How to...

• How to...
  • How to use a drop spindle to spin wool or any other fibre (with video)
  • Getting started. A quick guide to preparing and drafting fibre when using a drop spindle or spinning wheel.
  • How to use a Turkish drop spindle to spin wool or any other fibre (with video)
  • How to card wool and other fibre using hand carders (with video)
  • How to use a niddy-noddy to make a skein
  • How to ply (with video - Andean plying)
• General information
  • Spinning FAQs
  • Spinning Glossary (or 'what does that mean?')
  • Yarn calculator -How many yards of yarn do I have to spin to make that?
  • Ashford guide: Learn to spin on an Ashford wheel
• Books
  • Spinning books and book reviews
• Spinning podcasts
  • What does podcast mean?
  • Yarnspinners Tales
  • YKNIT
  • SpinDoctor
  • Clickspin
  • Spin Control Podcast
  • Tribbles Fibrecast

Spinning and weaving holidays

with Skylark holidays and Alison Daykin Alison also has a less formal 'Monday night group': spinningandweaving.weebly.com

Other courses

• Cornwall: Audrey Durrant is heavily involved with the Cornwall Guild and works with the Rare Breed Survival Trust. She teaches spinning, basic weaving, is a hand dyer and gives talks and demonstrations. Find out more at www.hawthornfibres.co.uk
• Cornwall: Cornish Crafty Girls, a mother and daughter team offering spinning workshops will be at the Princess Pavilions in Falmouth, Cornwall on Saturday 14 April 2012 cornishcraftygirls@yahoo.co.uk
• Derbyshire: See listing above of spinning, dyeing and weaving holidays with Alison Daykin (external link to Skylark Holidays' programme and prices). Five-day or weekend breaks. Alison also has a less formal 'Monday night group': spinningandweaving.weebly.com
• Dumfries and Galloway: Sue Macniven offers Residential Courses or one to one workshops in Twynholm or at your own venue http://www.handspun-exotics.co.uk/workavail.html
• Hampshire: Spinning workshops at fibre craft studio Beaker Button, the Fairground Craft and Design centre, Weyhill. 31 March - Spinning with a wheel (£25 range of wheels available to use or bring your own); 28 April Spinning with a spindle (£30 includes spindle and a bag of fleece). For more details contact 07738 534164 or info@beakerbutton.co.uk
• Lancashire: Spinning workshops at Knit-Wise. 2012 dates: March 17, April 14, May 12, June 16, July 14. All materials included for £40, contact Cathy (lazykate) on 01695 580590 www.knit-wise.co.uk
• Manchester:Spinning courses with Dee Sayce. also sewing, felt making, weaving, dyeing, batik and silk painting (external link to beetlefelt) http://www.beetlefelt.co.uk/workshop_spinning.html
• Nottinghamshire: Spinning courses with Juliet Hill www.handspinning.org.uk/index.html (external link to Juliet Hill Handspinning)
• Norfolk: Single-day spinning courses www.norfolkyarn.co.uk/Homepage/News/tabid/77/Default.aspx(external link to Norfolk Yarn website)
• Sheffield: Tuition and Demonstrations by Diane Fisher, the Murmuring Wheel http://www.murmuringwheel.co.uk/events.html (external link to Diane Fisher's calendar)
• South Lincs: Single-day one-to-one spinning courses with all equipment supplied. http://www.alpacathingz.co.uk/(external link to AlpacaThingz website)

• Weaving
  • Derbyshire: Spinning, dyeing and weaving holidays with Alison Daykin (external link to Skylark Holidays' programme and prices). Alison also has a less formal 'Monday night group': spinningandweaving.weebly.com
  • South West: Louise Cottey teaches at Coldharbour Mill (external link to Coldharbour Mill website)
  • Manchester: Weaving workshops courses with Beetlefelt (external link to beetlefelt)

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