Category: Spinning Articles
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Best Practices in Fractal Spinning
If there’s any downside to being a collector and spinner of colourful, hand-painted fibre, it’s that the options for dividing and spinning these braids can…
Join us for a Handspun Scraps, Rigid Heddle Weave-Along This Fall
We’re excited to announce our first School of SweetGeorgia handspun scraps, rigid heddle weave-along (WAL)! The official dates are November 1–30, 2023, and the weave-along…
Spinning Library: The Fleece & Fibre Sourcebook
So you have fallen head over heels for spinning and are ready to expand your animal fibre knowledge? At the top of my spinning library…
No Tools? No Problem! No-Tool Fibre Preparation for Spinners
Hand cards, drum carder, hand combs… oh, my! Exploring fibre preparation can be a far deeper and more expensive dive than a curious spinner may…
Choosing Your First Spinning Wheel
What is a Diz and Why Do You Need One?
Getting Bulky: How to Spin A Thicker Yarn
If you’ve ever analyzed a chunky or bulky yarn, be it as a singles or a plied structure, you’ve likely noticed its airy, low-twist attributes.…
Essential Spinning & Fibre Prep Tools
We can make yarn with a stick and some wool. Pretty incredible, really! Then some people made a wheel. And we saw more balanced and…
Learning to Spin Silk Yarns
For the longest time, I felt intimidated by the idea of learning to spin silk yarns. It felt like the epitome of luxury fibres for…