Learn about sitting at and managing your spinning wheel

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    • PRE-CHAPTER QUIZ - TEST YOUR BEGINNER SKILLS

    • EXERCISES AND STRETCHES TO COMBAT IMMOBILITY WHEN SITTING TOO LONG

    • LESSON 1 - Spinning should not hurt. See how to sit properly at your wheel

    • LESSON 2 - Proper foot position on the treadel(s)

    • LESSON 3 - What does grip strength have to do with spinning?

    • LESSON 5 - Parts of a FLYER-LEAD spinning wheel or scotch tension wheel

    • LESSON 6 - Parts of a BOBBIN-LEAD spinning wheel or Irish tension wheel

    • LESSON 7 - Up take or take up. Whatever you call it you need it

    • LESSON 8 - Treadling tricks and S & Z. Which way is which?

    • LESSON 9 - Managing drive bands on a single-drive wheel

    • LESSON 10 - Why does my drive band need to rest?

    • LESSON 11 - How to attach and thread the leader

    • LESSON 12 - Whorls, pullies and twists per inch (TPI). How to measure yours

    • Test your knowledge

    • What's my wheel?

    • GUEST SPEAKER - Jim Eichter master spindle maker/woodturner and owner of True Creations - About me

    • RECORDED LIVE FACEBOOK VIDEO WITH MARY 1-5-21

    • SPINNING WHEEL SPOTLIGHT - The Kromski Sonata

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