[Nfb-krafters-korner] SPINNING

[Eileen Scrivani]

Hi Cheryl:

A dropped spindle works fine.  Like any type of spinning you will have to 
learn how to control your tension in order to produce how thin or thick you 
want the strands of yarn to be.  While I've seen spinning wheels, I have not 
worked on one other than for demonstration purposes.  The wheel is mor 
complex, in my opinion, but I'm sure like anything with time & instruction 
can be used just fine by a blind person.  The dropped spindle works very 
well, but will produce yarn at a much slower pace than a wheel.

Eileen

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From: "Cheryl Osborn" <chapalacheryl at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 10:57 AM
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] SPINNING

> Hi everyone,
>
> I would like to know if using a drop spindle works well enough or do
> you need to use a spinning wheel?
>
> On 5/15/10, Dixie <blueherons at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Hi Jewell,
>>
>> I only learned to spin about a year and a half ago.  I too was looking 
>> for a
>> new craft since I was very much into embroideries before I lost my sight.
>> That happened  6 years ago.  I went from 20/20 to nothing basically
>> overnight, so had to make some big adjustments.  I had always wanted to
>> learn to spin since I was a little girl.  My grandmother had 2 spinning
>> wheels in her house as show pieces, never to be touched.  Well, tell this
>> kid you can't touch and you know what she wanted to get her hands on more
>> than anything else in the house.  So, the summer before last I asked a
>> friend who spins to teach me.  She raises Romney and I have been spinning
>> the wool I have gotten from her.  I have a few other fibers, but, have 
>> yet
>> to get brave enough to try them.  I have some blue face, some alpaca, and
>> some Samoyed as well as plenty from my Fidelco German Shepherd.  None of
>> which I have ventured forward to try yet.
>>
>> I am so pleased though to find another blind spinner!  Here in 
>> Connecticut I
>> am in a spinning group, we get together once a month, and I am the only
>> blind spinner.   Although there is one woman in our group who has Macular 
>> ,
>> this woman watches me so she will have ideas of how to get along when her
>> sight worsens.
>>
>>
>> I see you have found that ray of sunshine Becky.  She is a machine 
>> knitter
>> and I hope to be just like her one day.  Smile.
>>
>>
>> Dixie
>>
>> ~ @-> ~ <-@ ~
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jewell Boll
>> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 12:57 PM
>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] any bulky machine knitters?
>>
>> Hi Dixie,
>>
>> I am thrilled to hear of this list and to be able to connect with other
>> blind individuals who have a common interest in a craft.
>>
>> I have been spinning about 15 years now. I was looking for something to 
>> take
>>
>> the place of my passion for sewing as I lost more and more of my vision. 
>> I
>> wanted something to keep my hands busy and yet enhance my sense of touch.
>> Spinning has certainly filled that desire. I have spun many different 
>> fibers
>>
>> just to relish in the feel of the different textures. My favorites are
>> various wools and llamas.  I have tried the cottons and linens, but 
>> didn't
>> find them enjoyable.  Merino, angora were fun, but not easy to spin for 
>> me.
>> Do you have a favorite fiber? What are you doing with the yarn you have
>> spun?
>>
>> I hope you will persevere in your knitting.  I had no one to teach me, so 
>> I
>> found a beginner's knitting book and taught myself.  I telling you, I 
>> went
>> through a lot of frustrations, but was stubborn enough to persist.
>> Eventually, I got better. and it will for you too.  Just keep knitting. 
>> I
>> did get a response to my inquiry regarding any one knowledgeable in 
>> machine
>> knitting.  Perhaps if you make the same request, she will respond to your
>> request.  Do you have a machine now?
>>
>> I will tell you little about myself.  I live in Sheboygan which is midway
>> between Milwaukee and Green Bay on the western shores of Lake Michigan in
>> Wisconsin.  I have Ushers syndrome which is a progressive vision and 
>> hearing
>>
>> impairment.  I now have light perception and wear two hearing aids.  I do 
>> ok
>>
>> one on one, but finds it more difficult in noisy settings. I love to
>> knitting to books, I enjoy walking every day with my guide dog, Gus. And 
>> of
>> course, I enjoy my crafty hobbies.
>>
>> Please tell me a little about yourself.
>>
>> Jewell
>>
>>
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