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In early Summer 2013 I learnt how to hand spin on a top spindle and I very much enjoy it. I used my single-ply, wool yarn to add a decorative Blanket Stitch to my red, wool shawl and for my first hand-woven pouch.
Period Spindles (20-page, PDF)****
by Lady Ose Silverhair
Textile Resources for the Re-enactor
by Carolyn Priest-Dorman/Þóra Sharptooth
Early medieval textile remains from settlements in the Netherlands. An evaluation of textile production
by
Chrystel R. Brandenburgh
Journal of Archaeology in the Low Countries 2-1 (May 2010)
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