1.   Additional orders are also being placed with other yarn spinners to keep pace.

2.   THEY came from four continents -- a cross-section of customers covering the whole textile chain, from yarn spinners and fabric producers to dyers, finishers and garment manufacturers.

3.   But Uncle Walt chose a failed Tennessee politician and yarn spinner instead, so Lewis and Clark became the stuff of dry history books.

4.   Part philosopher, part professor, part yarn spinner, he created tales that depended less on particular experience than on his imagination.

5.   Sayles tells the tale with all the spellbinding talents of the best yarn spinners.