Which was better than throwing the Tibetan spindle and bowl out the door and into the recycle bin.
I have been lurking for some time now on the support spindle forum on Ravelry, reading random posts and oohing and ahhhing over the beautiful Tibetan and Russian spindles, and Glindles and Twindles and the like. I have been watching YouTube videos of people effortlessly spinning on these wonderful creations. So I got a Tibetan spindle and a Russian spindle and a Rose spindle.
They are all beautiful, wonderful creations. And apparently I have 10 thumbs on my left hand and 12 on my right hand when it comes to spinning with them. I understand the theory, in a sort of herp-derp way, but the mechanics are just not working for me. Of course, it is not helping that most of my fiber stash, other than the angora, is in combed top form. Good for spinning on wheel or drop spindle . . . not so good for spinning on a supported spindle or at least not for me with all of my thumbs.
I combed some merino top into a sort of rolag, and tried with the Tibetan. After much more effort than I've put into anything in quite a while, I had a few inches of very lumpy, slubby proto-yarn on the spindle. I did have about 30 seconds of success in a couple of hours of trying, which I suppose counts for something. I think starting the yarn is the biggest challenge . . . and continuing with it is the biggester challenge.
On a more positive note, I did have success today with chain plying. I had a cop of singles yarn wound on a toilet paper roll. I grabbed the turkish spindle, tied on the yarn, and went to plying. It was amazingly simple . . . and would have actually yielded a quality yarn I think if the singles had been of better quality. It was a mish-mash of odds and ends of different drafting techniques, done on different spindles at different times, and even included a little section of micro-stapled fur from Rascal the siamese cat.
Anyway. It's late, and I'm tired and my back hurts from tension about the supported spindle effort. I think I won't try to destash all things supported spindle tonight. I'll sleep on it, and have another running go at it another time.
I have been lurking for some time now on the support spindle forum on Ravelry, reading random posts and oohing and ahhhing over the beautiful Tibetan and Russian spindles, and Glindles and Twindles and the like. I have been watching YouTube videos of people effortlessly spinning on these wonderful creations. So I got a Tibetan spindle and a Russian spindle and a Rose spindle.
They are all beautiful, wonderful creations. And apparently I have 10 thumbs on my left hand and 12 on my right hand when it comes to spinning with them. I understand the theory, in a sort of herp-derp way, but the mechanics are just not working for me. Of course, it is not helping that most of my fiber stash, other than the angora, is in combed top form. Good for spinning on wheel or drop spindle . . . not so good for spinning on a supported spindle or at least not for me with all of my thumbs.
I combed some merino top into a sort of rolag, and tried with the Tibetan. After much more effort than I've put into anything in quite a while, I had a few inches of very lumpy, slubby proto-yarn on the spindle. I did have about 30 seconds of success in a couple of hours of trying, which I suppose counts for something. I think starting the yarn is the biggest challenge . . . and continuing with it is the biggester challenge.
On a more positive note, I did have success today with chain plying. I had a cop of singles yarn wound on a toilet paper roll. I grabbed the turkish spindle, tied on the yarn, and went to plying. It was amazingly simple . . . and would have actually yielded a quality yarn I think if the singles had been of better quality. It was a mish-mash of odds and ends of different drafting techniques, done on different spindles at different times, and even included a little section of micro-stapled fur from Rascal the siamese cat.
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