Spinning Guilds. Spinning, Processing & Dyeing Videos. S Focus on Spinning. How To Look After Your Spinning Wheel. DIY Spinning Wheels & Tools. Spinning Wool Yarn - How To Spin, Clean, Wash, & Card Fleece. The art of spinning yarn - Step-by-step instructions of how to spin wool from washing the fleece to knitting the garment. We will show you how to clean the fleece, how to wash the fleece, then how to card the fleece into rovings and then finally how to spin your fleece into beautiful yarn. I became a spinner by accident really. I moved to New Zealand nearly 15 years ago and was there only 2 years, but in a land where you have 3 million people to 20 million sheep, one is naturally drawn to these animals that dot the hills everywhere you travel out and about the countryside.
I was invited to a spinning class and it only took one meeting to have me hooked. I just enjoy the relaxing atmosphere that is created in the art of spinning yarn. It is rhythmically and quiet except for the whir of the spinning wheel and the creak of the treadle. And so I thought I would share with you the steps involved in spinning from fleece to garment. Cleaning the Fleece Washing the Fleece Carding the Wool. Spin Yarn On A Wheel - Absolute Beginner Lesson! How A Spinning Wheel Works.