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SPINNING sa CARDING & COMBING FIBER sa COTTON SPINNING sa FLAX SPINNING sa METAL SPINNING sa SILK SPINNING sa SPINNING EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES sa SPINNING WHEEL sa WOOL PREPARATION & SPINNING sa YARN x HAND SPINNING xx TEXTILE CRAFT xx YARN The basics of spinning with a drop spindle. Tips on spinning dog hair. Includes patterns for (1) Woman's jacket woven from Samoyed. (2) Tote bag woven from dog hair. (3) Toy dog woven in tapestry technique using handspun dog hair. How to spin slub yarn. How to spin a bulky corespun yarn. How to spin a fine yarn. How to spin, weave, and sew an overblouse from ramie top. Blouse is cut from 12" wide, 3.5 yard long fabric. Two articles on teaching the blind to spin. Spinning fancy yarns. Spinning for softness and speed. Bulk spinning. Tips on how to do production spinning of heavy yarns. Tips on spinning dog hair. Tips on the Navajo three-ply method. Spinning: Where to begin. A look at costs, supplies, equipment, etc. Includes a directory of suppliers and a bibliography. Production spinning as a business. Eight steps to a good start. Breaking into retail, wholesale and mail-order marketing. Includes list of suggested equipment for a production studio. How to make a video of spinning or weaving techniques as a teaching tool or for entertainment. Advice about things to consider about purpose, audience, market, equipment, planning, preparation, scripting and editing. Spinning for a project. Advice on planning, sampling and keeping records. Making it as a production spinner. Advice on equipment and business tips for weavers. Fiber properties and fabric characteristics. How they impact spinning and weaving. Includes a chart of characteristics of 10 common fibers. Handspinning cat hair. Characteristics of cat hair described and information furnished on fiber preparation and spinning. A guide to what examiners look for when evaluating the spinning produced by an applicant for a Level I Certificate of Excellence in Handspinning. Spinning for lace. An explanation of the equipment used, adjustments to the wheel, the fibers, spinning the single, measuring twists per inch, plying and finishing. How to design and spin a knot yarn. Glitz yarns. How to design and spin them. Adding manmade glitter fibers to conventional fibers when spinning yarns. Spinning crepe yarn, a hard-twisted yarn whose purpose in the amount of twist is to create a textural effect in the fabric. Spinning for a single shuttle plaid, a way to produce handspun striped weft. Color is changed at intervals during spinning so lengths of each color equate to when weft color needs to change during weaving. Right from the start. How to spin with a smaller-than-standard, low-whorl drop spindle. How to teach spinning to beginning students. Handspinning as an art. How to produce designer yarns. A look at a handspinning project sponsored by CETA with the goal of training spinners to produce handspun yarn for sale. How to begin spinning with minimal equipment. How to spin fine yarn (2/14's in worsted, 16's in woolen). Designing fabrics on the spinning wheel. How to spin a hard twist crepe. Includes information on spinning technique, fiber selection, setting twist, weaving crepe and finishing the fabric. Specifications for four fabrics included. Tips on how to overcome common problems for beginning spinners. Tips on when to use a long draw and when to use a short draw. Spinning angora rabbit fur. Some hints on spinning musk ox wool. Summary of the Wool Bureau Testing Service report on musk ox fiber. Provides recommendations on spinning oil, scouring, milling, and dyeing. Handspinning for needlework. Tips on spinning embroidery floss, tapestry yarn, and Perisan yarn. Techniques for producing handspun knitwear that lasts. Covers fiber preparation, spinning, plying, and knitting. Suggestions on spinning mohair. Mohair processing and spinning. Blending mohair with other fibers (wool, Samoyed, silk, cotton, and flax). Preparing, spinning and dyeing mohair. Tips on spinning dog hair. Tips on producing angora fibers and raising Angora rabbits. How to spin traditional knitting yarns for ethnic sweaters. How to spin unique and usable yarns. Tips on how to cultivate and spin with ramie. Spinning methods for combed alpaca. Planning a spinning demonstration. Gathering and spinning the fibers of native plants. How to make knotted netting from "thigh-spun" plant fiber yarns. How to spin plant fibers on your thigh. Angora fiber spinning. Includes a short-sleeve woman's sweater to knit. Spinning Australian cashmere and cashgora. Spinning in Bolivia. Instructions for spinning, plying and skeining yarn that the author's Bolivian teacher used are repeated in this article, along with a history of spinning in the Bolivian highlands. Spinning cellulose fibers (including cotton, flax, ramie, hemp and jute) for use in crochet. Spinning cashmere and weaving it into scarves is described. Enough detail is included so the project can be duplicated. Working with kid mohair. Covers two methods for scouring the mohair, for carding, combing or flicking the fibers and tips for spinning using the worsted method. Also includes instructions for weaving a scarf from Rambouillet wool blended with mohair. Combing techniques for separating the long, coarse primary fibers from the short, finer secondary fibers in cashgora. Includes spinning tips. A survey of leaf and stem fibers that can be handspun. Describes abaca or manila hemp, sisal and henequen, sansevieria or bowstring hemp, New Zealand flax, pina, jute, kenaf, ramie, nettles and hemp. Tree-bast fibers that are spun in Japan (mulberry, wisteria and linden bark, ramie, hemp) are described, along with information on how they are gathered, processed and spun. How to raise, process and spin ramie. How to spin overtwist and weave with the resulting yarn to create collapse, undulating fabrics. Caribou, a new fiber for spinners. A closer look at cashgora. Guidelines on preparation, spinning blended and unblended, plying with wool and producing special effects. Tip: Spray washed mohair with cream rinse to make it easier to tease, card and comb. How to spin mohair and longwools to produce active yarns with a small amount of twist that will provide undulations in handwoven fabrics, called "collapse" fabrics. Tips on the orientation of fibers when spinning. Handspinning for children with angora and Merino to produce soft yarns. Includes general instructions for knitting T-shaped sweaters and sweaters with raglan sleeves. Complete instructions for "Starburst Medallion" sweater-vest furnished. A guide to spinning llama wool. Includes instructions for knitting a raglan-sleeved pullover sweater with a lacy peplum and cuffs on the short sleeves. Tips on cleaning and spinning qiviut, the hair of the musk ox. Tips on spinning variegated yarn. Sampling. How to establish a sampling procedure for handspinning yarns from various fibers. Spin wrapping. Description of a technique for producing unique yarns in which a fine core can be spun and wrapped simultaneously. How to spin single-ply, worsted-weight yarn. Gloves and matching scarf are knitted from handspun alpaca. Includes fiber processing and spinning instructions, along with the knitting instructions for the scarf. Tip: Looped leader yarn recommended when beginning to spin a new bobbin of yarn. Spinning ramie fibers. Techniques are described in an article on making a blouse from start to finish. Techniques for creating handspun novelty yarns including corkscrew, wrapped, inlay, seed, ringlet, boucle and loop. Tips on methods of calculating yards per pound of yarn without spinning an entire pound of fiber. Tip: Match twists-per-inch in handspun yarn to crimps-per-inch in the fleece. Tips on how to keep the grist of a yarn uniform when spinning is interrupted or lighting conditions are highly variable. "Out of the fold" spinning technique described. Tips on good drafting habits when spinning. How to spin garnetted (flecked) yarn and wrapped slub yarn. Beginning spinners' problems and their solutions. A look at too much twist, yarn breakage, too little twist, uneven yarn and wheel adjustments. Suggestions on how to organize a spinning guild. How to correct problems in singles yarn by respinning it. Discusses yarn that is too softly spun, has uneven twist, is unevenly drafted or too slubby, spun too tightly, drafted too thickly or too fine. Fiber review. A guide to the preparation and spinning of natural white merino top, rainbow-dyed tussah brick silk, and rainbow-dyed kid mohair top. Record-keeping for spinners. Sample forms for fiber, yarn, products and sales and general advice on worthwhile observations to record. Suggestions on developing a notation system for handspun yarn and examples of one system. Insert describes how to estimate twist and a method for counting and duplicating a specific number of twists per inch. How to spin elastic core yarns. Six-step plan for running a spinning contest. Includes sample contest objectives, rules and guidelines for officials and monitors, and a scoring sheet. Six articles on spinning fine yarn. Elements of demonstrating. Tips on preparing for a spinning demonstration and on answering questions at the event. Dog down. Techniques for gathering the fiber, odor control, blending with other fibers, dyeing dog down and spinning it. Includes instructions for spinning and knitting a button-front vest with shawl collar and cable accents down each side of the front. What makes a handspun project stand out? Advice on color, details, finishing, weight and yarn. Teaching new spinners. How three experienced teachers get beginners off to a good start. Spinning in costume. Advice on costumes appropriate to the Colonial American period to wear when demonstrating spinning. Learning to spin from the fold. Techniques for spinning a variety of fibers noted. The art of the handspindle and the sitting distaff. Basics of spinning and plying described. Spinning for Andean backstrap weaving. Spinning bulky singles for knitting. An introduction to the Indian-head spinner and its use. Includes two patterns for knitting two button-front vests from bulky yarns. Both vests have motifs based on traditional designs used by the Salish indians of British Columbia. One vest has a beaver motif, the other a raven motif. Also includes an explanation of how to work a Salish shoulder join. Making your handspinning pay for itself. How to identify which skills you will exchange for money, identify potential customers and price your service or product. Pitfalls and limits noted. Spinning on the bias. How to spin poppana bias strips, chenille-like yarns that are spun from bias strips of fabric. How to use the yarn as trim on felt-covered cones for table-top Christmas trees. A spinner with only one hand describes her technique. A look at how spinning can cause pain for those with joint disorders and suggestions for ways to minimize the problems. Solutions to back problems that plague handspinners. Discusses posture, the chair, taking breaks and stretching exercises. Fiber basics of camel down and hair. How to spin each fiber. Knitted bear designed to be made from various samples of handspun fiber, with a collection of the bears serving as a yarn/fiber sampler. Accompanying article includes instructions for making a jacket, britches and stocking cap that fit the bear. Update on synthetic fibers for use by handspinners. How to produce hand-designed yarn that incorporates a commercial yarn or thread in the spinning process. Emphasis is on how to incorporate "glitz" into hand- or drum-carded batts. "Snow Stars" baby blanket. Polyester fiber from an old bed pillow is spun and then knitted in a reversible knit/purl star pattern. Detailed explanation furnished on how to pencil-spin the polyester fiber. Instructions for making better joins in handspinning. Blending natural-colored fibers. Factors to consider about the fibers. A description of blending during preparation, while spinning or by plying. Spinning with kids. A series of articles that offer suggestions on projects that can be successful. Cardboard looms described for weaving pouches or drawstring bags from the yarn kids spin. Make a spinning crank and plying hook which are easier to use than drop spindles. The fiber exchange. Guidelines for participants in a cooperative project to share the spinning of fiver and make projects from the handspun yarn. Habitual spinning. The pros and cons of habitual spinning and advice on how to modify or refine your habitual yarn. A summary of helpful habits for spinners. Anasazi-style spinning and plying. Techniques for processing and spinning yucca leaves, milkweed and dogbane. Developing color skills in fiber blending and spinning. Mastering twist in handspinning. Principles, tips and techniques. Advice on ways to spin space-dyed or painted roving. Making predictable yarns. Using the McMorran balance as an aid to precise spinning. How to match an arbitrary standard. Earning the Certificate of Excellence in handspinning from the Handweavers Guild of America. An explanation of the progress and practical effort it requires. Endless stripes. Handspinning techniques for working color changes into yarn so it produces stripes in knitted items. Includes charted pattern for Estonian Socks and instructions for Carding-trick striped socks. Advice on learning to spin. How to predraft purchased roving and top to prepare them for spinning. Spinning fine for knitting lace. Advice on choice of fiber, sorting, washing, combing, spinning and plying. Chilkat spinning as practiced in the 1800s by the Chilkats, a band of Tlingit indians living in the Pacific Northwest. How to prepare the cedar bark strips and spin both warp and weft by rolling bark and wool fibers on your thigh. Kasuri-like-effect weaving. Creating handspun yarns that will resemble Japanese resist-dyed Ikat when woven. Texture with handspun. Creating color and texture in handspun yarns that can be woven into a multicolored jacket fabric. Introduction and guide to various fibers for spinning. | |||||||||
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