Through Thick and Thin
This was an experiment with interesting results....I had two spindles that were different weights and I wanted to see what the difference would be in the spinning I could produce on them, so I spun singles on each of them. One was the Ashford (3 oz) and one the Bosworth midi (.8 oz). You can see from the photo the thick and the thin singles. The thin was done on the Bosworth.
I had been having trouble working with the Bosworth and couldn't see what everyone was raving about. Then I decided to use a Twiggy thin strip of roving and I had the proverbial light bulb moment. This baby can spin! I had been weighing it down too much with a thicker roving. The thinner the better. Although at first I did have a few breaks in the roving where I was just too thin, I got the hang of it.
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I am finding that the day after I spin my hands are quite sore. I have bad hands to start with (tendinitis), so I'm not surprised. My masseuse told me that I'm like the weekend warrior. Similar to the way that a person playing weekend sports is sore on the Monday, I'm going to have to condition my hands to using those muscles in a different way. Once I do it more they'll get used to it. I sure hope so because I'm becoming addicted to this!
Great looking yarn. That's for the top on the Bossie. I just got done spinning 10 grams of 100% wool top. It's dyed colour is Northern Lights. I bought a 225 gram bag at Lettuce Knits. I removed the 10 grams onto a straw and I am going to wind in 10 gram increments and then ply it with 50 grams that I am trying to spin on my light (16gram) Forrester spindle. I hope I can get the spinning and plying done by the end of the weekend. Just wanted to let you know your tip worked. Thanks so much.
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Lovely yarn! I am currently obsessed with handspinning, but the Christmas deadlines and well, life, aren't allowing for much of that lately.
I hope your hands adjust.
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I love it!
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