HILLTOP SPINNING and WEAVING CENTRE

Established in 1990

POSTED Saturday, February 4, 2012

PROPRIETORS: SUE & BILL CHITTY

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*  £3 per title One Double Sided A4 Laminate

**  £5 per title multiple sided A4 laminates

Spinning:
* Carding or Combing?
* How to Drop Spindle
* Fleece Scouring
* How to Sort a Fleece
**  How to use a Pair of Hand Carders
** Recommended hygiene when handling fleece

Weaving:
** Checklist for 4 Shaft Weaving
** How to make and Use a Warping Frame
* How to make Cotton Heddles for your Loom
* How to Calculate your Warp & Weft Requirements
** Inkle Loom Weaving
** Various Pedal Tie Ups for 4 shaft Floor Looms (Each type
    £2,  plus £2 for definitions, please contact for advice)
** Rigid Heddle Weaving
**  12 Patterns on a 4 shaft loom
**  4 Shaft Floor Loom Threading from Castle Horses to Shafts

Dyeing:
* Easy Peasy Dye Range
* How to test your tap water for pH levels and suitability for dyeing  fibres or yarns
** Natural Dye Recipes for barks, berries, flowers etc.
* Natural Indigo Dyeing
* How to make Iron Water
* How to make Copper Water
* How to Dye Silk Fibre
* Kemtex Acid Dyes, recipes for wool & silk.
* Dyeing with Safflower
* Solar Dyeing using natural dyestuffs.

Miscellaneous:
* The 100g Knitted Hat Pattern (other patterns too.)
* 4 Beeswax Polish recipes for treating wood.
* Basic Broomstick Crochet
* Basic Tunisian Crochet
* Felting Needle Instructions
** Feltmaking the Basics
** Felt a Wall Hanging
* How to Locker Hook - rug, bag or wall hangings.
* Medieval Textile Notes
* Natural Moth Repellent Recipes
Bill and Sue have written all the  titles based on a combined 60 years of practical experience.

CRAFTLETS are practical, A4 Laminated sheets, easy to use without being damaged.

With their mixture of words and pictures you will soon be confident in your chosen craft skill.

New titles are constantly being published, the current titles are shown below.

ALL HILLTOP KITS INCLUDE THE RELEVANT CRAFTLET (but not always a laminated version).
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