unspun wool can be felted pretty easily, but I'm a big fan of knitting it up and then felting it, the results are a little more controllable.
You should probably learn with a drop spindle first, it's way way easier. Drop spindles are pretty cheap (NW Fiber Arts sells them at the riverside shopping center thingie, for five dollars on up), or there's a way of making them yourself with a dowel and a couple of old CD's (google is your friend).
Drop spindles are great because they're very portable and cheap and much easier, especially to start (I have yet to use a wheel, myself). Also, spinning wheels weren't in Europe until the 1200's (and even then, only the rich owned them), so when you use a drop spindle you truly appreciate why even very wealthy people only had a couple changes of clothes!
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Date: 2005-08-04 02:40 am (UTC)You should probably learn with a drop spindle first, it's way way easier. Drop spindles are pretty cheap (NW Fiber Arts sells them at the riverside shopping center thingie, for five dollars on up), or there's a way of making them yourself with a dowel and a couple of old CD's (google is your friend).
Drop spindles are great because they're very portable and cheap and much easier, especially to start (I have yet to use a wheel, myself). Also, spinning wheels weren't in Europe until the 1200's (and even then, only the rich owned them), so when you use a drop spindle you truly appreciate why even very wealthy people only had a couple changes of clothes!