Learn how to spin yarn by hand and get quality drop spindle instructions. Start using this tool that’s hardly changed since the Stone Age. I taught myself to spin when I was about 13 years old, using ...

The Santa Monica Public Library will host a free yarn-spinning workshop on Saturday, July 19, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Montana Avenue Branch. Volunteers from the Greater Los Angeles Spinning Guild will ...

Whether you are an experienced crafter chasing the perfect yarn or a beginner looking for an outlet for your creative talents, The Complete Guide to Spinning Yarn (St. Martin’s Press, 2012) by Brenda ...

Spinning a yarn, literally, has become a favorite pastime of a growing number of Americans. In 1970, there were perhaps 1,500 to 2,000 people in the United States who spun their own yarn, using a hand ...

Like knitting and crocheting, spinning — the process of twisting fibers together to make yarn — is enjoying a comeback. Textile artists want “to control the front end of their yarn,” says Sarah ...

Whether it’s a luxury automobile, a couture gown or a special vintage of wine, even those who aren’t collectors and connoisseurs recognize that perceived rarity and quality drive up demand. And price.

When you see a nice handmade sweater, you know it took a while to make. The knitting or crocheting is just part of it. (A fun online calculator at www.lovecrafts.com estimates how long anything from a ...

While the pattern for making a wearable fabric battery has already been laid out, it’s now time to select the threads that will turn a textile into an energy storage device. That process is being ...