Dawn Jacobson
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Re:Spinning from the fold - 2007/06/20 13:32
GrannieAnnie06 wrote:
Thanks! What's the advantage to doing in that way, and does one join fiber in the same manner?
It tends to be used more often when spinning on a wheel than when spinning with a drop spindle, as you do more pre-drafting of short sections of roving before actually spinning it when using a drop spindle. The advantage is that you get very fine control over short/slick fibers while using a long draw, because the fibers are laying perpendicular to the twist.
When you get to the end of that bit of roving, you simply break off another piece of roving, tease a few fibers out from the middle of the next bit, and do your join in the regular way.
Dawn Jacobson
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