Episode 15 is all about preparing and spinning cotton. Joining me in the podcast are some of my spinning friends with some very good explanations of just how they do this.  And also something new to the show this time:  videos!
First as promised a very special spinning movie.  Currently it is on YouTube, to save me some MB storage space here.  The  Spinning Movie is set to music from Kelvin Bear, who I found on the Podsafe Music Network.  This artist does not seem to have a website, so here's a link to his music. 
Now for some instructional videos. 
These are for folks with DSL access.
Carding cotton and making punis
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Support spindle spinning cotton
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 Setting up a charkha and spinning
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Here are the same videos, at reduced bandwidths for dialup:
Carding cotton and making punis
http://media.libsyn.com/media/yarnspinnerstales/adial.wmv" length="1092172"
type="video/x-ms-wmv" />
 Support spindle spinning cotton
http://media.libsyn.com/media/yarnspinnerstales/cdial.wmv" length="476820"
type="video/x-ms-wmv" />
 Setting up a charkha and spinning cotton
http://media.libsyn.com/media/yarnspinnerstales/chdial.wmv" length="598558" type="video/x-ms-wmv" />
This is all a grand experiment for me, and you may find that because I had to use Windows Movie Maker for editing, that they will only play in Windows Media Player.  If you do not have that media playing software, you should at least be able to view the Spinning Movie on Youtube, and well as the Cotton Carding  and Support spindle spinning cotton.
Enjoy!
All music for this podcast is from the Podcast Music Network.
Brian McRae  song July Moon provided the interlude music.
Ben Willmott  ends the podcasts with the song Fireworks.
 This was a fun podcast to make, and I hope you have as much fun listening to it.
Happy Spinning!