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Spinning Cotton Video Download

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Access more than 140 video courses (including this one) with a Long Thread Media All Access subscription, bringing you up close to experts in spinning, weaving, needleworking, felting, and dyeing. View Spinning Cotton on our streaming platform.


In Spinning Cotton, Stephenie Gaustad is out to revive an art often overlooked by today’s contemporary spinners: spinning cotton. Cotton is one of the most important fibers in the developed world, and Stephenie is here to show you how to prepare cotton from boll to batt in this two-part series. 

You’ll love this spinning video if:

  • You want to learn techniques for preparing cotton 
  • If you have an appreciation for important fibers 
  • You enjoy the historical aspect of spinning

As you watch, you’ll learn how to prepare cotton, techniques for efficiently spinning with ease, how to set twist for your yarns, and so much more.

"Bette Hochberg used to say, that of all the fibers spun in the long history of spinning, that the one that clothed, warmed and protected the most people was cotton. I’m Stephenie Gaustad and welcome to my kitchen." — Stephenie Gaustad
Stephenie Gaustad is an artist, illustrator, designer, and weaver. She enjoys designing classic garments and spinning yarn. She is also dedicated to fiber preparation, color theory and cloth design. Her illustrations can be found in The Alden Amos Big Book of Handspinning, which she produced with her husband, Alden Amos.

Running time: 108 minutes

 

Author/Designer: Stephanie Gaustad