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- Article Title
- Spin It! Leapfrog & Guitar Strumming: Woolen on spindles
- Author
- Amelia Garripoli
- Issue date
- Winter 2013
- Issue number
- 3
- Issue topic
- Woolen
- Description
- This article is about spinning woolen yarn on a drop spindle – top-whorl, bottom-whorl, Turkish, Balkan, Norge, Akha, rock, stick; any drop spindle you’d like to work with. If you can make it twirl and hang from your yarn, you can use these methods.
This articles covers several techniques including “leapfrogging” and “guitar strumming” as well as point-of contact, and plying, all on spindles!
- Article topic list
- spindles, drafting, long draw, plying, point of contact long draw, woolen, spin it, expanding skills
