Purple Spinning
April 3rd, 2006 at 8:11 am (spinning)
I aquired a bit* of roving recently, and have been spending a fair bit of time spinning. I’ve got 1.5 bobbins full, which is only half of what I need to make yarn. I’m going to be making a three ply yarn. Here’s a shot of the first bobbin, partially filled:
And the same bobbin, a day or so later:
Color in the 2nd picture is more true. It’s a nice dark purple yarn with flecks of red and blue in it. I use a WooLee winder on my wheel and LOOOVE it. I managed to get about 2.5 ounces of singles onto just one bobbin. I probably could have filled it more; but chose to move on to an emtpy bobbin instead.
You may notice that the bobbin is slightly more filled on the right side (that’s the front side). The idea with the WooLee winder is that a little gadget on one side of the flyer moves back and forth automatically as you wind on, so you get a perfectly smooth layer of yarn. It’s SO nice to not have to stop and switch hooks or move the hook while spinning. My bobbins were filling more on the front than on the back though - so I emailed Nathan about it; and he suggested a small tweak to the loop that feeds the yarn onto the bobbin. I have done so, and will see if it’s helping as I fill my next bobbin. I think it’s still a bit thicker on the front; but if it is slightly less so, I’ll be happy. Either way, I love this tool! It’s awesome for plying yarn, you don’t have to stop at all until you realize you’ve been spinning solid for an hour!
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*a bit = 2 pounds
