This Tahkli Spinning How To will walk you through what you need to know to get started spinning with this tiny but powerful cotton spindle from India. What is a Tahkli? The tahkli is a supported spindle. This means that they are supported by something while you spin with them. It could be a table, […]
Here we go – the promised Dryer Ball Tutorial! After inquiring in the newsletter if there would be interest in a tutorial, the response was a resounding YES. I have made dozens of these now for our local natural foods store. So, I feel I have a good process worked out, and I’m ready to […]
When we learn to spin, we just want the yarn to hold together. We’re not overly concerned with analyzing different ways of holding the fiber to control loft, twist, or color variations. Once you reach that point of “spinning a continuous strand” and make your first yarn (what an accomplishment!) a whole world of spinning […]
While preparing for my Better, Happier Spindle Spinning Class, the topic of cop shapes came up. One of my favorite ways to fit a lot of yarn on a spindle is to use beehive cops.
The beehive shape allows the cop to grow out beyond…
Amy and I are tentatively excited right now. Today was the big leap – leaving behind the website structure and editor we’ve been using for over a decade, to embrace the new design and WooCommerce shopping system you see…
Did you know? Wool fibers lengthen when wet. Both skeins were made on the same niddy. The upper skein is dry, the lower skein is wet. Once the lower skein dried, it was the same length as the upper. Cool. Have I ever told you how much I love wool?
I learned this method of Greek and Albanian Spinning with spindle and distaff from a woman who grew up in Greece.
I have also found evidence of this spinning method in Romania…
All fiber bundles for spinning – but with very unusual names! What’s the difference?
I love to spin. Why? I’m not sure.
