Spinning

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Angora: Angora fiber comes from an angora rabbit. Not to be confused with angora goats, which produce mohair. Top

B

Ball Winder: A ball winder is an angled shaft (to which one attaches the end of a skein of yarn) which is attached to a base with a crank and a clamp for a table. One attaches the yarn to the shaft and begins to turn the crank in one direction. Then, because of the angle of the shaft the yarn winds around the shaft creating a ball. Top

Basketweave: Top

Bobbin: Top

Bouclé: Top

C

Cable yarn: Top

Cobweb: Top

Corridale: Top

Cotton: Top

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E

F

Flax: Top

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K

Knitty-Knotty: Top

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M

Maidens: Top

Marino: Top

Mother of All: Top

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O

Orafice: Top

Orafice hook: Top

P

Ply: Top

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R

Romney: Top

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Shuttle: (spinning) Top

Skein: The arrangment of yarn that is the result of winding yarn around a knitty-knotty and then twisting the length back on itself. One untwists the skein and places it on a swift to wind it into a ball, the daring knit right off of the unwound skein draped over their knees. Top

Spindle: (spinning) Top

Swift: An umbrella like fiber tool that clamps onto a desk and opens up to hold a skein of yarn. As one winds a ball the swift turns to unwind the skein from the swift and onto the ball winder shaft. Warning: Addictive. Top

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Treadle: Top

Twist: Top

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V

W

Wool: Fiber derived from sheep. Top

Wooly Winder: Top

Wraps Per Inch: Top

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Y

Yarn: Top

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