This podcast talks about why hand spinners have such a hard time spinning cotton, and ways to help that process.

I have collected fiber to spin over the years, and am just now getting around to some of the older purchases. This podcast talks about some of that spinning.

After I spin a skein of yarn, It needs to be washed. Sometimes, I put this off until I have many to wash. I also talk about using the flow chart for how fibers burn, to determine what fiber content you have to spin.

The week's summary for Sept 5-11th of my spinning projects as well as a few homestead projects.

What? Black and white wool on one sheep?

Just a brief note to fill those of you that haven't heard of my Mom's illness.  I have to stop the podcast for awhile, as I spend time with her.

A new to me spinning wheel, 3D printed, is the topic of this podcast. There's also a brief discussion of the different between Scotch and Double Drive on spinning wheels.

In a house full of fiber to spin, sometimes some shows up in the strangest of places.

Podcasting for me is on the back burner at this time.  I plan to return with the Tour de Fleece in July 2021.

As I worked with two sheep breed fibers from Wales, I recorded my thoughts as well as the sounds of the processing and spinning of the yarns.

I livestream on Twitch.TV about spinning but the streams do not stay forever on Twitch. For that reason I have been archiving the streams on You Tube on the lusi222 channel.

Another unusual breed of sheep for our studies, the Hebridean has a dual coat, and long locks.

A breed study of spinning the fiber from the Lonk sheep.

In this unusual year, spinners got to celebrate not just one but two Tour de Fleece events. I spun the entire three weeks of part one, and talk all about that in this podcast. I also do a review of spinning the fiber from the Yak.

The Coopworth sheep has a lovely fleece for spinning wooly yarn. I talk about the fleece and the spinning in this podcast.

Ryeland sheep are a very old breed originating in the British Isles. They are not raised now as they were in long ago years, but the fiber of the sheep being raised now is very good for spinning. I talk about sampling this fiber and the yarn I made.

So much behind that title!  I am not stopping the audio podcast.  I am moving forward on the wave of technology and taking my concept for YST with it.  I have set up a channel on TwitchTV You can find me under the same name as the podcast, yarnspinnerstales. I plan to live stream twice a week and during those videos you can join me, chat by typing, watch in the video what I am working on (and have been trying to explain with words for 12 years in the podcast!) ask me questions,tell me what...

In this podcast I briefly give some breed information about the White Face Woodland sheep. I also talk about doing a virtual fiber fair, visiting the booth owners websites, instead of actually going since the fair had to be cancelled due to the Covid virus.

The Shropshire sheep is another of the British Isles down breeds. It often has long curly locks in the fleece, and I used the ones I had from the sample of fiber to create a unique yarn.

A breed of sheep mostly raised in the British Isles, Oxford Down is finding it's way into the hearts of spinners.

The Gulf Coast Native sheep are a critically threatened breed of sheep per the Livestock Conservancy program. I purchased a sample of the breed wool and review washing and spinning it, in this podcast.

Our study of fibers for spinning the wool from different sheep continues, with two breeds of Welsh sheep.

This is a the second in a series of short podcasts about specific sheep breeds' fiber and how it spins. This podcast is about the East Fresian breed, a sheep that is mostly raised for milk production.

One of a series of podcasts that review a specific breed of sheep and how it spins. This podcast talks about my experience with fiber from the US and from UK.