Spinning
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Fibre preparation
(Spinning techniques Page 2)
(Plying techniques Page 3)
(Spinning and plying on a spindle Page 4)
Intro, “Mrs Helen Maddrell (Isle of Man) demonstrating carding and spinning wool.” 1938:
(NEW) Wool and Flax preparation and spinning in rural Serbia:
Includes hand held spindle spinning and distaff dressing (for us re-enacters!)
Washing very dirty fleece. NB Plain water only, no soap or detergent, or the fleece will felt:
Using a wool picker:
(NEW!) From the wonderful Amanda Hannaford, a set of tutorials on Woolcombing with English Combs:
(Please follow the links, I cannot embed the videos).
Combing wool 1. (Many of the tutorials here are from the excellent Rexenne, aka Crow Calling Woman):
Combing wool 2:
Combing wool 3:
Handcarding in Morocco:
Drumcarding 1:
Drumcarding 2:
Drumcarding 3:
Drumcarding 4:
Drumcarding 5:
Predrafting. Batt to roving:
Further predrafting of the roving, the thinner the roving the finer the thread can be spun.
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Amanda Hannaford has made a series of excellent instructional videos, which are available to download from her website: (smaller Realplayer files available on the website)
Flicking longwool locks – .wmv file
Spinning longwools – .wmv file
Spinning Cotton Wool – .wmv file
Carding and Rolling a Puni – .wmv file
Spinning Cotton Longdraw – .wmv file .
(Spinning techniques Page 2)
(Plying techniques Page 3)
(Spinning and plying on a spindle Page 4)
