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DIY Spinning Equipment

Making your very own spinning tools is easier than you think.

How to Choose & Use a Spinning Wheel

Looking to start spinning yarn? Our free How to Use and How to Choose a Spinning Wheel eBook tells you how to use, troubleshoot and choose a spinning wheel.

Free Drop Spindle Spinning Guide

Learn everything you need to know about drop spindle spinning in this FREE spinning eBook that includes detailed instructions and more.

Free Guide to Wool Combing and Carding

This free guide to wool combing and carding provides expert tips on using hand carders, wool combs and drum carders to prepare your fiber for spinning.

Essential Free Guide on How to Make Yarn

Learn everything you need to know about how to make yarn in this exclusive, free eBook that guides you on spinning yarn for beginners and more!

Roving Reporter: How to Get Perfect Custom Wool Roving from a Woolen Mill

This cheerful mill in Albuquerque is where Ruth Baldwin works her magic on piles and piles of wool, transforming fleece into custom wool roving and yarn.

How to Use a Drumcarder: 3 Things You Need to Know

Here are 3 things to know for happy carding, blending, and spinning. If you know how to use a drumcarder well, it will serve you for decades.

How to Knit Handspun Socks in Any Language

I love wearing handspun socks in the Minnesota winters. I have encountered many people who think that there is some magic to making sock yarn.

Kissed by the Sun: The Art of Solar Dyeing

Solar dyeing is an easy, natural, and fun way to give yarn color and character that requires little work and results in non-repeatable, beautiful colors!

Weaving Tricks of the Trade: One Weaver's Approach to Spinning

But I’ve gotten a lot of pleasure from making yarn this way. However you think about spinning and weaving, here is this weaver's approach to spinning: