Author: Mabel Ross
There is no need to purchase expensive equipment to find out if spinning is something you would enjoy. A hand-spindle, a comb and some fleece will start you off. This booklet has been written to provide (in an inexpensive form) complete instructions for learning to spin wool with a hand-spindle and later, if you wish, with a spinning wheel. Information is given about fleece and wool, about different preparations of wool and the styles of spinning and types of yarn that can be made. It includes a chapter on the choice of a spinning wheel
as well as explaining the technical details of the mechanism and its adjustment and maintenance. Help is given to produce handspun yarn corresponding in size to various commercial yarns and thus enabling ordinary knitting patterns to be used successfully. Lastly, there is a Glossary and a Chart for identifying spinning faults and their remedies.
