Book 1993
Hand woolcombing and spinning
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- Publisher
- Robin and Russ Handweavers
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Hand spinning
- Wool-combing
- Spinning
- Wool
- Fiber Arts
The fundamental source of instructions for home fiber artists on how to comb and spin true worsted yarn and thread. Great ink line drawings and B&W photos to illustrate processes described.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter
- The Tools (Wool combs, pad, diz, oiler, and water spray)
- Wool Sorting
- To scour or not to scour
- First steps in combing
- Colored yarns
- Twisting machines – – spinning wheels
- Worsted spinning
- How much twist?
- A standard measure
- A Miscellany (plied yarns, spinning attention, setting the twist, worsted yarns on the big wheel)
- 25 Years On!
Appendices I-VI
Index