[Nfb-krafters-korner] Drop spindle

Fri Jun 29 06:07:44 UTC 2018

Hello.

I don't know if this will help as I didn't see the original message.

I have a drop spindle here. What I find works for me is I as dixie
said just take a little bit of the fiber I am spinning off of the big
chunk. I spin it till I am comfortable with how its doing or get low
on the fiber then I take some more out.

My problem has always been that I end up breaking my spin and then end
up with a foot or so of spun yarn that I can't think of what to do
with it. So end up throwing it and trying again.

When I spin successfully what I also find helps is I spin the spindle.
Then I hold the fiber where I want the spin to stop. Once the spindle
is spun where it starts coming back in the opposite direciton I hold
it in between my knees (the spindle I mean) and work the spin into the
unspun fiber slow but sure.)

I think I sat outside one day and spun quite a bit doing it this way
definitely more than a foot. Probably like five feet or more. But I
got discouraged and haven't spun for a while now.

It also depends on what fiber your spinning with. Or so I have read.
Some fibers are just easier to sin than others I guess.

I have a few bags of fiber sitting on my craft table in the hall.
Perhaps I should try spinning again.

The thing I don't know what to do is when I spin al the thread if I
don't end up with unfixable breaks (probably because I am a beginner
spinner that is happening most likely) How I get the thread of the
spindle without it getting all tangled. And what I do with it then.

I don't understand what hanks of yarn are or how to tie them. I wonder
maybe if I buy a hank maybe I could understand.

For the person who uses a wheel. Dixie. I am guessing your just used
to using a wheel. But I would feel like the thread would be out of my
control with the wheel. Wheels I think are designed to spin more yarn
more quickly. But maybe its just a matter of learning too.

I wish I had local classes here that I could take to learn . I love
spinning if I could just stop breaking the thread and feeling like I
can't attach more for some reason.

Oh my question. Sorry. Do you feel like the wheel goes to fast
sometimes. Or as I said is it just a matter of learning.

Someone tried to teach me on the wheel. And I got the fiber and thread
all caught up in the wheel several times. But then again. Maybe if I
had just taken more time to learn.

On 6/28/18, Tracy Carcione via Nfb-krafters-korner
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Thanks Dixie.  I've tried spinning on a wheel, but wasn't very successful.
> It never occurred to me to start at an edge and work across my roving.
> Maybe this has been part of my problem.
> Tracy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On
> Behalf Of Dixie via Nfb-krafters-korner
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 8:47 PM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> Cc: Dixie
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Drop spindle
>
> How thick is your roving?
>
>
>
> My roving is about 3 inches wide.  I tend to hold it in the palm of my
> non-dominant hand and work from the edge closest to the little finger, and
> work across towards my thumb, then work back towards the little finger.   I
> pinch a little bit off the end and draft, or pull out some fiber little at
> a
> time.  You want to be able to spin at such a speed that you can have time
> to
> draft.
>
> I have to also put in here that I have only spun on a wheel, not a drop
> spindle.
>
>
> Pencil roving is a thin roving.
>
> Some people split the wider roving down the center, down the length of it
> making 2 smaller, thinner pieces.
> There are different ways to draft, or feed the roving, but I tend to take
> short little drafts so I can really feel what the fibers are doing in the
> twist.
>
>
> Dixie
>
> @-> + <-@
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org> On
> Behalf
> Of Tracy Carcione via Nfb-krafters-korner
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 1:27 PM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists' <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Drop spindle
>
> Huh!  I've heard that, too.  By that standard, my yarn is *real
> interesting--fat thin fat thin ...
>
> I'll read the instructions for my new spindle after work, and we'll see how
> it goes.
> I see already the writer says to strip thick roving, i.e., split it into 2
> or 3 smaller strips that are easy to draft.  Have others done this?  How
> does one know when it's needed, and when not?
> Tracy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On
> Behalf Of Dixie via Nfb-krafters-korner
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 12:54 PM
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> Cc: Dixie
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Drop spindle
>
> Actually, that uneven first yarn is desired by many knitters.  It gives
> nice
> texture to the fabric.
>
> Once one gets more proficient at spinning the yarn is much more uniform,
> and
> less interesting.
>
>
>
> Dixie
>
> @-> + <-@
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org> On
> Behalf
> Of Cathy Flesher via Nfb-krafters-korner
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2018 10:58 PM
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> Cc: Cathy Flesher <flowersandherbs at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Drop spindle
>
> Hi Tracy,
>
> That is so awesome that you decided to try a new craft on your own. I
> taught
> myself macramé and latch hooking. I hope you can get together with that
> woman at the Farmer's Market and learn how to spin. I learned how to spin
> wool with a drop spindle in a college class I took. I never did get the
> wool
> to come out smoothly. I understand it take some practice and I did not get
> much practice. It was fulfilling however to see yarn coming out of a hunk
> of
> wool.
> I also attended that chat.
> Good luck to you.
>
>
> Make this a wonderful day!
> Cathy F
>
>
>
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