How to use a flick carder to prepare fleeces for spinning.

Recognizing and dealing with different types of stains and foreign matter in fleeces.

How to recognize a faulty fleece.

What to look for when buying an antique spinning wheel.

How do you determine how much twist is needed to make a viable yarn? Spinning to the crimp makes a good starting point.

Yarn not winding onto your bobbin? Wheel refusing to take up? Here's a list of things that cause a lack of take up to help you figure out why your wheel suddenly refuses to work properly.

How to figure the counts for cotton, silk and linen yarns.

An overview of the four different woolen count systems in use today and how to figure your personal woolen spinning count.

Want to know what your personal worsted count is? Here's how to figure it.

An overview of the various yarn count systems in use today.