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So I finally got my drop spindle for Christmas and I'm dying to try it out. But I'm so scared! I received a spindle from Annie May off of ebay and it's so lovely. It already has some white thread on it - is this the starter thread? Do I just go ahead and get my roving and try it out? Ah! LOL I know it's silly but I don't want to mess it up!

 

Any help, guidance, etc (Or, Rebecca, if you have pics that would be a wonderful :*cgift ) would be greatly appreciated.

 

Help!

 

Misha

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No Rebecca, don't post them.

We don't want to see them <img border=0 src="http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/nahnahbooboo.gif" />

 

Of course we want to see them!!! You know there are a bunch of us chickens <img border=0 src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/chicken.gif" />hiding in the bushes thinking about spinning, but just need that leeeetle push.

 

Actually, I have a question. I have a bunch of White Buffalo Unspun (got a little click happy at Elann months ago...)

If, and I do say IF <img border=0 src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/toothygrin.gif" /> I got a drop spindle, could I spin that into something more manageable???

 

Holly

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Wheeee!

I can't wait to see.

 

Rebecca, I don't think Elann has it in stock any more, I bought this months ago. I tried finding a picture online, couldn't find one that would be helpful. As soon as I figure out where my camera is hiding, I'll take a pic.

 

It looks like a big hockey puck of wool spaghetti. It's 6 strands but they aren't plyed and are very fragile if you pull on just one strand. You are supposed to hold all 6 strands together and knit as super bulky yarn. I made a few bags by dividing it into 3 strands which gave a nice result, but was a pita.

 

Holly

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Looks awesome so far! I have a bottom-whorl (?) spindle - will that still work ok?

 

I tried to spin a tiny bit about an hour ago and it did NOT work, LOL! So any help will definitely be something.

 

Thanks again so much!

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mmouseplus.gifRemember it takes a while to get the knack of it. Like riding a bike or knitting or crocheting it looks so easy to watch someone else do it and then you're all thumbs when it comes to doing it yourself! :D

 

Rebecca, will you do a park and draft method or just dropping? I can't do the drop but suceed reasonable well with the park and draft. Just one less thing to manage at the same time of managing all the other things! :rotfl

 

I showed a friend how to do it Christmas Eve and will probably have a refresher at the fiber night tonight.

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How's this Rebecca? :spina :spinb

 

It's two separate smileys, spina and spinb... but you could put spinb after anything, like this...

 

:cheer2 :spinb

:hi :spinb

:wave :spinb

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So I think I did it! Well, for a little while anyway. I got a nice batch of spun roving wrapped around my spindle and ? Now what! I tried unwrapping it, but when I did the twist unflurerled. Is that normal? Eeek! It was so pretty and twisted (and decivingly easy once I got it going)...But when I stopped it untwisted.

 

Is there a secret to ending?:thinking2

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sorry i haven't gotten to the words yet... that's next

 

holly - do your strands look like the roving on the little tutorial thing i did? they seem a little smaller than pencil roving (that i've gotten), but still would be perfectly spinnable.... and i read in the other thread - i personally prefer top whorl - the bottom whorls seem awkward to me.... and the top you can spin faster. :twocents

 

SLady - by park and draft - do you mean --- draft then spin, stop, draft then spin --- if so, that is how i drop spin... like you, just is easier to manage. on my wheel, i draft loads, then spin, draft a huge load and spin

 

misha - did the pictures help you at all??

 

was everyone able to get the videos to come up? i didn't know how to just insert them on the page... just a link to them :shrug

did you notice me on the phone?:ohdear my sister was having a moment and "needed" me :phone

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Hi Rebecca,

 

The pictures *definitely* helped. By looking at them, I could see how the yarn was supposed to be wrapping around the hook - that was my first problem! But I can't figure out how to keep it from "unwinding" when you take it off the spindle. Is this a natural thing?

 

I'm confused!

 

The movies come up fine for me, by the way - they're awesome!

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yes, that's a natural thing. your new yarn needs to be "set". you can do this a couple of ways. giving it a nice lightly sudsy dunk in fairly hot water (NO SWISHING! - especially if it's wool). or you can wrap it around a niddy noddy or back of a chair or anything that will keep it taught for a week or 2 or 3... or you can just leave it on your spindle for that length of time.

 

for a quick bath:

unravel your yarn from your spindle, keeping it tight. wrap it around a niddy noddy, chair---- extra hands, whatever - keeping it tight. with scraps of different yarn, tie your strands together in several places (3-4-5). then pull off the host and give it a few minutes (20ish) soak. yes it will twist and wind all crazy - which is why you have tied it in places. after the soak ---- GENTLY pull it out of the water (or drain first-i do), roll it in a towel and give it a walk over once or twice gently to squish out as much water as possible. re-wrap it around whatever (just not hands this time :frog ) and leave to dry - overnight or so-COMPLETELY! once it is dry, waaa la!!! yarn!!!!!:yay2

 

slady - jump on in - i know you know secrets :sherlock :bounce

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Thank you Spinning Goddess! Again, much :)h to you!

 

I don't know when I'll have more time to spin - I have a big gig New Year's Eve that I'm preparing for, but it seems like a nice thing to do to de-stress. Thank you for the explanation on setting the yarn - I was spinning (and doing pretty well, except that when I pulled on my joins theyy all came apart :blush ) and really liked it but just couldn't figure out how to keep it from unraveling. Now I know that I wasn't going crazy - I thought that maybe there was something I just wasn't getting.

 

Thank you again :)h

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