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Setting Twist for Handspun Yarn - How To - Tutorial - Expertly Dyed
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2012
- How To - Tutorial - Handspun yarn needs to have the twist set in order to consider the yarn finished. Here I am setting the twist on some newly skeined yarn. You have to be a bit rough with this process if you want your yarn to bloom and soften. It's also crucial for distributing the twist evenly so you knit with a balanced yarn.
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This was a great demonstration with added info I don't see on other UA-cam. Thanks,.
Thanks! That was very helpful!
Hope your knees were ok after all that kneeling! And mouth ok after all that smiling... ...You seemed to enjoy smacking down that yarn - that was awesome something i'd never have imagined necessary! Again another very interesting video, i learn so much from you! :)
Finally taking the time to set the twist of my handspun yarn. I'm a beginner and this was helpful. Thank you.
Thanks for the tutorial, it was very helpful.
Thanks for watching. I'm glad you found it useful. :)
I enjoyed this video! My daughter and I are new to spinning. In fact, she has only spun a small amount on a drop spindle at the moment. A friend has given us 10 raw Miniature Cheviot fleeces. We have washed one and are in the process of carding it. I subscribed to your channel now and will spend a lot of time watching your videos. Thanks so much!
thank you new spinner own three alpaca as pets.. my sister is well learned spinner .. we share the fleece .. best bounding we have ever done .... your video is very peaceful and informative... thank you
Oh, wonderful! Thank you for the help. And again, thanks for the videos! I'll be doing spindling and I'm excited to start. Your videos have really helped me feel ready to start!!
Very informative thank you
I always worry my neighbor is going to wonder what the heck I am doing, when he hears wet, violent thwacks from my place late at night
Thank you, that was very well explained and very useful as I only have a small house too!
Thank you so much! I love your tutorials, and find them very clear and helpful.
Absolutely! I'm happy to share what I know with ya'll. :)
Informative and easy to comprehend. I'm off to set my yarn!
I see this is very old, but thank you, i’ve been spinning for about a year now and knew I was supposed to add weights never knew why.
I've found that adding weight to yarn is also dependent on how twisty it is. Most knitting yarns have a relatively low twist, usually between 20-30 degrees and don't often need any extra weight. Washing/setting in hot/warm water will help the wool accept the twist you gave it--wool is considered 'plastic' and can accept new twist in the presence of heat (think about how a curly haired person can use a flat iron to make the hair straight). The weaving yarns I needed to spin for my warp weighted loom was based on the Hallstatt Iron Age finds, which could be 40-50 degrees of twist--those absolutely needed tension during drying! So, if you find that it helps your yarn behave, add some weight during the drying stage.
Great video...learned a whole bunch...Thanks!!
Debbie Moon Awesome! Thanks for watching. :)
Thank you so much for doing this video. I'm a beginner at drop spinning and am planning on spinning Chow dog fur I've collected over the years. Needed to know how to prevent the spun fur from unspinning. Think you've answered my question about that.
Great! I'm glad I could help. :) I hope the everything goes well, and come back with questions if you have them!
Thanks for the video. It's exactly what I was looking for as I am getting started spindling. I do have a question though, I've been watching various videos on how to set the twist and one thing I saw at a glimpse in the past, but haven't yet seen in any of the videos I've watched was someone putting their hands in the center of their skein and kind of like quickly moving their hands apart to thwack the yarn that way. Do you know anything about that?
You rock...
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do you dye with Natural dyes or with acid based synthetic dyes? I find that i want to start dyeing yarn, but I only like the palette of natural looking dyes, not the acid based the dyes, they are too strong. .I prefer earth tones. Thanks you. Great videos.
HA! I just took off my first spun fiber (don't want to call it yarn yet, lol). Holy-over-twisted-ness! That's ok though, hehe. I washed it, whacked it and hung it up with a hanger and a towel to weigh it down. We shall see how it looks in a little while:)
Yay! You know, even if it's a bit overtwisted, you still have yarn. :) You can wrap a colorful or contrasting ribbon around the skein when it dries and have a cute cowl necklace. The little twists and kinks add lots of visual interest!
Wonderful idea!
Is it absolutely necessary to beat the yarn? And is it necessary to rinse the yarn if there is only a small amount of soap in the water? I am just getting started and your videos have been very helpful
how do you avoid over twisting when drop spinning
I'll be doing a tutorial video on twist issues (more in depth than I have discussed before) very soon!
I just subscribed to your channel. I liked your video!
I'm a beginner and I am over twisting and my yarn looks thing on some places and thick on other places.... I am practicing everyday! but i get frustrated sometimes....Do you have any any suggestions or techniques ? Thanks! I will be watching your videos!
I'm planning on plying soon. Should I set the twist for both singles before plying? Or set the twist after I ply them together? Thanks for the informative video :)
You can ply two singles together without setting them; in fact, it's often recommended that way. However, if you have already set them, you can still ply them together. To wake up the latent twist, ply about one yard of the two singles together, then knot each end so they won't become untwisted. Place the sample in warm/hot water for 10 minutes, dry, then look at how twisted the singles are in the plied form. Is it a tight enough plied yarn for you? If so, just ply the singles--they'll appear overtwisted until you set the plied yarn. If not, you can always add or subtract twist to get the yarn just right. I have fixed my early plied yarns this way.
Thanks for watching!
where did you get the fiber for the yarn in this video? i really like the colors
I actually can't remember and I don't know if that type of fiber is being sold anymore. I did find something similar at World of Wool and you can find one of the fibers (tweedy top) in my shop: www.etsy.com/uk/listing/757706271/handpainted-tweed-top-wool-100g-35oz?ref=shop_home_active_2
Why no dryers in Korea?
Is this the same technique u use on cotton???
You could do, and I have done. You could beat it against a towel, though I would recommend beating it against something smooth so you don't rough up the surface. Cotton is very short stapled and beating against a rough surface like terry cloth may cause it to shed/weaken.
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I have a question, how do you know if you are twisting your yarn too tight when your are spinning? I'm a beginner and I feel like I am. :)
Here's a great way to check. If you periodically stop spinning and the yarn immediately plies tightly onto itself without help, you probably have too much twist. If it feels hard or is kinked up even under tension, it's way overspun. My research has shown that fibers (depending on which you use, and the breed) have an incredible amount of flexibility when it comes to being 'appropriately' spun. What I mean is, a wool yarn can be loosely spun and tightly spun and still maintain the qualities of a good wool yarn. If it's too loose, it'll draft apart. If it's too tight, it'll be hard. But the Goldilocks range is actually quite large (though that also depends on the type of wool you're using).
What kind of softener do you recommend?
I use whatever softener I use for my normal clothes. Usually, it's something like Gain or Downy. I know there are some people out there who will insist on using a "delicates" detergent/softener or something specifically for wool, but I don't want to worry about that upkeep. Plus, I wash my wool socks and sweaters with my cotton shirts and pants, so I don't want to further separate out my laundry (lights, darks, blankets, whites, exercise clothes, etc.--that's enough laundry already!).
If you want to take the more organic approach, you could wash the wool in orvus paste and rinse with well diluted vinegar water. The dirt and oils will get washed away, and the vinegar just keeps the right pH of the wool so it'll last a long time. Soap remnants can deteriorate wool because it's too alkaline, so if it doesn't get washed properly, the soap can remain (this is more so the case with commercial detergents).
To soften, you could add a drop or two of lavender essential oil to the vinegar rinse. It'll add a very thin layer of oil to the surface and act kind of like lanolin and protect the fiber, plus it's a natural pest deterrent. And it smells wonderful. I haven't tried this on non-wool yarns before, so I'd have to test that out.
Moving to Korea has made me more aware of what I eat and put on my body, so I'm making personal changes to remove excess (and unnecessary) chemicals from myself and home. I still use commercial detergents and softeners, but I may move away from that soon. We'll see. :)
Interesting! There are some plant based detergents out there, and I have used Seventh Generation in the past, although I cannot promise that is plant based, but it's very natural. I use their cleaning products around the house, but with 3 kiddos and a constant mound of laundry, it gets pricy to use on the clothes! I could invest in a bottle just for yarns though, and I know they have some with lavender essential oil.
To clarify, you use detergent, rinse, then add softener and rinse again, correct?
Mackenzie Hatfield-Johnson Yep, exactly like that! I sometimes leave the softener on the wool if it's particularly prone to static electricity..that'll keep it from shocking you when you touch a door knob. :) I'm not sure how damaging that might be to wool, but it won't do any significant harm to it (ie, it might not be as pristine in 200 years as it might otherwise be).
You can also use a natural conditioner on wool, just like you would hair. I would recommend this only after you've made your garment since the conditioner might make it difficult to card wool and spin it. You can try a little coconut oil (and I mean a teeny tiny bit!) in the vinegar rinse water instead of lavender essential oil if you want to keep the fibers strong.
We have to restrict our clothes washing in our apartment (it's pretty old) during the winter so we don't freeze the water exiting the pipes! It just hangs around outside until it fully drains. Luckily, it's still in the 40s here!
Great, thanks! Now, to spin another skein and hope it's not too super twisty:)
:) You're welcome!
you should get a tripod
camera moves to much. Fire who ever is your camera person.
Is this the same technique u use on cotton???
Yeah, you can employ the same technique on cotton. I actually posted a more recent video where I talked about cotton spinning and finishing techniques (and also a blog post: expertlyded.blogspot.com). I'm not as proficient at spinning cotton as I am wool, so maybe there is something I don't know about, but I haven't had any issues with this method personally and the yarn doesn't seem to suffer from this method either.