Super Sliver Sampler
“A little bit of Pima in my life.. a little bit of Hemp by my side…” A little bit of everything! Get a sample of some amazing hemp and cotton to spin your own yarn!
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EZ-Spin Cotton Sliver, Easy to Spin
Spin your own cotton yarn! This is EZ-Spin™ cotton and it is easy to spin! Luscious colors of cotton, sustainably grown cotton in the Southwestern US. The brown and green color is part of the cotton lint. It actually gets darker as you wash it! Available in a 4 oz package.
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Hemp Sliver
This Hemp sliver (Untwisted Drawn Out Fibers) is ideal for blending, spinning, and paper making. The fiber length is between 70-100 mm (4-5 inches long). Hemp can be spun wet or dry. Spun wet, it will make a softer yarn. At the end of this product’s life, the organic hemp fabric is 100% biodegradable. Available in natural and bleached (degummed) 4 oz packages.
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Hand cards – Wool
These Curved Back Wool Hand Cards made by Clemes and Clemes utilize a turned maple handle tenoned into an alder back. This combination of woods puts the bulk of the weight in the palm of the user’s hand, making these cards as ergonomic as possible. The smooth, round handle provides for a comfortable grip in small or large hands. These carders have 72 teeth per inch set in a vulcanized canvas foundation with a 7.5” x 4.5” carding pad.
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Beginning Cotton Spinning on a Wheel Book
This book is written for beginners who want to learn how to spin cotton using a spinning wheel. It is also for cotton spinners who want to know how other cotton spinners spin cotton and perhaps learn a few new things about cotton and cotton spinning. Joan Ruane is an amazing spinner who has dedicated many years to making cotton spinning easy and fun for handspinners.
If you would like to see Joan in action, we do have her DVD’s on cotton spinning.
Spinning Wheel Oil
This spinning wheel oil from Ashford is just what your spinning wheel needs for a little TLC. Add a little oil for quiet and effortless spinning. Comes in a transparent 15ml – 1/2 oz squeeze bottle with a convenient 32mm – 1 1/4′ blunt needle applicator for hard to reach bobbin, flyer, and wheel bearings.
Hardwood Spindle Support Bowl
Lightweight and portable, this hardwood bowl goes anywhere you want to spin and protects yourself and your furniture from sharp spindle points. (Also, your spindle can turn more quickly since there is less friction!) This is the perfect addition to your Tahkli support spindle!
Tahkli Spindle
Tahkli spindles are ideal for spinning cotton or other short stapled fibers because they are engineered to spin very fast. These Tahkli spindles are made of metal with a brass whorl that is well weighted. Use this support spindle on a bowl (wooden, ceramic or glass), the table top or your thigh to support the spindle as it spins. We have a lovely wooden one (click here).
Spinning Videos by Joan Ruane
Joan Ruane is an amazing teacher, and she can teach you how easy it is to spin cotton. Really. She travels around the country teaching how easy and fun it is to spin this wonderful fiber. These DVDs are available for spinners to learn at home just how easy it is to spin cotton. Great for Guild Libraries too!
Cotton Carders
Cotton hand carders are used to prepare cotton and other fine luxury fibers for spinning. The teeth are shorter and finer than wool carders because the cotton fibers are thinner and shorter than wool. The Carding area for the Schacht carders is 10.5″ x 4″ with 209 PPSI (Points Per Square Inch), the Clemes and Clemes carders have a 10” x 3.5” carding pad with 120 PPSI, and the Ashford carders are 10.5″ x 3.5″ with 190 PPSI.