Showing a quick carding of some wool locks for a nice light and airy rolag for long draw woolen spinning. Im using my Ashford Traditional Wheel with an Ashford Spindle.
In my quest to learn the spindle, yes and I find it a pain in the rear. Im going to try again. What is needed I think is to have a larger length of paper on the spindle and be sure to wind reasonably tight onto the copp. Then weigh out the copp when done and make another one with the same amount of weight then remove them both and ply directly from that. My last attempt was pretty pathetic in that I wound onto the copp too loosely and when you wind off and the yarn gets stuck it just burries into the remaining yarn making it even more difficult. You also need to be sure you remove the copp and just put it on a metal spike to allow it to spin freely and loosly so you dont get that burring effect. Im learning but I can say I like the flyer better. Until I get good with the spindle that won’t change. There may be a day I prefer the spindle. Who knows. Over all I think it is a step backwards and not forwards.
The Ashford is the most versatile wheel out there, with the accessories you can get. Do you ever ply on the spindle?
In my quest to learn the spindle, yes and I find it a pain in the rear. Im going to try again. What is needed I think is to have a larger length of paper on the spindle and be sure to wind reasonably tight onto the copp. Then weigh out the copp when done and make another one with the same amount of weight then remove them both and ply directly from that. My last attempt was pretty pathetic in that I wound onto the copp too loosely and when you wind off and the yarn gets stuck it just burries into the remaining yarn making it even more difficult. You also need to be sure you remove the copp and just put it on a metal spike to allow it to spin freely and loosly so you dont get that burring effect. Im learning but I can say I like the flyer better. Until I get good with the spindle that won’t change. There may be a day I prefer the spindle. Who knows. Over all I think it is a step backwards and not forwards.
I'm on a parallel trajectory to master the one-handed spindle on a great wheel. @@abittwisted
@@crowznest438 I have found that the shorter the staple the easier it is to do longdraw one handed.
Definitely. And as airy as possible. I'm determined to get there. @@abittwisted