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How can I make a spinner at home?
A Split-Pin and Paper Clip This is one of the easiest and most effective ways to make a home-made spinner, and my personal favourite! Make a hole in the centre of the spinner. Take a split pin and insert it though the narrowest loop of a paper clip. Then push the split pin through the hole in the spinner. The most basic and cheapest option is a spindle. You can make a spindle yourself using almost anything that comes to hand, including a stone, a stick, and a piece of string! Remember that people have been spinning fibers for thousands of years, so where there is a will there is a way. Tease out a few fibers from the end of your roving and hold them together with the end of your leader using your left hand. With your other hand, give your spindle a good clockwise spin, and let it hang, keeping your left hand pinching leader and fiber together. You should notice the fiber twisting onto the leader.
How do you make a spinner?
A Split-Pin and Paper Clip This is one of the easiest and most effective ways to make a home-made spinner, and my personal favourite! Make a hole in the centre of the spinner. Take a split pin and insert it though the narrowest loop of a paper clip. Then push the split pin through the hole in the spinner. A simple device used for spinning is a hand spindle, also called takli (Fig. 3.10). Another hand operated device used for spinning is charkha (Fig. 3.11).