How to get better at woolen drafting / long draw spinning yarn: practice vlog
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- Опубліковано 9 кві 2024
- Hello friends! Recently I got myself I really beautiful bit of fiber to spin. It was a braid from Regenbogenwolle.de, a scrumptious mix of Southdown and Zwartbles wool. While sampling it on my support spindle I thought: wow, if there is any wool that would be a great candidate to practice my long draw or woolen drafting spinning techniques it is this one. So that is what we are doing today: we are getting better at long draw spinning, practising ourselves in woollen spinning. This is however not a tutorial, but do feel free to spin along with me!
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One cannot contain oneself with such georgous to yarn.
Right?!
I didn't know about pausing the plying bracelet either. Thank you so much for sharing! ❤
You're welcome :D
Ohhh beautiful floofy yarn..! Buy more floof, spin more floof, make a beautiful squishy jumper from it 😍
You enabler 🤭
😂it never occurred to me to pause a plying bracelet and saving my finger from dying on my hand! That was awesome and your yarn is deliciously squishy!!❤
The more you know 😅
Yay! Long draw for the win! I'm spinning long draw while watching 😁
Yes, spinning while watching, I love it 😁
This yarn is a knitter's dream.
Right?!
This is such a funny coincidence, cause I'm just now finishing plying the most beautifully blue dyed shetland wool from Regenbogenwolle! It is also sooooo soft and pretty! Finishing a yarn with you feels a bit special 😅
Oh how nice!
Thanks for the reference❤ I am starting to collect all sorts of spindles and did not know this German website. Gotta have to add in a few braids too! Hugs from Provence, Adrien 🎊
I love long drawing! Its my favorite way to draft fiber! This braid is such a gorgeous colorway, it looks just like an autumn field 🍂
Right!?
Returning to this video for company whilst I practice long draw and it has been lovely!
Oddly found that I find it easier if I have my hands the other way around to what I do for short forward draw. How strange and fun. 😊
Maybe I should try that as Well!
Love it, thanks for spinning with us! I definitely see the difference before vs after thwacking, and its fabulous. It really helped the tweedy bits integrate I think. I just spun my first woolen yarn on a supported spindle and I’m loving the way it changes too. The floof! 🥰
yes, all the floof!
I love your videos and your quirkiness brings me joy! I just got a 1981 version of your Christine! Thanks for sharing your journey with all of us ❤
Yay, wheel siblings!
@@MijnWolden I named mine after her previous owner. Laura joins the flock! Happy spinning. Tour de Fleece 2024!
Your joy and excitement are so infectious! I am just starting to spin and I aspire to your joyous energy about it :D
Thank you! :D
I vote you get another braid and knit a sweater!! The color is so beautiful!! I am just starting spinning, not sure what style I use ! :)
It's tempting for sure 😅
I am a worsted spinner at heart. However, one summer for my Master Spinner Program, I bought 4 Suffolk fleeces, washed them, and spent at least an hour every evening making rollags with my hand cards on my front porch watching the sun go down with a glass of ice tea. I made hundreds of them and spun them woolen, working on my long draw and by the end of the summer, I got pretty good. To be honest, I still prefer worsted spinning but push come to shove, I can do woolen spinning.
I have a Suffolk fleece too... Now I know what to do, however rolags are not my friends
I do love a good woolen spun yarn, It's my go to spinning method.
I'll probably spin more like this in the future too
it depends what fiber I'm spinning, but I find it more relaxing when I can spin long draw.
Fiber is indeed an important variable
The yarn turned out beautifully! I really love a supported long draw myself. I started out with a short forward draw (as most people do I suppose) but I have now done long draw for the last few projects and am loving it more and more! I will probably still do some projects with a sort forward but I think a long draw would now be my default.
I will do some more woolen spins certainly 😁
I would use a super thin complimentary yarn as warp and weave a scarf/shawl/whatever it’s enough for with this yarn, it makes for a delightful fabric and makes the yarn shine
p. s. as a support spindle spinner, i really prefer woolen drafting! it feels very satisfying and natural
I only recently got into support spindle spinning, but I get what you mean!
I just love your videos, they have me smiling the whole way through. You bring me such joy! My favorite one skein project is a neck warmer knitted in the round.
Thank you, what a lovely comment!
Wow, that braid and your long draw spinning were made for each other! Absolutely gorgeous yarn, and a little bit of struggle always adds extra beauty to it too! ❤
Thank you ☺️
It’s beautiful, autumn like 🇦🇺🎸⚡️🤘🏿🤘🏼💋❤️…..,maybe a vest
Yeah, that would be amazing
It looks so squishy and floofy! 😍
It is!
i had no idea people still knew how to do this... very cool
If you mean longdraw: why of course it's basic spinning
If you mean spinning: now a whole new world opens up, wherein lies an active and vibrant fiber arts community, with hundreds of content creators like myself, big corporations and small businesses, all centered around oldest of crafts known to mankind. Isn't that amazing?
I prefer short forward and worsted because i love consistency. However, I took my combing "waste" from 2 different breed and carded them together and gave long draw a go. To my surprise I was able to get a consistently thin single esp when I used a smaller diameter whorl. I found I needed more twist in long draw than in short forward. It also spun up a lot faster. You taught me about the plying bracelet trick which I didn't know. Thanks so much
It does go Faster, I have noticed that too
Hi Jente, I hope you're OK xx ❣️❣️❣️Long Draw is my default way to spin, I find it quite hard to do a Short Forward Draw
Not all my yarn is perfect, and I don't mind that. Sometimes it breaks as it comes off the Bobbin and I just carry on as though nothing happened.
Happy Spinning Fibre Friend 🎡🐑🥰🥰
Take care and stay safe
Lots of love and Big Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂🫂🫂🐕
PS that's what I like about the Long Draw method if Spinning. The yarn is sooo squishy xxxx 🎉🎉🎉
Haha, carrying on as if nothing happened is the way to go 😁
I am a short forward girl too. 🙌🏻 And I usually default to a DK yarn. I love watching you spin on your Ashford wheel because I have one similar. I think you have a jumbo flyer on yours, is that right? My bobbin and Flyer seem a lot smaller. I love your videos. They always leave me smiling.
Yup, she's Jumbo 😁
I love woolen spinning. I usually do a modified version of a long draw. My yards are less dense than when I spin worsted and I get better yardage. Your yarn is beautiful.
Thank you ☺️
I can definitely see the difference in how floofy your beautiful yarn is after wet setting and thwacking. So far I've been a worsted spinner, only tried long draw once with some Shetland fiber. You are inspiring me to do more experiments with long draw. And yes, you taught me something new, with the double plying bracelet. That will be so much kinder to my middle finger! I loved this episode, and thank you for showing what didn’t want to turn into yarn. I always have a lot of that, and wonder if it’s just me. harpingJanet
Sometimes the fiber just doesn't want to behave 🤭😅
Leaving a second comment because you deserve the engagement woo! I did not know about the trick with a plying bracelet that is so useful! thanks for sharing!
You're welcome 😉
So when I first learned to spin, I could not get the hang of short forward draw. Only when I tried spinning from the fold did I get it, and I fell hard for the craft. Now I can easily do SFD and I do really like it, but there's something so satisfying about long draw that makes a special kind of serotonin in my brain hahaha. That said I have never tried it on combed top like that, only ever from the fold, or with rolags that I make on my handcards. From the fold is an interesting semi technique, I noticed that when I do that it is still smoother/more consistent than with a rolag.
If you're interested in more yummy colours and cool fiber preps, Frau Wöllfchen has a great selection for very good prices! Tho maybe
I wish I knew what to do with all my single skeins... Maybe it's time for another blanket project
I will check out Frau Wöllchen 😁
long draw... my fav... and i absolutely love your yarn... that colour. love
oh and socks from your squishy soft fluffy yarn,... yum
But wouldn't they wear out quickly?
@@MijnWolden can always be mended if they develop a hole otherwise they are so comfy on the feet
Your yarn looks amazing! I am a long draw girl and funny enough just last week started practicing short forward a bit for a different braid I bought from Regenbogenwolle Lol. I also got the copper coin one too and now that I know this one works well for long draw I will definitely do that as well :)
Regenbogenwolle getting all the love in the comments today 😁
I spin a combo of the two, usually something like a "short" supported longdraw. I do this with woolen and worsted preps
That's cool!
Woollen drafting looks like magic to me. 😮 This is encouraging to give it another go.
For skeins about that size, I'm voting for a cowl or colouework in the yoke of a jumper. 😊
I didnt know you could start another plying bracelet - this is brand new information! 😮❤
Yes, give it another go!
I am participating in Andrea Mowry's #100daysoflongdrawspinning and also practicing as I was mostly a short forward draw girl. I wasn't sure if I was actually doing the long draw correctly, so thank you for this video that confirmed, indeed I'm doing it right. Yay!! Your yarn turned out so beautiful!!!
Have Fun with the challenge! After the #100daysofspindlespinning I had enough for a while 😅
Kudos for trying new stuff 🎉
😎
Get some more of those braids, continue practising your woollen spinning until you have enough for a wonderful, fluffy jumper.
I'd go for a textured pattern, like some cables. The details of the texture wouldn't be visible except up close but the overall texturing with the way the colours are distributed within the yarn would be gorgeous.
Plan B: I'd try making that lovely yarn into a nice, cosy hat. Again, for the textural depth, a crocheted hat might be a good idea.
EDIT: To date, I've always been a short draw, worsted spinner.
2nd EDIT: I didn't know about the plying bracelet trick, either - I don't think it's well known. But I struggle even with the basic plying bracelet. I end up plying really slowly (as opposed to my two bobbins on the lazy Kate speed, where the wheel is in danger of going into orbit) and breaking the yarn frequently.
''wheel is in danger of going into orbit'' 😂 but yes I recognize that.
Love this, I'm trying to practice woollen draw and expand my skills.
Have fun and good luck!
Thanks for the plying bracelet tip.
If you haven’t seen them yet you might enjoy the videos on long draw spinning by Amanda Hannaford (her UA-cam channel is ADHUK) and Pam Austin (her UA-cam channel is Spinning School) both videos are quite short.
Of course, loads of other UA-camrs have put out content on this subject and the whole thing can get very contentious on the backward draw versus long draw technique, what it all means and which is correct!
Contentious subjects in the spinning community? Yeah we got a lot of them :D
you can really see the extra definition in the twist of the short forward yarn. I would like to try long draw too :)
It's tricky but worth it!
i've thought about buying this exact colourway from regenbogenwolle 😅 might just have to practice my own woolen spinning and buy it
Do it 😎
Love seeing this. I too am a worsted-style spinner who is interested in trying to master woolen( well, master is probably a stretch 😅)-style. Kudos !
We don't need to master everything 😁
What a beautiful fiber and excellent spin! The colors are chef's kiss *! Hugs, always, Jente.
They are! I love my oranges and yellows 😁
You were NOT the only one who didn't know about 'pausing' your plying bracelet. Mind blown! lol I will definitely have to try that and my fingers will thank me for not cutting off circulation.
I'm glad to be of service 😁
Color and texture of that yarn is spectacular. Get out there and buy another braid, silly!!
If you insist...
It looks so nice!!! Well done
Thank you 😁
Ohh how cool is that! It came out beautiful! I haven't bought from Regenbogenwolle before, but have meant to do so, and this is one more reason to. I spin suspended (haven't gotten the hang of supported yet) and I'm also drafting worsted all the time, currently practicing double drafting. I love that you have been spinning this as a fractal, this is something that I definitely want to try soon! As for a potential project, I'm all for shawls, but I don't have the experience for this yet.
I do recommend this seller! They put a lot of care in their packages too
your yarn came out very pretty!
Thank you 😁
Oh wow that is gorgeous yarn you made. I wish I could squish it.
I usually spin short backwards draft, so technically worsted, but I often let the twist slip into my fibre supply so I think I float somewhere in the middle. I haven't yet managed to spin a true woolen yarn successfully, I get way too frustrated with the unevenness...
Somewhere in the Middle is oftentimes a good place to be
For a second I thought you were about to eat the VM xD probably because that braid's colors reminds me so much of salted caramel candies xD the yarn turned out so pretty! :D
Nom.
xD
My default spin is worsted, short forward. But I have been practicing on a kromski polonaise long draw with a cotton hemp blend.
cotton hemp blend, that sounds challenging!
@@MijnWolden not as bad as I thought it would be, the hemp makes it a little easier to spin then just cotton. But definitely took some practice 🥴
No you were not the only one that didn’t know about a second yarn bracelet you looked to be doing so much better on your second bobbin. From someone who has never mastered long draw. I think I need to spend more time on my spindles as you said ,again I have never got the hang of a supported spindle then someone told me my supported spindle was not centred and that is why.I do not need to buy another spindle no way ??!! Do I?
It could be. I have an old supported spindle that didn't quite behave, until I learned the whorl had slipped down and needed to be at least a cm higher
I started spinning a year and a half ago(and started my channel just over a year ago) and still need to work on my long draw. OK I am always breaking my finger when I do a plying bracelet but I have never seen it done the way you do it. I would love to know how. Your finished yarn is amazing, would look great with the cabled scarf pattern I am about to start for my son.
How? Well... you just make your bracelet, and when you decide 'this is quite enough', you slide it down as if you would start plying, and then just start a new bracelet... keep adding those bracelets until your single is done and then start plying
Ooooooh I still love this yarn T.T
I'm definitely a woollen person myself, and english long draw specifically, although I do go worsted sometimes. Speaking of which, are you ever planning on trying english long draw? :D
I might whenever I get more confidence with woolen spinning in general 😁
I've tried long draw quite a few times. I never last an entire spin. I'm not sure how that affects the spin but I'm so ignorant still that I don't notice the difference. And, a plying bracelet is our best friend. lol
If you like the yarn you make, everything is permitted
I have yet to get my head around different drafting methods, but I am short and forward in other areas of my life 😂
And I have a lot of South Down fiber :D
Short forward people assemble 😎
@@MijnWolden boldly approaching strangers in the supermarket to ask for them to get things off the top shelf
Making a fuss when tall people dare to stand in front of you at concerts. ''do you not know you're blocking my view or are you just Mean?''
@@MijnWolden getting to stand at the barrier because nobody minds standing behind you 🥰
And not having as far to bend when you drop your spindle 😂
I had no idea there were ways other than wetting the yarn and whacking it! Do you have any videos on you channel i could watch to learn more? Or any videos you recommend in general?
Jillian Eve has some great information about finishing your yarn!
Hey. Is the sweater you wearing at the end the treelight by Jennifer steingas? I only use spindles and do the park and draft as well.
Have a great day
It's Jennifer Steingas' Vintersol, but then without the yoke in a third colour ☺️
I am aware it has been three months, ma'am, but if you have not done anything with the yarn yet, may I suggest a cowl? It'd be such a cozy one!
I did not need to be called out like that (jk ;) )
@@MijnWolden Thank you for clarifying that you’re joking - I don’t read Internet well! But yeah, a cowl would suit very well IMO. But it’s up to you!
How do ypu pull that ti y bot out of roving? I am new at this and I have to split the roving into tiny strips.
Hi, I do not entirely understand the question?
You have a peice of roving, and you are able to pull out a tiny strand that you spin and it comes out nice and easy from your wool supply which is roving. Roving is carded into a long strip with the fibers going in the same direction. When I try it with roving, the small piece I spin pulls at the other fibers when it goes past them and causes the rest of roving to bunch up. I have to split the roving into the size that I want to spin, where you seem to be able to hold on to the whole strip and tease out just the amount you need. I can't figure out how you are able to do that . I feel like I understand how you can do that with a batt, but I can't figure it out with the roving.i hope that makes sense.
What causes the tweedy bits? Clueless here about natural animal fibers.
In this specific blend there were some viscose bits to have the tweed effect :)