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Tips for handspinning cotton on a spinning wheel

Author
Kim Biegler
Published
Mon 23 Jun 2025
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All the wool is a vlog  all about handspinning yarn, processing wool, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between.

It's officially summer and what better time to learn to handspin cotton then now!!! I share with you some of my tips from cotton type to processing type to how to adjust your spinning wheel. 

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Mentions in this episode:

Joan Ruane is the queen of spinning cotton. You can find several old videos from her on YouTube.

Julie Drogsvold is her mentee. She is teaching a cotton spinning class at BSG. She also has a website you can visit.

Sally Fox is the farmer growing the organic cotton in CA. She has lint, carded sliver (basically top), yarns and other lovely products. https://www.vreseis.com/shop

Hipstrings is another good resource from cottons.

My cotton cards are from Clemes and Clemes.


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Mission at Ewethful:
My mission at Ewethful Fiber Mill is to fill making hands with small batch American grown yarns and fibers. I strive to produce lightly processed products that maintain their character, have low environmental impact and tell the stories of the animals and shepherds from whence they came.

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