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Spinning makes yarn. Weaving makes cloth. Start with the basics, no experience needed.
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Three steps to your first project
- Find your wheel or loom. Start from what you want to make, and see which ones suit it, side by side.
- Learn from people who know the craft. Makers' own instructions, owners' reviews, and teachers to follow.
- Make something, and share it. Follow a first project step by step, then send us a photo. We'd love to see it.
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Electric Spinning Wheel: How E-Spinners Compare
An e-spinner lets a motor turn the flyer in place of your foot. What that means for your spinning, and how three e-spinners and a treadle wheel compare.
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Ashford Knitters Loom vs Rigid Heddle Loom
Ashford Knitters Loom (12, 20, 28 in) vs Standard Rigid Heddle Loom (16 to 48 in): both 7.5 dpi, one ships assembled with a bag, one is a wider kit.
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Best Drum Carder: 8 Hand-Crank and Motor Carders
Which drum carder suits you: Wild for small batches, Petite for soft fibers, Ashford 8 in for choice of teeth, 12 in carders for volume, motors for ease.
