The Handspinner's Guide to Selling

by Paula Simmons, Betsy Rupp Fulwiler (Editor)

If you spin for fun and woul also like to spin for profit, Paula Simmons's The Handspinner's Guide to Selling will help you achieve your goal. Based on the principle that anyone who really wants to can make a partial or complete living from handspinning, this guide is designed both for spinners who are just thinking about selling their handspun and for those who have already started and need a reference book written specifically to help them overcome their problems. Twenty-five years of experience with her own successful spinning and weaving business enables Paula Simmons to give advice about all aspects of selling handspun: production, equipment (including plans for an unusual wool picker), pricing, selling, establishing a business, customer relations, advertising and publicity, related income, and sources of supplies, equipment, and special services. A unique chapter about people who make their living from handspinning shows the numerous ways spinners can make a profit from what they do for fun.

110 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

A respected authority on sheep raising, Paula Simmons has written many articles and books, including Storey’s Guide to Raising Sheep (with Carol Ekarius) and Your Sheep (with Darrell L. Salsbury). Simmons also lectures and conducts workshops across North America on raising sheep and spinning wool for a living. Simmons and her husband have been raising and shearing sheep, and spinning and weaving wool, for more than 20 years on their farm in Washington state.

Reviews

[Judith Greer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outdated but a wealth of basic knowledge. Absolutely love looking back at spinning in the 70’s. I would consider this a classic book to have on the shelves. Great photos!