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Purchasing Your First Spinning Wheel In part three of these articles on choosing your first spinning wheel, a selection of questions are asked for the beginning spinner to consider when making the purchase. choosing your first spinning wheel • spinning yarn • about spinning wheels • spinning wheel information • spinning wheel styles
First Spinning Wheel: Drives, Treadles and More! Single or scotch drive and double drives, single versus double treadles, and folding wheels: what they mean and what they can do for you. single drive • double drive • scotch tension • single treadle • double treadle
Your First Spinning Wheel: Styles & Ratios In part one of this three part series, we first look at the different wheel styles, including Saxony, Castle, Charkha, and The Great Wheel, as well as drive ratios. spinning wheel styles • about spinning wheels • purchasing your first spinning wheel • saxony wheel • castle wheel
Knitting on a Budget: The Value of Spinning Good quality handspun yarn has a character and texture that few commercial yarns can equal, and spinning your own yarn can be a great way to save money. The least expensive way to spin is with a handspindle. The ancient craft of handspindle spinning is experiencing a resurgence, and you can order a handspindle off the Internet. You can also do research on different brands and types of spinning wheels. spinning • yarn • spindle • wheel • hand spindle
Spinning Most Popular New Hobby! Recent consumer marketing research studies have reported that handspinning is now the most popular new hobby in North America and may soon overtake gardening as the most popular pastime for the majority of Americans. handspinning • spinning • spin • spins • spinning wheel
Spinning Wheels This article speaks of the disabilties that we can all learn from. disabilties • cando.com • kennedy center • lauren bacall • lisa goldstein
The Flax Growers Bounty List, 1796 The Flax Growers Bounty List, 1796: an overview of the list and where to find it on the net! irish • ireland • genealogy
Syttende Mai Parade Project With Norwegian Independence Day, Syttende Mai, just around the bend, I’ve come up with a fun and inexpensive project to help you commemorate the day. This is great to do with kids, with student groups, or even as an activity for your Norwegian club. When you’re done, you’ll have an interactive portrait of patriotism – a moving Syttende Mai parade - to hang in your house. syttende mai • norwegian independence day • parade • norwegian flag • movable picture
Notes on Spinning by Design You can spin the yarn you want for a special purpose: lace knitting, warp for weaving, sock yarn, crochet, and many others. Find out the basics of duplicating commercial yarn, and learn how to find out more about advanced spinning on the Internet. knit • knits • knitter • knitters • knitting
The Basics of Hand Spinning Yarn Spinning yarn by hand is growing in popularity as knitters and crocheters take up spindles and start treadling wheels. spinning basics • hand spinning • spindle • spinning fiber • spinning wheel
Real People Online: Teri Pittman (Part 1) Teri Pittman is the host of the email list Spindlitis and an expert on hand spindles. She talked to me about her love of hand spindle spinning, high whorl spinning, and fiber preparation. knit • knits • knitting • knitted • spin
Tick Tock Time's a wastin' Feeling the frenzy of the holidays instead of the fun? Still looking for unique gift ideas? Then hit the trail. North Carolina's Craft Trail can help. last minute gifts • frenzied • holiday • christmas • hanukkah
What to Learn from the Story of Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty awakens from the ennui of young girlhood. Sleep is essential to brain development and emotional stability. Handsome princes are not the rescuers. sleeping beauty • fairly tale • sleep disorder • brain development • sleep disorder and depression
Austrian Composer Franz Schubert Biography of Austrian composer Franz Schubert - famous for 8th Symphony "Unfinished," "Trout Quintet," "Serenade," and numerous songs, including "Ave Maria." franz schubert • austrian romantic composer • schubert unfinished symphony • schubert songs lieder • schubert serenade
Knitting: Getting Inspired and Getting Started Knitting -- the knotting of yarns to form a fabric -- and spinning -- the twisting of fibers to form a thread or yarn -- are traditional human activities to do, to appreciate, and to share. It's easy to get started knitting, and you'll find a wealth of information and inspiration on the Internet. knitting • spinning • fiber • crafts • design
The Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution changed the way people lived and worked in the nineteenth century, causing the rise of modern urban living. industrial revolution • factory production • textile industry • nineteenth century child labour • richard arkwright
The Porter-Phelps-Huntington House The Porter-Phelps-Huntington mansion, built in 1752, reports numerous paranormal experiences. Some say the original owner still walks within the walls of her home. porter-phelps-huntington mansion • forty acres • bishop huntington house • haunting • haunted house
Ghosts of Hampton Court English palace some consider the most haunted building in the UK. Six ghosts are contemporaries of Henry, House of Tudor. One ghost, identity unknown, recorded on film. ghosts of hampton court • haunted hampton court • haunted palace • english ghosts • tudor ghosts
Snapshot: Dover Take a "look" at the latest in the "Snapshot" series! This time we explore the beautiful and historic city of Dover, New Hampshire. dover • new hampshire • massachusetts bay colony • strafford county • history
European folk boom? Eurosceptics needn't worry about folk music - national identities are alive and well. folk • music • traditions • europe
European folk boom? Eurosceptics needn't worry about folk music - national identities are alive and well. folk • music • traditions • europe
A Cadillac And A Nissan A 1999 Cadillac Deville with an ABS problem and a 1996 Nissan Pathfinder that shifts rough in cold weather. transmission • flush • intake • manifold • gasket
Affordable Yarn Shopping Websites This is the first in a three-part series on Web retailers that reliably deliver knitting products of terrific quality for a manageable cost. affordable knitting • affordable yarn • discount yarn • noro knitting yarn • cascade knitting yarn
Colonial Women and Colonial Politics Forbidden participation in the acceptable political arenas of their day, women of the 13 colonies created their own styles of political insurrection. colonial women and colonial politics • american revolution • daughters of liberty • colonial women forbidden participation in politics • colonial women and political rebellion
The Reverend Edward Taylor Edward Taylor immigrated to America from England in the 17th century. Thomas H. Johnson discovered Taylor's poetry manuscripts at the Yale library in 1937. edward taylor • anne bradstreet • philip freneau • thomas h johnson • george herbert
Camille Saint-Saens, Composer Short biography of French composer Camille Saint-Saens, organist and pianist, known for suite 'Carnaval des Animaux' and the opera 'Samson et Dalila'. saint-saens • camille saint-saens biography • carnival of the animals composer saint-saens • saint-saens opera samson and delilah • saint-saens danse macabre
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Edward Taylor: Venerable, Learned, Pious Taylor served as pastor and physician in Westfield, Massachusetts, for nearly sixty years; we would probably have never heard his name had he not fashioned into poetry his personal search for God. edward taylor • westfield massachusetts • anne bradstreet • god • soul
Hill Top, Beatrix Potter's Home Beatrix Potter wrote many books at Hill Top cottage, and this pretty National Trust property and its Lakeland llandscape setting offer intriguing insights into her work. cumbria • northwest england • the lakes • beatrix potter • peter rabbit
Hills Garlic Festival in the Slocan Valley of BC Artisans, organic farmers, musicians, 2nd-hand booksellers & chefs gather from 100s of miles to sell wares, perform, meet friends & travelers and celebrate the harvest. hills garlic festival • festivals in bc • wildcrafting and nontimber forest products in bc • ecotourism in bc • new denver bc
Hunting for Crafts in Wales Many Welsh craftspeople have their studios in picturesque villages. Seeking them out offers sightseeing rewards as well as mementos of your visit to Wales. anvil pottery • llanrhaeadr • denbigh • ruthin • pottery tablewear
Knitting With Handspun Yarn Knitting with handspun yarn is a real treat, with lots of natural variation in the color and thickness of the yarn. Flexible patterns work well with handspun yarn. handspun yarn • free knitting patterns • how to knit with handspun • simple knitting patterns • jared flood
Lights! Camera! Action! Everyone knows that all the big movies are made in Hollywood! Or are they? Perhaps you didn’t know that Robocop, JFK, and Problem Child were all produced in Irving, Texas. robocop • jfk • problem child • silkwood • benji
Mahatma Gandhi's Autobiography A heartwarming account of Mahatma Gandhi's life and the experiences that led him to become the world's greatest teacher in non-violence and peaceful protest. mahatma gandhi • non-violence • gandhi's life • review gandhi autobiography • story of my experiments with truth
The Day the Weaving Died Weaving was for many centuries a manual process. It was not until the very late 1700's that weaving and fiber production generally became a highly mechanical procedure, thus changing the cloth industry forever. weaving • fiber • textile • textiles • cartwright
The Woman Known as Mother Goose Was Mother Goose French, American, English, a figure from German and Norse mythology, or none of the above? mother goose real person • mother goose imaginary figure • mother goose american • mother goose french • original mother goose
What are Chakras? The seven major chakras at the midline of the body connect with our physical organs and systems as well as our emotions, family, past lives and our beliefs. what is a chakra • chakra system • seven 7 chakra • seven charka • vortex energy spinning
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Illicit Issue, Part 2 Secret children, secret marriages -- it's Suite 101 goes to the tabloids, in Part 2 of this two-part article. opera • faust • gounod • boito • mefistofele
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Nine Attempts to Clone Jason Nelson: Attempts 1-3 An impressionistic profile of hypermedia artist Jason Nelson hypermedia • poetry • art • internet • multimedia |
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