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About Us
How I Started Handspinning

DROP SPINDLES
*Types of Drop Spindles
How To Make A Drop Spindle
Making Yarn With A Drop Spindle 

SPINNING WHEELS
Styles of Spinning Wheels
Parts Of The Spinning Wheel
*How The Spinning Wheel Works
* Adjusting The Wheel's Tension
*Drive Ratios & Twist

HANDSPINNING TECHNIQUES
Preparing To Spin 
Basic Handspinning Techniques 
Adding On More Fiber 
Spinning Woollen and Worsted Yarn
*Making A Skein With A Niddy Noddy
* "Setting In The Twist" Of Handspun Yarn
*Navajo Plying 

FIBER INFORMATION
Alpaca 
Angora 
Llama 
Mohair 
Silk
Wool 

WOOL PREPARATION
How to Wash Your Fleece
How to Use Hand Carders 
How to Use a Drum Carder
How to Use Dutch Combs
How to Use Mini-Combs
Using a Diz

DYEING INFORMATION
Natural Dyes
Natural Plant Dyeing
Mordants
Natural Dyeing: Helpful Tips
Dyeing with Gaywool Dyes

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Angora Rabbit Breeds
How to Care For Your Angora Rabbit

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Fiber Types

Llama
Llamas are related to the Alpacas, but are larger and taller. To a handspinner's delight Llama fiber, like Alpaca, comes in a variety of natural colors such as, white, fawn, cinnamon, silver gray, and black.

Llama - Video (Size-183KB)


Tulasi with her Llama friends

Characteristics:

  • Natural, Animal Fiber
  • Lightweight, Soft
  • Less elasticity than wool
  • Luxurious
  • Very durable
  • Hand-washable or dry-cleanable
  • Little static, no pilling
  • Dyes well
  • Blends extremely well with other fibers

    End Uses:
    Llamas have both outer guard hairs and an undercoat of fiber. The guard hairs are longer, thicker, straight, and wiry. They should be pulled out or combed out of a shorn fleece because it resists spinning, dyeing, and felting.
    Good for: pillows, rugs, ropes, and wall hangings.

    The down fibers of the Llama are shorter, softer, and wavy with some crimp, and will produce a soft yarn.
    Good for: hats, scarves, shawls, sweater, socks, etc.

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