
Tag: Handspinning

In this article, I will go over plying yarn in a two-ply. There are many variations and styles of plying but seeing as this is a beginner series we will start here. I even pulled up photos from my ver
In this third installment of my How-too series on handspinning, I will attempt to describe how to pre-draft and draft various types of prepared fiber. Drafting, in handspinning, is how you prepare you
Handspinning with a drop spindle is an art form that was once necessity. All over the globe from the early history of humans to modern times people have employed the use of various types of spindles a
For more than half of my life the art of hand spinning has appealed to me. Spinning wheels especially. The various wheels I would see in art, old photos, and antique shops always seemed like more than