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Tag Archives: spinning
Spinning – Pay No Attention To That Spinning Wheel In the Center Of The Room . . . .
I love to spin But life has been busy and spinning has felt like a luxury that I can’t yet afford. Not in terms of money, but in terms of time. But I love to spin. So I am slowly … Continue reading
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Tagged creating space, spinning, spinning wheel, spinning wool, zen of spinning
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Spinning – Tension, Whorls and Sampling
Last weekend I had a spinning class to learn about my wheel – and learned alot about how to produce samples to determine how a certain wool might like to be spun. (Whether I can actually accommodate the wool is … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashford spinning wheel, bobbin, double drive, fiber, irish tension, Louet spinning wheel, scotch tension, spinning, spinning wool, whorl, wool, wool winder
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Spinning – Cheating With Top
There are alot of things that you are thinking about when you are spinning. You are thinking about your hands as they are both drafting and feeding the fiber into the wheel. You are thinking about how much twist you want … Continue reading
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Tagged roving, spinning, spinning wool, spinning yarn, top
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Spinning – Almost To Plying
Finally finished spinning the blue and brown Shetland/Alpaca roving. I am just grateful that the Saturday spinning get-togethers have restarted and I can get back into a routine of spinning. This fiber was spun with too much twist. Plying will take out a little of … Continue reading
Spinning – Cleaning/Scouring My First Fleece
Today I tried something I have never done before – cleaning a Leicester fleece. I bought it at Rhinebeck this year from Autumn House Farm. It is a Morritt fleece – which refers to the brown and black coloring. I learned … Continue reading
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Tagged cleaning a fleece, fleece, leicester fleece, scouring fleece, spinning
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Spinning – Show and Tell
During the last days of December, all focus shifts from manufacturing to production in this house – which means that spinning yarn to make things takes a back seat to just making things as the deadlines for production are getting … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashford bulky flyer, cormo roving, Louet, Louet S15 spinning wheel, Louet spinning wheel, merino top, roving, spinning, top
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