The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Food & crafts => Crafts => Topic started by: SallyintNorth on August 08, 2012, 10:56:42 am
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Someone a while back asked about how to do "park and draft"; at the time I didn't have a good video bookmarked.
Edited to add that this is one of the best 'get started' videos on spinning - even if you are a wheel spinner, Abby makes a cracking job of explaining and demonstrating drafting which is very useful to beginners ;)
I have now spied a short section on park-and-draft in
Abby Franquemont's Introduction to Spinning Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPUORvO-GZE#)
Fast forward to about 7:14 for the park-and-draft bit. (Or, if you have them, spend 7-and-a-quarter great minutes watching the awesome Ms F make starting to draft and spindle look really easy.)
Note - There's about 45 seconds of 'park and draft' in this vid, which is a great intro to it. In Part 2, Abby goes straight onto spindling with the spindle spinning freely.
I thought I'd call this thread 'Spinning Resources' then we could all add useful links for spinners into it. I'll add a few more now.
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And here's the most recommended video on Navajo plying (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmlwtojLXI8#)
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And two on Longdraw:
longdrawjames spins longdraw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPaNVSrOJ2M#)
English Woollen Longdraw Spinning (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z92IpGYh8RE#noexternalembed)
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I'd like to use this post to bring together some good fleece preparation (skirting / washing / scouring) resources.
Our inimitable Fleecewife:
Skirting and preparing a fleece for sale (http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/index.php?topic=24966.msg242838#msg242838)
Shnoowie:
Washing and carding fleece (http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/index.php?topic=21585.msg213103#msg213103)
And a thread just started on Ravelry - post 2 is comprehensive and demystifying, I think.
Help - I've never even seen a fleece before (http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/fiber-prep/2246955/1-25)
Modified to add a link to Yarnmaker Magazine's website's 'Fleece' page (http://www.yarnmaker.co.uk/fleece.html), where Dot has posted links to download The Woolclip's excellent leaflets on Selling, Sorting and Washing Fleece. I think these were produced in order to give information to people submitting fleeces to sell at Woolfest, and to those purchasing them too ;)
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Here's a really good video on Wool Combing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGbhEuqyTGo#ws)
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Thanks Sally that was an interesting video. Do you use combs like that?
Sally
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Thanks Sally that was an interesting video. Do you use combs like that?
Sally
Not yet - they're uber-expensive. But one day, I'm sure I'll have some... I'm more likely to get combs than a drum carder, I think, although perhaps I just haven't played with dyeing and blending enough yet to realise how much I want a drum carder... :-J
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Thanks Sally that was an interesting video. Do you use combs like that?
Sally
Not yet - they're uber-expensive. But one day, I'm sure I'll have some... I'm more likely to get combs than a drum carder, I think, although perhaps I just haven't played with dyeing and blending enough yet to realise how much I want a drum carder... :-J
Just an update - I now have English combs, the Peter Teal ones, and I love them. Incredible rovings I get off them :yum: And... I can blend on them! :excited:
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I realised we didn't have a link here to the Understanding and Maintaining your Wheel videos.
Sue Macniven (chicksinrubber on Ravelry) takes you over a Scotch tension Saxony wheel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY5YWre-op0#)
Richard Ashford shows you how to do your routine maintenance on an Ashford Traditional spinning wheel. It's readily translatable to any wheel, I think. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s01JVb2eaz4#ws)
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My wheel needs a bit of tlc so these links will come in handy
thanks Sally
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Thanks Sally,
All very handy advice :thumbsup: