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kekokat
Seriously Hooked
USA
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 Posted - 06/03/2005 : 06:54:33 AM
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Hi,
I finally got sucked in and bought a drop spindle. I already have tons of wonderful roving and wool bats. I had a quicky lesson at a fiber festival, and have been praticing making inadvertent thick and thin yarn at home. It's really fun and my "product" isn't hideous.
That said, I'd love some advice on books, ideas, techniques, whatever for a rookie drop spinster. I could get really hooked here. (o: Thanks, Julie in Ohio |
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CynthiaW
New Pal
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Posted - 06/03/2005 : 07:31:37 AM
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muahaahaa! Another victim has fallen into our evil clutches! 
My favorite sources of info for spindle spinning:
Connie Delaney's Spindle Spinning:From Novice to Expert - her website is www.spindling.com
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www.icanspin.com has great little videos showing different techniques.
And of course - the great people at this forum!
- Cynthia |
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kekokat
Seriously Hooked
USA
845 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2005 : 08:37:15 AM
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kweaver
New Pal
31 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 2:34:49 PM
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I just noticed that Interweave Spin-off Summer 05 has a link to a .pdf with some drop spindling instructions
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See what I am up to
Knit this. |
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carollovesyarn
Warming Up
USA
71 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 4:28:37 PM
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Thanks for reminding me to check out Interweave's site!
Carol |
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isel
Chatty Knitter
USA
112 Posts |
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blwinteler
Permanent Resident
USA
3145 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 5:14:41 PM
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Yay! Someone else! I've only been doing it a few months, and I'm an addict. For me, once I got predrafting, it all came very easily. I'm finally getting a really thin yarn too. Just play with it and have fun!
Take care!
Brandy
My finished projects
Seen on a church marquee: Blessed are the flexible, for they shall never be bent out of shape.
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purlwise
Chatty Knitter
259 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 6:44:58 PM
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Last weekend I took a class on plying from a drop spindle from Rita Buchanan (who use to write for Spin-Off). She taught us to use a felt ball to break down the plying process.
To make a 2-ply yarn she had us wrap the felt ball with two singles from separate balls at the same time. Once the felt ball was wrapped, we then plied from it. It works great, since it's easy to focus on one thing at a time, first winding two (or three) singles onto the felt ball and then on plying.
She also said that the felt ball can be used to store a larger amount of spun singles than will fit on your spindle. When your spindle is full transfer it to the felt ball, if there is already wrapped with a single thread yarn then join the single from the spindle to the one on the felt ball before winding on.
To make the felt ball just roll up some roving into a ball and then wind yarn around it. Tuck in the yarn end with a large needle.
Regards,
Melinda
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BessH
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lella
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 06/12/2005 : 12:14:05 AM
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Julie, Connie Delaney's Booklet and website are awesome. I second those two suggestions, but of course, in a side measure, will check out everything else mentioned here myself. Particularily intriguing is the use of a felt ball. Hmmm..
Best wishes. And the predraft is the key to smooth yarn. It will come with practice. Oh I just want to HUG you!
lella [img]http://smilies.sofrayt.com/^/9971/omelet.gif[/img]
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