Bamboo or Ramie Nettle Plant Fiber Drop Spindle Kit for Beginner w/ Fiber Top Whorl Cellulose Yarn Spinning Handspun Roving Yarn

**Please Note!! Learning to spin with plant fibers will not be as easy as learning to spin with wool fibers. If you do not have a wool allergy or are not determined to learn to spin with plant fibers instead of wool, then buy one of the beginner drop spindle kits that come with wool!**

I have made a few cellulose/plant fiber spindle kit options for people that want to learn to spin but have a wool allergy or for some other reason, would rather learn to spin with plant fibers. Learning to spin on a spindle is the best low cost way to learn to spin your own yarn, and learning on a drop spindle via the 'park and draft' method slows down the process, so you can learn at your own speed.

I had customers that asked me what was the easiest plant fiber to learn to spin with. Bamboo and Ramie (Chinese Nettle) are 2 of the easiest 3 plant fibers that I would recommend. You can choose which of these fibers you would like to come with this kit, or choose both!

Notice the listing pictures that show the average staple lengths of the bamboo and the Ramie (Chinese nettle) fibers. Notice that on average, the processed Ramie fibers are longer than the bamboo fibers. There will be variance in the length of either, but on average, the Ramie fibers will generally always be longer.

It has been conventional wisdom that a longer wool fiber is easier to learn to spin with. This is not always true, because it depends on how far apart the person's hands are when they are spinning. If they tend to keep their hands closer together while drafting the fibers, then they may have issues trying to draft longer stapled fibers because they end up holding onto the other end of the fibers they are trying to draft apart!

Ramie and Bamboo fibers are both fine, silky, slippery, smooth fibers. The Ramie fibers may be a little more slippery and smooth than the bamboo, but they are both very fine and silky. This will make them more difficult to learn with than wool fibers, of course.

The kit includes: a drop spindle w/ leader string attached, 2 or 4oz of Bamboo or Ramie Combed Top or a combination of both, and an easy to follow instruction sheet with pictures! The directions also include links to youtube videos for the 'park and draft' method of drop spindling, how to ply on a drop spindle, and how to finish your yarn! I include these links because I am a visual learner!

Learning to drop spindle before moving on to using a spinning wheel is beneficial. I am an impatient person and did not want to learn how to use a spindle before I hopped right on a spinning wheel, but it is an invaluable first step to learn how to draft, and learn how the yarn twists. It was much more fun, easier, and quicker than I had imagined. It's easy to do it while watching tv, and easy to take it with you when traveling!


You can choose which spindle or fiber amounts you would like with your instructions from the drop down box.

You can choose:

- an 11" unfinished wood spindle OR a 10" finished wood spindle. Both have notches, leader strings and weigh 1.7oz.

-2 or 4oz of Bamboo combed top

-2 or 4oz of Ramie combed top

-2oz of each fiber, so that you can try both and receive a total of 4oz of fiber.

In the comments when you order, or the personalization area, you can say what colors you like. I will try my best to send along 2 coordinating colors of fiber which closest match (hopefully) what you prefer.


Top whorl spindles are easiest for beginners to learn on.

My home is pet-free and smoke free home and made with care to spread the joy and love of spinning your own fiber!

These are in stock and ship quickly.