – peach, royal blue and tartan green.… Read more...
Have you ever watched a spider spin and marveled at how this little creature can spin such
an amazing web. Have you wondered if you could use and spin its fiber?… Read more...
Several years ago, I had the great fortune to learn to spin. I took an intensive 12 week Handspinning course, taught by Judith MacKenzie, through the Kootenay School of the Arts.… Read more...
Woolly Dogs
by Elizabeth Flower Anderson Miller
I have been studying since 1987, the wool dog or woolly dog, grown for at least 700 years, possibly 2500 years, by the First Nations or Native American peoples in the areas now western British Columbia and western Washington.… Read more...
