How to spin yarn by hand

Wanting to spin but not sure on the investment? Today we are going to make a drop spindle using things found around the house. It's easier than you think!

Excited to embark your spinning adventures, but not sure where to start? This post has everything you need to know when learning how to spin yarn.

Drop spindles are a fun, easy, and inexpensive way to get into spinning yarn. They are super simple to make and I'll walk you through making your own.

There are so many excellent spinning books out there, it was hard for me to choose my favorites. But, as I started to narrow it down, I realized that my favorite beginner books were the books that taught me how to spin yarn! While several of these books are no longer in print, they are available in Kindle format, and of course you can always find them second hand if you are on the look out. So here they are, my top 5 books that taught me how to spin yarn.

New to spinning yarn? There are various factors that will help to achieve a consistent handspun yarn, which we will discuss today.

I talk about the ups and downs of learning to handspin yarn on a wheel. Then give my top 10 tips for beginners. All the things I wish someone would have told me when I was learning.

Park and draft is a useful technique for learning how to spin your own yarn on a drop spindle. Learn how to do it now!

Spindle whorls have been discovered in the most ancient of archeological sites and are still used today to hand spin yarn by yarn crafters, reenactors, and people working to preserve their cultural heritage and textile traditions, and by YouTubers (like me!). This was a super fun project where I learned how easy it is to make DIY spindle whorls out of polymer clay. The post How to Make DIY Spindle Whorls from Polymer Clay appeared first on Jillian Eve.

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The word nostepinne comes from Scandanavia and is a short, carved stick for winding yarn.

It is inevitable that you will make what is called a "slub", which, if you're aiming for yarn consistency, will drive you bonkers. Here's how to fix it!

There are many ways of measuring handspun yarn and I’ve tried most of them. After a while, I learned that my most favourite method was to very slowly count the number of rotations my yarn swift took to empty a bobbin, (trying not to lose concentration), measure the length of a single loop of washed yarn and then multiply it by the number of rotations of the hank winder. Inevitably, I would almost always end up losing count when I got into the few hundreds and so I would have to go back later…

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How to Core Spin Treasure Art Yarns from Scraps with Joyce Hazlerig: Spin Chunky, Fun and Funky Art Yarns! #LivingFelt #Scraps

Create a center-pull ball of yarn by hand quickly and easily with the steps in this how-to guide. Perfect for knitters, crocheters, crafters and organizers