Choosing and preparing your fleece. What is fleece? ; Inspecting a fleece ; Shelf life and storage ; Cleaning or scouring a fleece -- Fibre preparation. Hand carding ; Carding using a blending board ; Preparing a rolag for spinning ; Drum carders ; How to create a batt with a drum carder ; How to make roving ; How to prepare roving for spinning ; Colourways -- Spinning. Anatomy of a drop spindle ; Choosing a spindle ; Twisty stick ; Choosing your spinning fibre ; Attaching the leader thread ; Drafting ; How to attach wool to the leader thread ; Spinning singles ; Starting to spin -- Plying. Lazy kate ; Winding a centre-pull ball ; Making a standard two-ply yarn ; Andean plying ; Finishing the yarn ; Making a niddy noddy ; Setting the twist -- Drop spindle techniques. Basic thread plying ; Autowrapping ; Cloud spinning ; Lock spinning ; Core spinning ; Using embellishments -- Dyeing. How to dye fibre ; Dip dyeing ; Other dyeing methods -- Yarn inspiration -- Expanding your knowledge further