[Bionic]

Sally and I have been discussing length, which of course can't be too long or it will take over the whole of the TAS website  so our thinking is that we should keep it fairly simple and stick to the basics for beginners, then indicate which more advanced directions one could go, and do a series of links to good places for further info, with us tying  them together.  Many of the links would be to past bits on TAS, Ravelry and youtube.

Does this sound like an approach which would work?  I agree MGM that we could end up with an epistle 

I think this approach is really the only way to go because, not only would it have been too long for TAS, both you and Sally could end up with a full time job  .
Having said that if you want to carry on with your book i will buy a copy 

[Lesley Silvester]

Just what I was going to say, Sally. If you can't find a suitable publisher, self-publishing is fairly easy these days.

[jethound]

As a complete beginner to spinning I would like to know things like suitable 'starter' fleece breeds or what type of wool to buy for a first attempt - a whole fleece, a commercially prepared top or carded batt? and the best 'starter' spinning technique. I.e. Is it easier to spin from a roving a top or a rolag and what methods to use on each. How to know when you have enough twist, how to set up your spinning wheel, which is the best type of wheel for a beginner. How to prepare a fleece, does it need washing and if so then How to know if a fleece needs oiling after being washed and before trying to spin it. How to know when/if your wheel needs oiling. Lots of mysteries here!

[SallyintNorth]

Brilliant list jethound!   

[Bionic]

SITN and Fleecewife, how's the book going? 

[Fleecewife]

  er, it's not yet    Too busy a time of year (also I'm doing two futurelearn courses which have been taking up as much time as I'm willing to spend in front of the computer on a sunny day).  Still the wildlife one to do photos for - I have developed a tremor so the photos I took were out of focus.  Nearly there with the flowers for bumblebee list, so the spinning thingy shouldn't be long in the starting.  Don't know how long it will take to complete.

[Lesley Silvester]

FW are you doing the latest forensics one? I've just started that, together with Literature of the English Country House and Writing fiction.

[Fleecewife]

FW are you doing the latest forensics one? I've just started that, together with Literature of the English Country House and Writing fiction.

So you're doing three at once    I'd better shut up whingeing 
I'm doing 'Ecosystems' and 'Global Food Security' (halfway through, then straight after those it will be 'the Life and times of Richard the third'.  In the autumn I'll be doing 'Hadrian's Wall - Life on the Roman Frontier'.  I'm looking forward to that - an excuse for a trip down there (again)

[SallyintNorth]

In the autumn I'll be doing 'Hadrian's Wall - Life on the Roman Frontier'.  I'm looking forward to that - an excuse for a trip down there (again)

[Fleecewife]

In the autumn I'll be doing 'Hadrian's Wall - Life on the Roman Frontier'.  I'm looking forward to that - an excuse for a trip down there (again)

Thought you'd approve Sally 

[Lesley Silvester]

FW are you doing the latest forensics one? I've just started that, together with Literature of the English Country House and Writing fiction.

So you're doing three at once    I'd better shut up whingeing 

It was an accident. I thought the writing one was only six weeks and the forensic one was later on. I expected to have an overlap of a couple of weeks, not seven weeks of three.    I don't have any more to come though.