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You will find that starter spinners will need to predraft and loosen the wool to create evenly spun yarn. There are also hand-painted wool fibers that can be spun in different ways to get various color patterns. Ply the same wool fiber independently using the right plying technique so that it changes color every few inches. The early human originally used weaving to help seek for basic needs like clothing, food and shelter. The early people may have discovered the technique and enhanced it by observing how birds make nests, how spiders make webs and how beavers make dams. All these natural activities involved the interlacing of different materials like vines or twigs. This is due to the fact that some weaves that are usually used for upholstery are not appropriate for a construction or design of a dress. Plain weaves The plain weaves are the ones that are most common and the simplest ones too. People oftentimes opt to purchase the plain weave because they are inexpensive. Loom weaving In loom weaving, the seamstress starts off with an even amount of warp strands, but making sure that there are no weft strands. The warp strands should be divided into two groups, a bottom row and the top row as well. The seamstress can start with the top left or the top right strand and run the strand from the top to the bottom or vice versa in keeping the strands in the very same order. Back then, spinning is only regarded as an essential part of the cottage industry which kept families properly and comfortably clothed by using the fleeces that were shorn from the sheep that they, themselves, raised. But now, spinning yarn is known to be such a perfect complement to hobbies related to crochet and knitting. The first phase of actually mechanizing the procedure was mounting the spindle in a horizontal direction so that it could be rotated with a use of a cord that encircles a huge wheel that is hand-driven. The great wheel The great wheel is a perfect example of this old version of the spinning wheel. The fiber will be held by the left hand while the wheel is slowly turned with the control of the right hand. 

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