[Nfb-krafters-korner] Spinning wheel

Sat Jun 30 06:15:11 UTC 2018

I would love to hear more about this myself. Again I have considered
purchasing a wheel. But I don't want it to be a wasted purchase.

Jessica

On 6/29/18, Tracy Carcione via Nfb-krafters-korner
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> That sounds right, Dixie.  What I was unable to figure out well was how to
> set my wheel and spinner in the way you describe, and how to set the brake?
> Tension.  Am I supposed to raise or lower the spinning part to make it go
> slower?  What's the tension supposed to be like on the thing I think of as a
> brake--a knob with a bit of fishing line going towards the spinner?
> The gal at the farmers' market said she'd help me, but it won't be very easy
> to schlep the wheel over there--everything will come loose while I'm
> carrying it, I'm sure.
> Tracy
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Dixie via Nfb-krafters-korner
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2018 11:23 AM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> Cc: Dixie
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Drop spindle
>
> When I was learning to spin on a wheel,
>
> With the wheel, the first thing I did was just learn to treadle the wheel.
> No spinning of fiber at this point, just starting, stopping and treadling to
> keep the wheel at a nice steady speed.
>
> Then Setting the ratios helps.  My wheel has 3 different settings on the
> wheel, and 3 on the whorl.  Setting the band so that the wheel is on the
> largest setting and the whorl is on the smallest setting (I hope I have that
> right) makes it so the wheel has to go around a lot further for each turn of
> the whorl.  This makes it so your take up on the spindle is slower, giving
> you more time to get your hands to do what you want with the roving before
> the fiber is taken into the spin.
>
>
>
> Dixie
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf
> Of Jessica Arnold via Nfb-krafters-korner
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2018 2:08 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Jessica Arnold <arnold.jessica.2017 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Drop spindle
>
> 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
>>
>> @-> + <-@
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>> -----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
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>> 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
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> 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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