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		<title>Inconsistent? As if…</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecile</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please welcome another really informative spinning post from guest blogger Cecile (Ways of the Whorl). For quite a while after I started spinning, and to some extent this is still true today, I just spun for the fun of it, spinning away like there was no tomorrow, like the sheep would grow more wool… which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spinning Fibres: Silk hankies, two drafting possibilities</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/spinning-fibres-silk-hankies-two-drafting-possibilities</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/spinning-fibres-silk-hankies-two-drafting-possibilities#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecile</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am thrilled to introduce another one of Cecile from The ways of the whorl&#8216;s guest posts on her adventures in spinning. This time she is going to tell us about her own experience in spinning silk. You can also join Cecile for our Echo Flower Shawl knit along on Ravelry or help her and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian spindles</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/russian-spindles</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecile</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Russian spindle is a supported spindle, so can be used for short stapled fibers where a drop spindle would be much more difficult to use. Like all supported spindles it’s ideal for very thin singles because the yarn doesn’t have to resist the weight of the spindle. The Russian spindle doesn’t have a whorl [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bottom whorl, the Turkish spindle</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/bottom-whorl-the-turkish-spindle</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/bottom-whorl-the-turkish-spindle#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecile</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another installment from Cecile on her adventure with spindles. This week she is taking a closer look at bottom whorl spindles and especially the Turkish spindle on her blog the ways of the whorl. Bottom whorl drop spindles, as their name suggests, differ from the high or top whorl spindles by the fact that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Whorl Spindles</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/top-whorl-spindles</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecile</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post was first published on Cecile&#8217;s new blog Ways of the Whorl, where you can follow her work on creating the perfect spindle. This type of spindle belongs to the drop spindle category. The whorl is basically a weight, used to stabilise the spindle and give it more momentum. Top whorl spindles, sometimes also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibres: Jacob Sheep</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/fibres-jacob-sheep</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is thought that Jacob sheep arrived in Britain from the Middle East (via Spain) in the 16th Century. They are very attractive animals and were often kept in English parks as ornamental animals. Their fleece is black and white patched and fades to brown and white the older they get. They usually have 2-4 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibres: Cotswold Sheep</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/fibres-cotswold-sheep</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/fibres-cotswold-sheep#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduced to the Cotswold Hills of Gloucestershire, Britain in Roman times the Cotswold Sheep (also known as the Cotswold Lion) are classified as a longwool. They are heavily built sheep with white faces similar to Leicester and Lincoln breed, which they have been interbreed with over the years. Today the Cotswold is classified as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibres: Black Welsh Mountain Sheep</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/fibres-black-welsh-mountain-sheep</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/fibres-black-welsh-mountain-sheep#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Medieval times, black wool, known as &#8216;Cochddu&#8217; (reddish brown) was much sought-after by merchants. In the 19th century Welsh flockmasters recognised the commercial potential of the black lambs and began to select and breed them carefully to produce a pure and separate strain of Black Welsh Mountain Sheep. Black Welsh Mountain sheep are small, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibres: Bluefaced Leicester Sheep</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/fibres-bluefaced-leicester</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bluefaced Leicesters are very majestic sheep with a broad muzzle, good mouth and a tendency towards a roman nose, bright alert eyes and long erect ears. The wool fibres are normally whitish and the name comes from the dark blue skin which can be seen through the hair on their heads. Previously known as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing Wool</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/preparing-wool</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This summer I bought the fleece of a Jacobs sheep called Joy. The image below is not of Joy herself but of a similar Jacobs ewe. I wanted to spin the fleece on my Grandmothers spinning wheel. But I won&#8217;t have access to it before next year. In the mean time I wanted to wash [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Spinning Wheel</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/the-spinning-wheel</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/the-spinning-wheel#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Inny</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-crafts.com/?p=2184</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What do you envisage when you think of a spinning wheel? A large, turned object that sits in the middle of the room, cranking slowly around while an old lady treadles for her life? No? Good. I should think not! Us young people do it too. As each generation learns from the last, the types [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Spinning Glossary</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/a-spinning-glossary</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Inny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some useful terms that you might come across whilst spinning. Batt: Thick sheet of carded fibres. Blending: Combining more than one fibre or colour together so that they act as one. Done by carding. Bobbin: Holds the yarn once it is spun. Break: A weakness in one part of the staple (due to thinning of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Niddy-Noddy</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/the-niddy-noddy</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Inny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once you have spun and plied your lovely new yarn, you&#8217;ll want to make it into a skein. The old-fashioned way to do this was to wind it around the back of a chair or a willing helper&#8217;s outstretched hands, but there is actually a piece of equipment out there that you can use: the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecile’s best spinning tutorials</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/ceciles-best-spinning-tutorials</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecile</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hand spinner Cecile has recently learnt the craft of spinning on a drop spindle. From where you might ask. Well I think she started of learning the basics form her knitting group but the rest she has found out through online tutorials. We asked her if she would share her best online tutorials with us. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>60 Years of Hampshire Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/60-years-of-hampshire-guild-of-weavers-spinners-and-dyers</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/60-years-of-hampshire-guild-of-weavers-spinners-and-dyers#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crafty Guest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Special article put together by Dawn Dunlop for the Hampshire Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers Guild&#8217;s Jubilation Exhibition. The information in this article is collated from documents from  Hampshire WSD Guild Archives. As a member of the Hampshire Guild of just 13 months, it has been very interesting looking through the archive at photographs, and slides [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make a CD Spindle</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/how-to-make-a-cd-spindle</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/how-to-make-a-cd-spindle#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-crafts.com/?p=2083</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have read &#8220;Portrait of a Hand Spinner&#8221; you will have read about Cecile&#8217;s quest to make the perfect spindle. One of the first spindles she made herself was the CD spindle. Here are the instructions for the CD spindle drawn by Eddie. A very big thanks to Cecile for letting us in on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weavers, Spinners and Dyers Jubilations</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/weavers-spinners-and-dyers-jubilations</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/weavers-spinners-and-dyers-jubilations#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This August the Hampshire Weavers, Spinners and Dyers (WSP) Guild are celebrating their 60th Anniversary with the exhibition &#8220;Jubilations&#8221; from the 17th-30th August (10.00-17.00) at the Great Hall in Winchester. Admission is free. Come along and enjoy weaving, spinning and dyeing demonstrations, learn about the techniques and see what the members have created over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK National Weaving, Spinning and Dyeing week</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/uk-national-weaving-spinning-and-dyeing-week</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/uk-national-weaving-spinning-and-dyeing-week#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 06:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK Weavers, Spinners and Dyers Guilds are this week (1st-7th May 2010) celebrating the National Weaving, Spinning and Dyeing week. We at Historic Crafts are using this as a good excuse to update the site with material on these three fibre crafts: Spinning, Weaving and Dyeing. As for event&#8217;s, this has been difficult to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How-to spin with a spindle</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/how-to-spin-with-a-spindle</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 18:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very briefly these are the main steps you need to take in order to spin yarn with a spindle: Attach a piece of yarn (a leader) around the spindle. Draft out some of your fiber to spin in with the leader. Get your spindle to spin around and then park it between your knees. Draft [...]]]></description>
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