Spinning wheel, revisited
I started spinning again! I haven't touched my wheel in a few years. I got sick of not being able to draft worth shit and always fighting the wool, and it just wasn't fun.
Franklin Habit's newest blog post has him trying long-draw spinning and really enjoying it. so I figure, WTF. If he can like it, I'll try too. I opened a browser tab to YouTube and started looking for videos on long draw.
Turns out I wasn't drafting right at all. I didn't know I was supposed to go from the fold, not from the end of the piece of roving. No wonder I hated it. I spent the last 45 minutes spinning and loving it. Me, a playlist of history podcasts, some Corriedale... It was great and I'm going to do more shortly.
I need to watch some more videos and read some more stuff on technique, because I'm having trouble getting the right amount of twist, but drafting was soooooo easy. I couldn't believe the person who taught me to spin never told me how to do it! I always wondered why everyone liked it and I had such problems. I mean, I liked making yarn, but it was so hard! And now I know why. Woot.
Franklin Habit's newest blog post has him trying long-draw spinning and really enjoying it. so I figure, WTF. If he can like it, I'll try too. I opened a browser tab to YouTube and started looking for videos on long draw.
Turns out I wasn't drafting right at all. I didn't know I was supposed to go from the fold, not from the end of the piece of roving. No wonder I hated it. I spent the last 45 minutes spinning and loving it. Me, a playlist of history podcasts, some Corriedale... It was great and I'm going to do more shortly.
I need to watch some more videos and read some more stuff on technique, because I'm having trouble getting the right amount of twist, but drafting was soooooo easy. I couldn't believe the person who taught me to spin never told me how to do it! I always wondered why everyone liked it and I had such problems. I mean, I liked making yarn, but it was so hard! And now I know why. Woot.