#dropspindle — Public Fediverse posts

This is all I've gotten done today. Time to ply, but probably after dinner. I'm hungry!

#DropSpindle #HandSpinning #Yarn #Wool #GulfCoast

3). Yay ! I signed up for a spinning class
40. I never realized the size of yarn, needles and how much I needed are important
#yarn #dropspindle #knitting

I got to enjoy a fully masked hand spinning / drop spindle class for beginners yesterday, and I made my own 2-ply yarn. I really want to keep working on my consistency. I need to level up a bunch before I can justify a spinning wheel. #spinning #yarn #dropspindle #fiberarts

I’ve been doing some more drop spindle spinning lately. The fiber batt is a mix of recycled yarn I put together on my drum carder. #spinning #yarnspinning #dropspindle #fiberart #recycledart #FiberArtist

I’ve been doing some more drop spindle spinning lately. The fiber batt is a mix of recycled yarn I put together on my drum carder. #spinning #yarnspinning #dropspindle #fiberart #recycledart #FiberArtist

I’ve been doing some more drop spindle spinning lately. The fiber batt is a mix of recycled yarn I put together on my drum carder. #spinning #yarnspinning #dropspindle #fiberart #recycledart #FiberArtist

Fat little spindle! My first attempt at plying on a drop by swapping hands and mirroring all the spinning moves. I'm reasonably happy with the result, although it's a less "tight" ply than on a wheel. My drop is the second tiniest of TurtleMade's 3D printed spindles - super light and very well-behaved and small enough to fit in a pocket. Bought in the UK from Cat & Sparrow.

#FibreArts #FiberArts #Spinning #DropSpindle

The sun was out again, feint breeze and the wind chimes clanging quietly, I decided to spin a little. It was #bliss, my #happyplace @frogglin #spinning #TDS #dropspindle

In this week's blog post, I share with you my handspun yarn from Handmaiden NZ's May fibre subscription.

#blog #blogging #spinning #spinningwheel #dropspindle #crafting #fibrearts

https://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=90&title=may-handmaiden-spinning-fibre-club

More #DropSpindle spinning, stretching out on a niddy-noddy.

My first blog post for the year, over the Christmas holidays I got a chance to finish a spinning project. I also share with you my favorite drop spindle, and my spinning wheel.

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https://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=46&title=spinning-ashford-avacado-merino/silk-fibre

This is the third and latest. I've been focusing on even thickness and moderately thin, and I'm pretty happy with the results here. But at this thickness it is frustratingly slow! This shows several evenings of 1-2 hours of spinning.

The biggest challenge is getting the fiber to draft evenly. Preparation (carding and how you remove it from the cards) is part of the equation, but also the unevenness of fibers means sometimes everything can just pull apart.

At times I've been able to do fine "long-pull" drafting like I've seen in cotton spinning tutorials, but then you hit a short spot and it all falls apart.

So far this is only single ply.

Also, nothing in the photos in this thread have had their spin "set" with a hot bath on a niddy noddy. That's another experiment I'll be working on in the near future.

That's all for now! More fun experiments to post in the coming weeks.

#spinning #chiengora #DropSpindle

Spending my evening spinning with my top whorl spindle and avacado merino/silk fiber from Ashford.

I’m really wanting to get a ring/finger distaff, but no one in New Zealand makes them. #spinning #fibercrafts #dropspindle

As part of #tourdefleece2023 I've been endeavouring to spin a bit each day, and here is the result so far... #spinning #HandSpunYarn #turkishspindle #dropspindle #dropspinning

Any spinners have recommendations for which types of plant fibers are best for beginners? I just got a sample pack and will be trying them out myself as well, but I'd love input. I'll be doing a skill share for #spinning soon and want to give attendees who want wool alternatives an easy fiber to work with!

#fiberArt #handspun #dropSpindle

Learning to spin on a drop spindle (can spin on a wheel so this is something new). Much dropping and spinning, and not too different from a wheel beyond a bit less control over consistency.

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#fibrearts

#Malabrigo

Ooh they found a drip spindle whorl from the 1100s 😲

I’m a spinner, and can spin with a drop spindle and wheels. #spinning #dropspindle #timeteam

ordered a box of mystery lap waste to get some practice fibers, and quite a lot of it is what i believe to be merino/silk blend. it's nice!! candy pink isn't really my colour but since they also included a bit of blue maybe it can end up as a trans pride knit of some sort? 🏳️‍⚧️

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my first knitted object from my own handspun yarn!! 🧶🧶🧶

excited to get to this point, though knitting with it taught me a whole lot about the yarn ive made and its flaws. it's so dense! but at least the last colour i spun is markedly better than the first, and im hoping to get some advice from local spinners in a few weeks

onwards! to... probably a slightly neater hat, but let's see where this goes <3

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yarn!!!

only about 45g so i think not quite enough for a hat but i might start on a top down pattern and see how far i get

#dropspindle #spinning

yarn 2: beginning to meet some more conventionally accepted definitions of yarn

don't mind the rustic, inconsistent look but there's a bunch of nasty solid over-twisted thin bits that make it not quite useable yet

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ok let's do this!

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Bought a 3D printed spindle and some fibre from Cat And Sparrow Fibre, and spun up the packing fibre they wrapped the spindle in, for transport #spinning #spinningwool #dropspindle #dropspinning #turkishspindle #turkishdropspindle @fiberarts @spinning

#Spinning up some rolags
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