Spinning Wheels
Below find info on spinning wheels, wheels made by Betty Roberts, and on spinning alpaca fiber, my favorite.
Want to buy alpaca fiber to spin on your wheel?
Visit my eBay store at:
Buy Alpaca Fiber Here
Also visit my other lens on alpaca spinning, which has pictures of Betty's wheel, as well.
Lens on Spinning Alpaca
Want to buy alpaca fiber to spin on your wheel?
Visit my eBay store at:
Buy Alpaca Fiber Here
Also visit my other lens on alpaca spinning, which has pictures of Betty's wheel, as well.
Lens on Spinning Alpaca
Want to grow your own alpaca fiber?
Alpaca fiber animals for sale
Yes, you too can grow your own fiber. I have a few lovely fiber males for sale. A black and a white from great breeding stock.Email me if you are interested.
Ghandi on spinning
Ghandi quotes about spinning
"I believe that the yarn we spin is capable of mending the broken warp and woof of our life."
"He who spins before the poor, inviting them to do likewise, serves God as no one else does."
"He who spins before the poor, inviting them to do likewise, serves God as no one else does."
Betty Roberts spinning wheels
Master craftsman makes fabulous wheels.
Betty Roberts "The Spinning Wheel Lady" makes one of a kind wheels that are a joy to spin.Some of her wheels can be seen here at a yahoo group of wheel owners, AKA Betty's Fan Club
Betty Roberts Wheel Owners Yahoo Group
Alpaca Fiber for sale on eBay
buy alpaca fleece on eBay
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Betty Roberts and Nine of her spinning wheels
Alpaca Fiber for Sale
$20/pound -Discounts for quantity
Alpaca is wonderful to spin!It is very soft and slides thru your fingers, without the grab of wool. You can spin it very fine, and you can also card with wool for a 50/50 blend, which many like as it give the elasticity of wool with the softness of the alpaca. I like 100% alpaca myself. It spoils you with its softness.
I use a drum or hand carder to prepare the fiber.
It does not need to be washed beforehand. The fiber can also be used to stuff pillow, or to felt. Felted handbags, or purses, or other products. Felted alpaca can also be used as quilt batting. Alpacas were fan-blown before sheering, so the fleeces are as clean as possible. They are well shorn, with very few second cuts. Alpaca fiber has a hollow core that gives it great thermal properties. While being warm in cold weather, it can breathe and is comfortable for any season.
Alpaca dyes beautifully. It can be dyed with natural or synthetic dyes.
Photo of spinning wheel - my spinning wheel and friends
Books about spinning wool- posters of spinners
Here are some great books on spinning and some posters to decorate your craft room
Spinning Wool: Beyond the basics
Amazon Price: (as of 11/28/2009) 
Farm to Market: Wool
Amazon Price: $59.99 (as of 11/28/2009)
Tibetan Man Spinning Wool Collections Framed Art Poster Print by Henry Savage Landor, 27x33
Amazon Price: (as of 11/28/2009)
1891 Woman Sitting Spinning Wheel Wool Old Print
Amazon Price: $43.75 (as of 11/28/2009)
Close up of my spinning wheel, with inlay
Photos of Spinning Wheels
Photos of spinning wheels made by Betty Roberts
curated content from Flickr
Spinning wheels and used spinning wheelsl for sale on eBay
Give a used spinning wheel a new home
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Need a knitting bag?
buy a knitting bag for sale here
Eat Sleep Spin Tote Bag
Price: 19.99
I Spin Messenger Bag
Price: 24.00
I Spin Tote Bag
Price: 16.00
Sit and Spin - Yarn Spinner Tote Bag
Price: 19.99
VanCalcar Acres Tote Bag
Price: 14.99
Betty's Apricot Wheel- being created, on the inlay table
Betty's Assistant, Lon, with a Roberts Wheel and Seat
Alpaca Shearing - Your yarn journey begins!
A look at a day in the life of an Alpaca rancher
Every wonder how they go about shearing an Alpaca? Here's the video for you!
created by Quilteralice
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- writeon writeon Aug 26, 2008 @ 2:06 pm
- Great lens. I love to spin.
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- charlesgrimes charlesgrimes Aug 4, 2008 @ 7:17 pm
- Sorry, the Lendrum Wheel has been sold. But there's new alpaca fiber from the recent shearing for sale!
Visit my eBay store at:
Buy Alpaca Fiber Here
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- Hope Owens Hope Owens Apr 28, 2008 @ 9:17 pm
- Who posted the ad selling the Lendrum double treadle spinning wheel and bag for $500? Is this still up for sale?
hope_owens@cablespeed.com
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- Rebecca Streeter Rebecca Streeter Mar 28, 2008 @ 4:45 pm
- What is the contact info for the lendrum spinning wheel? This is the second site I've looked at the description but no contact info. Where is it? How much is shipping (to NJ) Thanks.
rlstreeter@netzero.com
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- alpacaspace alpacaspace Mar 24, 2008 @ 12:46 pm
- I thought I would invite you to join my group. The group is for alpaca related sites (lens). Thank you and I hope to see you in the group.
http://www.squidoo.com/groups/alpaca
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- Evelyn_Saenz Evelyn_Saenz Mar 1, 2008 @ 6:13 am
- Rebecca Rix came from the 1780's to check out your lens. She enjoyed it so much that she is sending you a virtual cup of coffee to hang on your wall and would love to spend a day spinning together.
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- cathyswraps cathyswraps Jan 30, 2008 @ 8:03 pm
- These spinning wheels are beautiful. What makes alpaca the best to spin?
Cathy
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- janieruth janieruth Jan 27, 2008 @ 8:10 pm
- Hey, I always thought Alpacas were way cool. If I ever move to the country though, I am going to have all G animals, Goats, Guineas, Gnus, you know I think that will be interesting. Probably not Giraffes, but anyway, you get the picture? Rocking lens, lensrolled to my Estate Sale Finds page as Spinning Wheels turn up now and again! Janieruth's Fabulous to Funky Finds
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- charlesgrimes charlesgrimes Jan 25, 2008 @ 8:46 pm
- Please let me know what you think of this lens...
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- beachbum_gabby beachbum_gabby Apr 24, 2008 @ 4:38 am
- cool lens. never seen this in personal, thanks for the introduction. :)
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- tplus tplus Feb 15, 2008 @ 2:05 pm
- Welcome to Get Ratings, Give Ratings! Another great lens!
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