By Michael Leppert The Indiana Citizen April 23, 2025 I have often wondered where the phrase “spinning a yarn” came from, and ...

This might sound like we're spinning you a yarn but this week's Everyday Artist of the Week was so committed to her craft that she took a spindle to a football match. Not just any football game ...

(PHOTO BY GEORGE NORKUS) Sandy Roomey shows a young fan how to take wool sheared from a sheep and spin it into yarn.(PHOTO BY GEORGE NORKUS) Diana Golembiewski uses a spinning wheel to make yarn ...

This project explores the functional/aesthetic possibilities of e-textiles that emerge from hand-spinning custom e-textile materials. The yarns and swatches we have created look to demonstrate a ...

One man could spin 50 strands of yarn using this machine. This machine was made at the loomshop of the Rhodes family of Diggle near Saddleworth, and was used at Helmshore Textile Mill for spinning ...