A beginner-friendly tutorial demonstrating the basics of spinning yarn using a spinning wheel. The video covers essential setup steps, drafting techniques, and troubleshooting tips to help first ...

Then the wool needs to be carded, a process of brushing the wool into fluffy strands that are fed into the spinning wheel and twisted into one-ply yarn.

Before long she had me carding wool for the first time, using firm rocking motions to transform twisted lumps of tangled wool into smooth, knot-free batts of wool ready for the spinning wheel.

To spin you need a spindle or spinning wheel. My spinning wheel is shown in the first photo. Please don’t go out and buy a wheel just to try spinning flax.

Before long she had me carding wool for the first time, using firm rocking motions to transform twisted lumps of tangled wool into smooth, knot-free batts of wool ready for the spinning wheel.