GrannieAnnie06
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Re:Drafting - 2007/06/22 18:36
allena wrote:
WOW! Very nice yarn for a beginner. That spindle is very interesting, now I want one, gee thanks 
It's a neat little spindle... I got it so that I could spin while we're traveling by car, and I'm trying to learn it...
The really neat thing is that she handcrafts each spindle when it is ordered. She sent me a note that mine would be delayed a bit, because the whorl was just a bit out of round, and she had to make another. That was so thoughtful of her, that I do recommend doing business with her...
The only drawback is that you can't spin very much at a time, unlike my large drop spindle...
She is doing what I call a long draw, it's just different, I can do it now with any of my wools. It will be easiest to start with a really easy to draft fiber. Alpaca, llama, cotwold and mohair are good choices to learn the long draw technique. I have plans in the works for articles on the two methods and their differences, so much information, so little time to write it all down.
Well.. I think I'm getting it by accident... I have some wool that was dyed in the locks, and left uncarded... I'm combing it, and spinning. Today, I tried just teasing out a few fibers from a combed 'wad' and spinning... It worked rather well, and I was able to get what I think is a long draw. Up until now, I've been spinning exclusively with prepared rovings, and pre-drafting.
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