Cotton spinning

A Practical Guide to Ginning Cotton by Hand A handspinner who is passionate about spinning cotton shares two methods for ginning cotton by hand.

We welcome guest blogger Jill Holbrook to dispell any roadblocks you may have to spinning cotton! I absolutely love to spin cotton. It is my favorite fiber and the most soothing fiber to spin. When…

This is how they spin cotton, with a twist to a whirligig (?) in a calabash bowl

BSL Ltd has launched a cotton spinning unit in Bhilwara, Rajasthan, India, which is expected to add ₹250 crore to its revenue in the upcoming fiscal. The new unit has a capacity of 30,000 spindles and will produce 700 tonnes of cotton yarn per month. The smart manufacturing facility will also create job opportunities for an additional 200 people.

Plant this in your garden - never spend money on yarn again You have to try this! Growing cotton is a fun way to learn or teach kids where fiber comes from. It's amazing to see the little cotton balls growing on the plant and so cool to see the process

Cotton fiber has been used for hundreds of years in clothing, linens and other textiles. It is soft, versatile, and the raw fibers can be spun into strong threads and yarns that can rival animal fibers in warmth and durability.

The whir of a cotton spinning wheel, the sung prayer of Dalit school children (once known as Untouchables), the cry of a newborn child—this is how photographer Rena Effendi transports us to India’s villages. “India lives in her seven hundred thousand villages.”—Gandhi For the July 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine, Effendi was tasked with […]

In this post I give you a video on spinning cotton on a Tahkli spindle. I also go through the spinning process step by step.

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