Guide to Processing Wool for Roving

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Interweave's free ebook on Processing Wool to Make Wool Roving provides instructions on how to properly wash wool to how to flick, hand-, and drumcard wool to how to use minicombs. This free eBook should make the process of preparing raw wool for spinning easy and fun for beginners as well as more experienced spinners looking for tips.

The book can be found here.

Spring Retreat - Latch Hook Chair Pads

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Saturday, several guild members met at the Frank B. Wise Business Plaza in Fort Washakie for a afternoon class on making chair pad with wool roving and a crochet hook. Maia Rose was the instructor and provided the mesh base and the roving for the pad. Participants folded the edge of the mesh and using a "G" or "H" crochet hook began by securing the top edge before adding the roving into thick poofy rows.

Everyone went home with at least two inches completed on their 16 inch chair pad.

Resources for Dyeing

Interested in dyeing yarn, roving, or even fabric but don't have a clue where to start?

Of course, you can search the Internet, but Robin Spady has already done some searching for you and created a post entitled, Resources for Dyeing Yarn and Fabric.

From Scraps to Ribbon

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We All Sew blog shows how to turn scraps of roving, yarn, string, ribbon, etc. into a decorative ribbon that can be used for embellishing crafts or for decorating packages and gifts.

The pictorial tutorial can be found here.