Minicombs are handheld tools with one or two rows of tines and are used for creating a worsted or semiworsted yarn.
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Warp your rigid-heddle loom and try the clasped-weft technique. It's an easy way to achieve an attractive tapestry-like pattern using a single shuttle and two weft colors.
The excitement is real when you see your dizzed fiber and the knitted swatch showing this same pattern!
Glorious color adds endless design opportunities for the handspinner.
There are many reasons to love rigid-heddle looms, not the least of which is that they let you get up close and personal with the yarn.