Making a natural fiber like wool into something useful like a sweater involves a lot of steps. We might be familiar with shearing the sheep, spinning the wool into yarn, or knitting and weaving, but ...

Spinning a yarn, literally, has become a favorite pastime of a growing number of Americans. In 1970, there were perhaps 1,500 to 2,000 people in the United States who spun their own yarn, using a hand ...