Spinning Project for Kids
If you want to check out spinning for yourself,
start with just spinning some long grass on your own leg. Just pick
some long grass (at least six inches makes it easier), take five or
six blades and lay them side by side, then use the flat palm of your
hand to roll them up and down your thigh or your shin, until they get
twisted together (works better on bare skin, like if you have shorts
on). Now you have a short string. To make it longer, take another small
bunch of grass, lay it on your leg next to the first one so that they
overlap by a couple of inches, and roll the place where they overlap
until they twist together. You can keep doing that to make your string
as long as you need it.
Some things to check out: does it make any difference if you always roll in the same direction or back and forth? Does it make any difference how many blades of grass you use? Do different kinds of plants work differently? How about your hair? What other kinds of fiber might you use? (dog hair? stems of ivy? cotton bolls?).
Some things to check out: does it make any difference if you always roll in the same direction or back and forth? Does it make any difference how many blades of grass you use? Do different kinds of plants work differently? How about your hair? What other kinds of fiber might you use? (dog hair? stems of ivy? cotton bolls?).
To try spindle spinning, you can make a pretty fair spindle with a pencil and a radish or a small potato. Stab the pencil through a small potato so a little of the pointy end comes out the other side. Take some fiber you have already twisted up (the cotton batting for stuffing toy animals works) and tie one end to your spindle (just on top of the potato).
Further instructions are available here.
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