I have been spinning since Fri with the spindle I borrowed from Dans (thank you!!) and I'm loving it
I am practicing with some Cheviot tops I bought just for fun, to learn on and because they were cheap, before I try my hand at the beautiful Shetland ones I got at Woolfest. Cheviot is also good though, I find the fibres quite long and not too difficult to draft.
Still have bumpy bits of underspun, especially where I joined a new piece, but I seem to be getting a bit better at avoiding those and the super-twisted too fine bits.
I wanted to ask (I should phone Dans but I'm in work and forgot my phone just now -
): when the spindle is full, how do I get the wool off and do I really need a lazy Kate to ply it?
Also I guess if I get it off the spindle and maybe roll it in a ball or something, how do I tie the end so it doesn't unwind?? And I suppose that end will then have to be joined to the new spindle-full with a knot? Not keen on the idea
Please help! lol