More on spinning...
My spinning wheel arrived this afternoon. It doesn't look like a traditional wheel, but it is functional and fabulous. It took me all afternoon to master the motion of treadling (turning the wheel with the foot pedal) and feeding the wool onto the bobbin to make yarn. My hand is sore, my ankle is sore, my wrist is sore, and my fingers are slightly numb. But I figured it out.
I'm very happy.
This will make processing the rest of my wool much faster.
On that note, I also got a sample of mohair in the mail today. To be honest, I'm not sure what to think of it. It's really not very high quality, but it's also very cheap. $6 for 8oz. The seller was very honest about her opinion of the quality. She was quite uncertain about it, since the goats were kept in poor conditions. Mohair is supposed to have a fairly long staple length, but the locks I was sent are quite short. Still, I am very curious to try it. I'm not sure how best to comb it. It's too short to be flick carded and I don't want to turn it into a rolag. I would much rather spin along the grain of the yarn.
I'm going to wash the sample out and try spin it on my drop spindle first. If it spins nicely, I'll buy the lot. Mainly because I'm curious and want to try something different.
I'm very happy.
This will make processing the rest of my wool much faster.
On that note, I also got a sample of mohair in the mail today. To be honest, I'm not sure what to think of it. It's really not very high quality, but it's also very cheap. $6 for 8oz. The seller was very honest about her opinion of the quality. She was quite uncertain about it, since the goats were kept in poor conditions. Mohair is supposed to have a fairly long staple length, but the locks I was sent are quite short. Still, I am very curious to try it. I'm not sure how best to comb it. It's too short to be flick carded and I don't want to turn it into a rolag. I would much rather spin along the grain of the yarn.
I'm going to wash the sample out and try spin it on my drop spindle first. If it spins nicely, I'll buy the lot. Mainly because I'm curious and want to try something different.