[SallyintNorth]

Someone a while back asked about how to do "park and draft"; at the time I didn't have a good video bookmarked. 

Edited to add that this is one of the best 'get started' videos on spinning - even if you are a wheel spinner, Abby makes a cracking job of explaining and demonstrating drafting which is very useful to beginners 

I have now spied a short section on park-and-draft in
Abby Franquemont's Introduction to Spinning Part 1 
Fast forward to about 7:14 for the park-and-draft bit. (Or, if you have them, spend 7-and-a-quarter great minutes watching the awesome Ms F make starting to draft and spindle look really easy.)
Note - There's about 45 seconds of 'park and draft' in this vid, which is a great intro to it.  In Part 2, Abby goes straight onto spindling with the spindle spinning freely.


I thought I'd call this thread 'Spinning Resources' then we could all add useful links for spinners into it.  I'll add a few more now.

[SallyintNorth]

And here's the most recommended video on Navajo plying

[SallyintNorth]

And two on Longdraw:

longdrawjames spins longdraw

English Woollen Longdraw Spinning

[SallyintNorth]

I'd like to use this post to bring together some good fleece preparation (skirting / washing / scouring) resources.

Our inimitable Fleecewife:
Skirting and preparing a fleece for sale

Shnoowie:
Washing and carding fleece


And a thread just started on Ravelry - post 2 is comprehensive and demystifying, I think.
Help - I've never even seen a fleece before

Modified to add a link to Yarnmaker Magazine's website's 'Fleece' page, where Dot has posted links to download The Woolclip's excellent leaflets on Selling, Sorting and Washing Fleece.  I think these were produced in order to give information to people submitting fleeces to sell at Woolfest, and to those purchasing them too

[SallyintNorth]

Here's a really good video on Wool Combing

[Bionic]

Thanks Sally that was an interesting video. Do you use combs like that?
Sally

[SallyintNorth]

Thanks Sally that was an interesting video. Do you use combs like that?
Sally

Not yet - they're uber-expensive.  But one day, I'm sure I'll have some...  I'm more likely to get combs than a drum carder, I think, although perhaps I just haven't played with dyeing and blending enough yet to realise how much I want a drum carder...

[SallyintNorth]

Thanks Sally that was an interesting video. Do you use combs like that?
Sally

Not yet - they're uber-expensive.  But one day, I'm sure I'll have some...  I'm more likely to get combs than a drum carder, I think, although perhaps I just haven't played with dyeing and blending enough yet to realise how much I want a drum carder...

Just an update - I now have English combs, the Peter Teal ones, and I love them.  Incredible rovings I get off them     And... I can blend on them!   

[SallyintNorth]

I realised we didn't have a link here to the Understanding and Maintaining your Wheel videos.

Sue Macniven (chicksinrubber on Ravelry) takes you over a Scotch tension Saxony wheel

Richard Ashford shows you how to do your routine maintenance on an Ashford Traditional spinning wheel.  It's readily translatable to any wheel, I think.

[Bionic]

My wheel needs a bit of tlc so these links will come in handy
thanks Sally

[SmallTimeSmallholder]

Thanks Sally,
All very handy advice