Learning to spin is fun. Understanding what spinners are talking about is a challenge. They have a whole new language. I have made a list of words new to me and the definitions.

• Card... process fiber into roving


• Roving... carded fibers


• Draft... a fan-shaped bunch of fibers ready to be spun


• Scour... wash a fleece


• Fleece... all of the hair/fiber from one goat shearing


• Staple... length of individul fibers


• Dehair... separate primary hair from secondary hair


• Tease... gently pull apart locks of fiber


• In the grease... unwashed


• Twist... spiral of fibers being spun into yarn


• Skirting... removing stained locks, second cuts, matts and kemp areas from a sheared fleece


• Kempy... hairy


• Breaks... weak fiber


• Grade... to separate fleeces by fineness & length of their fibers

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