I've been spinning. Not on a bike in a sweaty gym, not as in whirling dervish, but with a drop spindle and a couple of hundred grams of New Zealand Haunui and Blue Faced Leicester, and with a bit of instruction from Craftsy and Drucilla Pettibone (good name). And it's brilliant! In a week I've gone from a lumpy, bumpy, two-ply super bulky yarn, through a wobbly two-ply worsted, to a much more consistent navajo three-ply double knit. I'm starting to work out how to be in control of the fibre drafting, how thin I can spin a single before it breaks and the spindle clatters to the floor (that's where it gets its name...) and I have to twizzle the split ends back together yet again, and how much twist I need to put in when plying to get a nice relaxed yarn. All you need is a stick with a hook on it - simple but effective! And a lot more practice to get really good...
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