I can’t believe we are in February already! Welcome to Episode 2. It seems fitting that I spend quite a bit of the show talking about fractal spinning and this ended up being recorded in a few parts! I hope it’s not too choppy for you while you watch :) Thank you for bearing with me!
For show notes, see below. If I haven’t linked to something, please leave a comment and I will share the links. Also, if you have any questions about spinning techniques, how I do certain things or anything else, PLEASE PLEASE ask in the comments! I would love to address some of your questions about spinning in future episodes.
Lastly, I am so sorry about the noise from Norah in the last part – she was toodling around and playing but that made a lot of noise! I have to take my opportunities to record when I can :)
As you can see, I have transferred the show to YouTube for ease of subscribing and watching. Thank you for tuning in and giving the show a try!
Handspun Knitting //
- Holden shawl in progress prior to ripping
- Vanilla toe-up Fish Lips Kiss Heel socks in SGY SW BFL in Hummingbird
- Handspun Sweet Georgia Yarns BFL in Auburn for Frida Shawl by Hiroko Fukatsu
Reading //
- Learn to Spin by Anne Field
- Spinning Wool: Beyond the Basics by Anne Field
- A tribute to Anne Field by Beth Smith
Prepping to spin //
- Hedgehog Fibres Merino/Flax/Silk
- New Zealand Merino locks – washing individually and spinning butt to tip
- Clun Forest washed fleece from local sheep raiser
- Chrissy of the Snappy Stitches Videocast
- General questions answered about how I prep to spin my fibre:
- Fractal Spinning article
- combo spins by notable spinners thing4string & catreading
- Leading Men Fiber Arts
- Godiva Yarns
- Spunky Eclectic
On the Wheel //
- Ancient Arts Fibre Crafts Mixed BFL in Frolic – traditional 3-ply
Finished //
- Sweet Georgia Yarns Superwash BFL in Hummingbird – Navajo-plied, 250m
- Ancient Arts Fibre Crafts Mixed BFL in Frolic – traditional 3-ply
- The Wacky Windmill Polwarth + Mohair + Silk – traditional 3-ply
- Three Waters Farm Falkland – November 2014 Club – traditional 3-ply
Happy Spinning & see you in March :)
Another fantastic show! I’m so glad you’re going into more detail about how you are prepping the fiber. I had meant to ask you to do that after the last show and totally forgot, so I was super happy to see that somebody else had made that request. I was seconds away from pulling out my TWF fiber for a combo spin while I watched you!! Love the new camera, love that you’re on YouTube, and extra love how much you talked about!!
Oh my gosh, Chrissy! Thank you! Tot are such a great cheerleader through this as I get going — you are so supportive! Thank you xx
Thank you Rachel for all that great info about your spinning. That’s the first I’ve heard of the combo spin technique and really learned a lot. Also the fractal spinning explanation was so clear…again something that can be confusing you explained so well!
Not sure if I missed it in your description of the Clun Forest prep…are you combing it or carding it? I watched Chrissy too so heard her explain a bit also. If you are doing it different ways it would be great to hear how u think the yarns are different or similar. Love your spinning based show and all the info and demos! Thanks for taking the time to do this!!
Lisa
Thank you so much Lisa! I was worried my explanations were long winded but i know it’s hard to find some of this information out there so thought it might be useful. Thank goodness it is! I’m coming my Clun forest so Chrissy and I will have different experiences which will be great for us to talk about :) thanks again! Happy spinning!