Yes, please! Book reviews would be amazing. And, as a woman with many chronic pain and energy issues, you do you! You must take care of yourself first and foremost! I support your privacy and healing time. I will be here whenever you are able to post more videos, but no pressure. It is self-care time!
I have very painful health issues as well which I was born with. They, so my doctor assured me (!), will only get worse!! This is my challenge and I work with my body and do what I can when I can. So, I agree with you, and anybody else with health issues, I say take care of yourself and listen to your body.
Book reviews would be great! Also including general spinning/weaving/fibre art, as you come across them. I know I have bought a few that I've regretted but in general I love to add to my library! And I'm so sorry to hear of your health issues. Your videos help me cope with my own health issues and I love to see my mentor's lovely face! Take care of yourself, love. We have an extensive library of yours for when we need an Evie fix. 🙏🏻🥰
I’m sorry about your health issues! I’m recovering from a stress induced petit mal seizure, and I’ve been spinning so much yarn! It has really helped my brain heal. If spinning helps you heal, you do you! We will be here for you.
I would absolutely love to see you begin a book review...just one more thing to deepen our appreciation for fibers and history of clothing. Just keep your health at the forefront of your plans!! Love your videos...
Thank you. As someone who wants to learn to spin, but doesn’t have a wheel yet, I found your video to be very helpful. I don’t know which wheel to get, but I loved learning about how whorl size effects the finished thickness of the yarn (all other things staying the same of course). Thank you!
thank you that is an eye opener, for a neb, in the world of words and things for spining wheel and spinntops... yars and fraces. gonna stay close for now. thank you
Thank you for this video.... Never checked the ratio on my wheel.... It is antiq so only 1 bobbin and yup no other ratios possible.... But nowiu der stand why I overtwist when I go for a thicker yarn.... I am e real beginner on the wheel.... So still teaching.... So now I know I need to treddle les for the thicker yarn.... Or go faster whit my hands.... And for the tinner.... Just keep going..... Going to try this all.... Sothank you.... You know I teached spinning on the wheel with you're videos.... 🎉 Please take care of yourself.... We do have patience to wait for videos.... Greetings inge
I'm a new spinner (first lesson in January & renting a Lendrum), so I'm soaking up as much information as possible. There is so much to learn! Thank you for all that you do! Best wishes to you as you rest to gain back your health. We will still all be here for you if you need to slow down or take a break.
Book reviews sound fun. I don't like to mess with the ratios on my king bee, and often keep my louet on the middle whorl. That said, I mess with my espinner all the time, and with the first two, I change my treadling and how near I draft to the orifices, I would love to be able to figure out how to use your method of estimating ratios on my great wheels. I have tried estimating by comparing the diameters, but am not positive of my results. (I am satisfied that one complete turn is a Lot of spins on the whorl... minimum of 58 on one and 62 on the other, but I have no idea if that is really correct. Neither has an accelerator. Can you imagine 100 :1?) I spun for years on a variety of spindles, and I guess I am accustomed to winging it. What a fun topic this is! It does get me thinking again.
You asked if any of us would benefit? enjoy? like? book reviews. Definitely YES from me. I hated "history" when I was in school...wars, dates, men only, rinse and repeat through eh...14 yrs of history classes. How did all these men feed and clothe themselves while killing each other? Why is so much knowledge left out of "history" just because that knowledge was possessed by people who weren't directing battles? I would love to know more about arts, crafts, women's contributions, and the beauty and function people like us have given to the world. Teach me please but do so only when you feel up to it. All that said, first take care of yourself. You are important to many people and if you are not doing okay for yourself, you can't do for others.
Research the carnivore diet. Kelly Hogan (MyZeroCarbLife), Dr. Ken Berry, Dr. Anthony Chaffee, Mikhayla Jordan...all on UA-cam...are excellent sources of info. I'm on it for autoimmune Hashimoto's hypothyroidism and have experienced significant improvement. 💕
Nice video. I think it was in “Respect the Spindle” where I read that we lose 1/3 of the twist when we ply. So, having some degree of over twist in singles is not a bad thing. The author also wrote something to the effect that …having ‘pigtails’ on your spindle is OK.
Light love and health to you -- I hope you feel better soon. And yes, I would watch the HECK outta book reviews. I got "Women's Work" on your recomendation
This was the clearest and most detailed explanation of ratios and how to use the whorls to achieve the yarn you want. Take care of yourself, and look forward to seeing your next podcast whenever you are able to film.
Thanks Evie! I've been binge watching your videos lately and I've enjoyed every single video. Please take care of yourself... health comes first. Everything else can wait.
Yes, I would be VERY interested in book reviews and your take on Worn. I read it myself and it provoked my own opinions and thoughts. I wasn’t sure if her point of view always meshed with the facts the historical record presents. I would really like to hear your take on it.
Thanks for encouraging me to try the high speed whorl my husband gave me for Christmas if I make sock yarn again. I’m praying about your health journey and care about you very much even though we’ve never met!
Thanks Evie, this has been so helpful. I've been a "set it and forget it" spinner on my largest whorl. This experiment will be fun to play with. Take good care of yourself.
I have a ladybug and you made me doubletake and spot the second whorl on it. I've been spinning on it since 2019. I am SHOOK. There was facepalming. And now there is plotting to be had on my fiber stash.
Re Book Review: YES, Please! I'd love your perspective on "The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World" by Virginia Postrel, or "Shoddy: From Devil’s Dust to the Renaissance of Rags" by Hanna Rose Shell. Awesome talk on whorls! My Ashford traditional (Emma), is from 1975 but i use my Rappard We'Peggy most because Peggy is easier to move around. Hope things get easier for you in the real world, because you're right; Fiber friends, ARE the best friends
Yes please book reviews! I have the Kiwi 3. I have all the whorls for the Kiwi 3. I only use 1 setting lol. I really need to experiment with all the other settings. I need more studying!!! 😂
In my kiwi3 I use the smallest whorl groove with the largest drive wheel groove, the middle with the middle drive wheel groove and the largest whorl groove with the smallest drive wheel groove. It works great for me😊 Happy spinning😊
Thanks for this, I'm sure I'll refer back to it when and if I get myself a wheel. I was wondering if you'd have a new video up soon and was hoping nothing was wrong. Life sure does happen, sometimes with a vengeance. And I hope whatever you have ailing you is temporary and can be resolved, and if not, that it can be managed in such a way that you can keep doing what you want to do, even if it might not be the same way you did it before. Life's all about the workarounds. We'll wait. Do what you can, and please don't beat yourself up over what you can't.
So wonderful to see you again! This video was so very useful to me, helped me better understand how switching ratio size will affect my yarn. I'm busy setting up my wheel right now and going fiber stash diving to try the four-skein experiment. Thanks for the inspiration to get spinning again! My thoughts are with you, please take care of yourself and I hope your health situation can be resolved quickly.
I’m sorry you are unwell but thankful that you are hopeful for healing. I am praying for your health and wellbeing 🙏🏽💗 Also! I would love fiber related book reviews! I have also read and listened to Worn. It was deep but very good. A few other recommendations are: “Prehistoric Textiles” and “Women’s Work”, both by Elizabeth Wayland Barber, and the third is “Fibershed” by Rebecca Burgess. I’ve read them multiple times and always learn something new!
I'd like to know when you turned my shawl into your sweater??🤔 I just finished a shawl in the same colours as your sweater. And, I also sympathize with your health issues. Take care of yourself. Hugs.
Whatever you're going through, I hope your road to recovery starts soon, and goes quickly! how to match the weight/twist/grist between different hanks of the same fiber? I have several batches of fiber that I want to turn into projects, but I struggle with getting the same consistency between skeins. What do you suggest?
You could interview people like Austin Clark, The Acadian Weaver, of Baton Rouge and the Acadian Brown Cotton farmer, Jerry Hale of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. 😊
Thank you for sharing this information. I recently realized that my treadling speed and my whorls could work together for more comfortable spinning. I learned to spin on my Ladybug and had purchased an additional whorl (slow) as the larger one that came with the wheel was still to fast for me to get down all the movements. As my skill increased I began treadling faster, which was not wonderful for my hips for prolonged periods of time. Going to a smaller whorl can allow me to slow down my treadling speed while getting the resulting yarn I am after. I’ve been mulling over all this and your explanations put it all together with a nice little bow on top. Please take care of yourself. Our thoughts are with you ❤
Eve I love your channel. You have thought me so much and it has been Soooo much fun. I hope you get better soon. Not for the sake of more video by for your bubbly happy personality. And yes I would love to hear your book reviews.
I'm really sorry about the health issues, I know that pain very well. Sending all the good vibes I can so you can get to your most comfortable and painless self as soon as possible and able to do all the things you want, and in the meantime I hope those sponsors can give you the time you need to rest. Seeing your videos lights up my day, but being healthy is most important! I wish slowing down the speed on my spinner gave me thicker yarn, but all I seem to get is yarn that immediately gets thin again and that I have to hold back for ages until it builds up enough twist T.T
YES please to book reviews! I LOVED that you mentioned the Valkyrie's loom - I listened to podcasts after this mention! :) Excellent information as usual in an accessible way :) I really hope you rest and recuperate and feel much better soon xxx
Very happy you did a video on this. Last year at the Jefferson Sheep & Wool, I took a class on wheels and ratios and it was SO helpful. It was a full math break down which was a bit hard, but I am so much better prepared at understanding how to get the yarn I want. I hope this helps others achieve what they're looking for in their spinning.
Gonna overcome my fear of switching ratios and will experiment with my three ratios on my kiwi. Not sure if I have to change the set up of my drive band on my wheel though 🎉
I’m not sure which Kiwi you have. I have a kiwi3 and I adjust my drive band accordingly…so, for the smallest whorl groove, I use the biggest groove in my drive wheel; for the middle whorl groove, I use the middle drive wheel groove; for the largest whorl groove I use the smallest drive wheel groove. I hope this is useful for you😊 Happy spinning😄
@@beverleylawton6899 thanks a lot! I’ll give it a try! Currently I was using the biggest whorl grove with the biggest drive wheel grove. So many combinations it seems! Have a lovely Sunday! Thanks again for taking the time in responding it is very sweet of you
I love learning about history through basic skills and crafts that people had to do to make life function before the industrial age. So book reviews would be amazingly helpful.
Whatever health difficulty you are going through, my best wishes and hope you recover soon. Your health comes first. This video is very useful. I have only had my Ashford Kiwi 3 wheel for few months and the whorl has 3 grooves. I've been using it in the larger diameter groove. The large wheel also has 3 grooves and I have it in the middle groove. I'm very new at spinning in a wheel, though I've spun in spindles for 6 years. I'm planning to spin in all the combinations of ratio, I can do with this wheel. Experimenting is fun. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
I, too, have the kiwi3. I use the small whorl groove with the large drive wheel groove; the middle whorl groove with the middle drive wheel groove; the largest whorl groove with the smallest drive wheel groove. I find these work nicely for me and don’t overstretch my drive band😊 Happy spinning😊
Your health is important take are of yourself. I have a Canadian Production spinning wheel and I also have an Ashford e-spinner. Listening to you regarding your spinning ratios have been so helpful in my spinning. 🥰🧶
Great video thank you. I have one question: do you need to change the drive band when you change whorls or is there enough 'grab' to still turn the bobbin? thanks and take care xx
That will depend on your wheel, if your drive band is stretched out, and if you are making a drastic ratio change. If it doesn't grip and you can't adjust the tension then change it out.
I love your videos - I actually learned to spin on my CPW from watching your videos a few years back. I recently bought a Schacht Sidekick and there isn't a lot of info on what the ratios do. Thank you so much for posting this video! I am hoping you can maybe answer a question about the bobbins on the Sidekick which is scotch tension. The bobbins themselves have different ratios on each end as well. What do the different bobbin ratios do on a scotch tension machine, if you know?
✴or ... a book club? [with community support re coordination, though]✴ I hope your health gets better soon. Bravo on the privacy and boundaries around that!
I am SO glad you made this video! I was commissioned to spin for an alpaca farmer and have been bumbling my way through it but it all makes sense now!!!! Thank you!! 💜
This has cleared up a TON of confusion for me! I had no idea what a ratio was or how to figure it out. Simple!!!! thank you so much, and I hope you get to feeling better soon! ❤
Thank you❣️I used to spin on an old Quebec production wheel and have just treated myself to an Ashford Traveler. Your video really helped me to understand ratios and I look forward to exploring my new wheel with its smorgasbord of ratios!
Book reviews? Um… YES, please!!! You recommended “Women’s Work”, and it was super interesting. Especially so since I’m also reading the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series to my kids right now. I know it doesn’t seem like the two would go together, but trust me. The former is like a “history nerds companion” to the latter. 😂
I love the way you explain things, and show results.. your videos have helped so very much in my journey! Thank you! Wishing you strength and healing and looking forward to your videos when your feeling better! 🙏💕🐑🧶
Hi Jillian EvE, I’m sorry to hear you were feeling poorly for whatever reason I’m just getting to thiS video and am hoping that you are much better nw. ReallY EnjoY your videos am learning new things and has been inspiring me to get back to my fiber arts again.💕😊
Thank you Jillian for informing me on the ratios. I do get confused but I really like your way of teaching . I am defiantly going to try out the worls on each bobbin as you suggested. By the way I’m form the UK in Gloucestershire.
My 70's Ashford Traditional has two whorls. I've only ever used the larger one because I can adjust my treadling and drafting to get the yarn I want. But, I was wondering if you had any tips about changing whorls when you have a string drive band. My disinclination for cutting off drive bands to change whorls is really why I've never bothered to try. And yes to book reviews! I love it when you recommend fiber-related books.
Hiya, just watching this video and the part about the book review sparked a thought. I have been doing my husbands family history for 30 years and many of his ancestors are silk velvet weavers but also Coggeshall Lace so any episodes discussing historical/cottage weaving would be amazing
I love the way you explain things and show examples i have already learned so much from your videos. I am a new spinner and just started trying a different speed whirl mainly because I needed more twist on the BFL i was spinning thinner than i had been and it worked perfectly instead of increasing my peddling speed.. 😊❤
Get well soon Jillian (love the khajiit reference btw :) ) and thanks so much for all the work you contribute to the community at large. Much love to you and yours!
Sorry you are not feeling very good. Hope you get better soon. I would LOVE book reviews. I do not really spin but knit and crochet so I’m very interested in textile crafts. I tend to watch your videos while at work because it helps me feel crafty. Thanks and get better soon but take great care of yourself ❤️❤️
Thank you for this video! I am just about to purchase my first wheel and trying to learn as much as I can beforehand. This was an excellent explanation of the whorls and ratios that helped me to understand it much better.
Oh it would be lovely if you will hols book reviews 🎉. I so love all you are doing. Such inspiration! And the diving into history, I can’t say enough how I admire your your work.
Thank you for explaining, i just acquired a spin wheel from great great grandma(1800's) very simple design. I want to statr learning. I had no idea where to start or even understand
This is great. I just went through an explanation of this to a new spindlier and was hoping I was getting the comparison about ratios from a wheel to a spindle right. Thankful, this confirms all. I am sharing this with her right now. I am currently sampling an Alpaca blend for a sweater knit. Aside from dealing with a luster factor, this is the first I see the importance of how the twist in the single can effect the ply and the over all characteristics of the yarn. So I have been playing with ratios and sampling a bunch. As usual you have done an excellent job with this.Many thanks and lots of appreciation. Sending many warm and best wishes as you work through your health issues. j
Glad to see your smiling face and beautiful spinning again! Book reviews would be fantastic. I've read Worn and found it very interesting and thought provoking -- I'd love to hear more of your thoughts on this book, and I'm interested in suggestions for other books about textile history.
I’m so grateful for this video! It made a whorl of difference 😂. Today I tried to spin fingering weight for the first time. Single kept breaking so I tried a faster whorl & that did the trick! Yay!
Hi Evie, I'm so sorry that you're having health issues. ❣️❣️❣️❣️ This was a very interesting and informative video podcast. I'm glad that you explained about twist and speed on eSpinner working in a similar way to a Whorl on a Treadle Wheel. Keeping you, Mark and your Boys in my thoughts and Prayers. Please take care of yourself Fibre Friend Lots of love, Blessings and Huge Hugs to you all Jen xxxx ❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🫂🫂🫂🫂🐕🐈⬛
I love your videos, and this one sure delivered. I have some ideas to try. I wish you lived here and came to our spinning group, it would be so fun to nerd out about fiber. God bless you and your family.
I would love to Have you do a book review. This would be very helpful and we would gain more knowledge on a which books would be helpful to us spinners. This would also expand our horizon and possible interests. Love it.
I love this video! I watched a Margaret Stove video and she suggested if you break a single don’t stop the wheel abruptly, let it slowly stop on it’s own. That way the broken end is usually loosely sitting on top and easy to find. I’ve found that super helpful too.
I love you. Please take care of your precious self!!! I enjoyed this a lot, as I’m quite astute at spinning very finely, but next I want to try a thicker one!
*giggles at reference* You can haz wares? If I can haz coin?! Yay lol khajits! Also i have serious pain issues with my period. have since I was a teenager. but one of the interesting indirect textile history things I would like to see you try is a video on the aral sea and the damage the soviet cotton industry did to it. That and the lowell mills as well as 'niche" fibers
I was led to incorrectly believe, treadling and ratio gave the thickness of yarn. Which didnt seem correct as each individual doesn't treadle at the same pace. So now I see why I never got the thickness of singles I wanted in order to have either fingering or DK equivalent plyed yarn. Though perfecting consistent even singles is still a learning curve.
Yes, please! Book reviews would be amazing. And, as a woman with many chronic pain and energy issues, you do you! You must take care of yourself first and foremost! I support your privacy and healing time. I will be here whenever you are able to post more videos, but no pressure. It is self-care time!
Perfectly said!Be well both of you.❤❤
I've had RA for 21 years. Take care of yourself, rest, eat well. Best wishes.
I have very painful health issues as well which I was born with. They, so my doctor assured me (!), will only get worse!! This is my challenge and I work with my body and do what I can when I can. So, I agree with you, and anybody else with health issues, I say take care of yourself and listen to your body.
Book reviews would be great! Also including general spinning/weaving/fibre art, as you come across them. I know I have bought a few that I've regretted but in general I love to add to my library!
And I'm so sorry to hear of your health issues. Your videos help me cope with my own health issues and I love to see my mentor's lovely face! Take care of yourself, love. We have an extensive library of yours for when we need an Evie fix. 🙏🏻🥰
I’m sorry about your health issues! I’m recovering from a stress induced petit mal seizure, and I’ve been spinning so much yarn! It has really helped my brain heal. If spinning helps you heal, you do you! We will be here for you.
I would absolutely love to see you begin a book review...just one more thing to deepen our appreciation for fibers and history of clothing. Just keep your health at the forefront of your plans!! Love your videos...
Oh my goodness. Where has this video been all my life?is this the best single spinning video I have ever seen? Quite possibly.
Thank you. As someone who wants to learn to spin, but doesn’t have a wheel yet, I found your video to be very helpful. I don’t know which wheel to get, but I loved learning about how whorl size effects the finished thickness of the yarn (all other things staying the same of course). Thank you!
Book reviews yes please hope you're feeling better soon. Best wishes from Canada.
thank you that is an eye opener, for a neb, in the world of words and things for spining wheel and spinntops... yars and fraces. gonna stay close for now. thank you
Thank you for this video.... Never checked the ratio on my wheel.... It is antiq so only 1 bobbin and yup no other ratios possible.... But nowiu der stand why I overtwist when I go for a thicker yarn.... I am e real beginner on the wheel.... So still teaching.... So now I know I need to treddle les for the thicker yarn.... Or go faster whit my hands.... And for the tinner.... Just keep going..... Going to try this all....
Sothank you.... You know I teached spinning on the wheel with you're videos.... 🎉
Please take care of yourself.... We do have patience to wait for videos....
Greetings inge
Would love book reviews!!!!
I'm a new spinner (first lesson in January & renting a Lendrum), so I'm soaking up as much information as possible. There is so much to learn! Thank you for all that you do! Best wishes to you as you rest to gain back your health. We will still all be here for you if you need to slow down or take a break.
Yes, yes please on the book reviews! 😍
very nice!!! thanks for sharing this to us :)
I just found this channel! Love your vibe and stuff! I would love to hear some book reviews :) Also, lots of love and energy to your healing journey!
Thanks, This was so informative. Ive always heard about ratios but never fully understood
Book reviews sound fun. I don't like to mess with the ratios on my king bee, and often keep my louet on the middle whorl. That said, I mess with my espinner all the time, and with the first two, I change my treadling and how near I draft to the orifices, I would love to be able to figure out how to use your method of estimating ratios on my great wheels. I have tried estimating by comparing the diameters, but am not positive of my results. (I am satisfied that one complete turn is a Lot of spins on the whorl... minimum of 58 on one and 62 on the other, but I have no idea if that is really correct. Neither has an accelerator. Can you imagine 100 :1?) I spun for years on a variety of spindles, and I guess I am accustomed to winging it. What a fun topic this is! It does get me thinking again.
You asked if any of us would benefit? enjoy? like? book reviews. Definitely YES from me. I hated "history" when I was in school...wars, dates, men only, rinse and repeat through eh...14 yrs of history classes. How did all these men feed and clothe themselves while killing each other? Why is so much knowledge left out of "history" just because that knowledge was possessed by people who weren't directing battles? I would love to know more about arts, crafts, women's contributions, and the beauty and function people like us have given to the world. Teach me please but do so only when you feel up to it. All that said, first take care of yourself. You are important to many people and if you are not doing okay for yourself, you can't do for others.
Research the carnivore diet. Kelly Hogan (MyZeroCarbLife), Dr. Ken Berry, Dr. Anthony Chaffee, Mikhayla Jordan...all on UA-cam...are excellent sources of info. I'm on it for autoimmune Hashimoto's hypothyroidism and have experienced significant improvement. 💕
Nice video. I think it was in “Respect the Spindle” where I read that we lose 1/3 of the twist when we ply. So, having some degree of over twist in singles is not a bad thing. The author also wrote something to the effect that …having ‘pigtails’ on your spindle is OK.
Book reviews would be great! As a librerian spinning, this would be the best of two worlds for me😃
Light love and health to you -- I hope you feel better soon. And yes, I would watch the HECK outta book reviews. I got "Women's Work" on your recomendation
This was the clearest and most detailed explanation of ratios and how to use the whorls to achieve the yarn you want. Take care of yourself, and look forward to seeing your next podcast whenever you are able to film.
Thanks Evie! I've been binge watching your videos lately and I've enjoyed every single video. Please take care of yourself... health comes first. Everything else can wait.
Yes, I would be VERY interested in book reviews and your take on Worn. I read it myself and it provoked my own opinions and thoughts. I wasn’t sure if her point of view always meshed with the facts the historical record presents. I would really like to hear your take on it.
Thanks for encouraging me to try the high speed whorl my husband gave me for Christmas if I make sock yarn again. I’m praying about your health journey and care about you very much even though we’ve never met!
Thanks Evie, this has been so helpful. I've been a "set it and forget it" spinner on my largest whorl. This experiment will be fun to play with. Take good care of yourself.
I have a ladybug and you made me doubletake and spot the second whorl on it. I've been spinning on it since 2019. I am SHOOK. There was facepalming. And now there is plotting to be had on my fiber stash.
You aren't the only one!
Would love to hear reviews on textile books from you.
Re Book Review: YES, Please! I'd love your perspective on "The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World" by Virginia Postrel, or "Shoddy: From Devil’s Dust to the Renaissance of Rags" by Hanna Rose Shell. Awesome talk on whorls! My Ashford traditional (Emma), is from 1975 but i use my Rappard We'Peggy most because Peggy is easier to move around.
Hope things get easier for you in the real world, because you're right; Fiber friends, ARE the best friends
Yes please book reviews! I have the Kiwi 3. I have all the whorls for the Kiwi 3. I only use 1 setting lol. I really need to experiment with all the other settings. I need more studying!!! 😂
In my kiwi3 I use the smallest whorl groove with the largest drive wheel groove, the middle with the middle drive wheel groove and the largest whorl groove with the smallest drive wheel groove. It works great for me😊 Happy spinning😊
Definitely interested in jillianEve book reviews, please! I am learning so much here! All the best to you! 🌻
Thanks for this, I'm sure I'll refer back to it when and if I get myself a wheel. I was wondering if you'd have a new video up soon and was hoping nothing was wrong. Life sure does happen, sometimes with a vengeance. And I hope whatever you have ailing you is temporary and can be resolved, and if not, that it can be managed in such a way that you can keep doing what you want to do, even if it might not be the same way you did it before. Life's all about the workarounds. We'll wait. Do what you can, and please don't beat yourself up over what you can't.
I wish you well 😢. I saw you made it in the Spin-off magazine 😊. Thank you for this lesson video, and I need to try it with my spinning wheel.
Thank you so much first month spinning, so helpful❤ feel better soon
So wonderful to see you again! This video was so very useful to me, helped me better understand how switching ratio size will affect my yarn. I'm busy setting up my wheel right now and going fiber stash diving to try the four-skein experiment. Thanks for the inspiration to get spinning again! My thoughts are with you, please take care of yourself and I hope your health situation can be resolved quickly.
I’m sorry you are unwell but thankful that you are hopeful for healing. I am praying for your health and wellbeing 🙏🏽💗
Also! I would love fiber related book reviews! I have also read and listened to Worn. It was deep but very good. A few other recommendations are: “Prehistoric Textiles” and “Women’s Work”, both by Elizabeth Wayland Barber, and the third is “Fibershed” by Rebecca Burgess. I’ve read them multiple times and always learn something new!
I'd like to know when you turned my shawl into your sweater??🤔 I just finished a shawl in the same colours as your sweater. And, I also sympathize with your health issues. Take care of yourself. Hugs.
Whatever you're going through, I hope your road to recovery starts soon, and goes quickly! how to match the weight/twist/grist between different hanks of the same fiber? I have several batches of fiber that I want to turn into projects, but I struggle with getting the same consistency between skeins. What do you suggest?
Take care of yourself. Thank you for this info just what I was wondering about.
We will be here waiting for you WHY because you're worth it.
Yes, I want book reweivs!! Reading Women's work right now, on your recomendation.
Take care friend! Sending happy, healing vibes.
You could interview people like Austin Clark, The Acadian Weaver, of Baton Rouge and the Acadian Brown Cotton farmer, Jerry Hale of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. 😊
I would love to interview other fiber friends!
Thank you for sharing this information. I recently realized that my treadling speed and my whorls could work together for more comfortable spinning. I learned to spin on my Ladybug and had purchased an additional whorl (slow) as the larger one that came with the wheel was still to fast for me to get down all the movements. As my skill increased I began treadling faster, which was not wonderful for my hips for prolonged periods of time. Going to a smaller whorl can allow me to slow down my treadling speed while getting the resulting yarn I am after. I’ve been mulling over all this and your explanations put it all together with a nice little bow on top. Please take care of yourself. Our thoughts are with you ❤
Eve I love your channel. You have thought me so much and it has been Soooo much fun. I hope you get better soon. Not for the sake of more video by for your bubbly happy personality. And yes I would love to hear your book reviews.
I'm really sorry about the health issues, I know that pain very well. Sending all the good vibes I can so you can get to your most comfortable and painless self as soon as possible and able to do all the things you want, and in the meantime I hope those sponsors can give you the time you need to rest. Seeing your videos lights up my day, but being healthy is most important!
I wish slowing down the speed on my spinner gave me thicker yarn, but all I seem to get is yarn that immediately gets thin again and that I have to hold back for ages until it builds up enough twist T.T
Book reviews would be great. Hope your health issue resolves quickly. Please take care.
YES please to book reviews! I LOVED that you mentioned the Valkyrie's loom - I listened to podcasts after this mention! :)
Excellent information as usual in an accessible way :)
I really hope you rest and recuperate and feel much better soon xxx
Thank you for such a great explanation! And yes, I would love to watch a book review from you. Wishing you good health.
Sending you my best thoughts for a full and prompt recovery !
Very happy you did a video on this. Last year at the Jefferson Sheep & Wool, I took a class on wheels and ratios and it was SO helpful. It was a full math break down which was a bit hard, but I am so much better prepared at understanding how to get the yarn I want.
I hope this helps others achieve what they're looking for in their spinning.
Gonna overcome my fear of switching ratios and will experiment with my three ratios on my kiwi. Not sure if I have to change the set up of my drive band on my wheel though 🎉
I’m not sure which Kiwi you have. I have a kiwi3 and I adjust my drive band accordingly…so, for the smallest whorl groove, I use the biggest groove in my drive wheel; for the middle whorl groove, I use the middle drive wheel groove; for the largest whorl groove I use the smallest drive wheel groove. I hope this is useful for you😊 Happy spinning😄
@@beverleylawton6899 thanks a lot! I’ll give it a try! Currently I was using the biggest whorl grove with the biggest drive wheel grove. So many combinations it seems! Have a lovely Sunday! Thanks again for taking the time in responding it is very sweet of you
You’re in my thoughts and prayers
I love learning about history through basic skills and crafts that people had to do to make life function before the industrial age. So book reviews would be amazingly helpful.
I hope you continue to heal and are back in the pink again soon.
Whatever health difficulty you are going through, my best wishes and hope you recover soon. Your health comes first. This video is very useful. I have only had my Ashford Kiwi 3 wheel for few months and the whorl has 3 grooves. I've been using it in the larger diameter groove. The large wheel also has 3 grooves and I have it in the middle groove. I'm very new at spinning in a wheel, though I've spun in spindles for 6 years. I'm planning to spin in all the combinations of ratio, I can do with this wheel. Experimenting is fun. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
I, too, have the kiwi3. I use the small whorl groove with the large drive wheel groove; the middle whorl groove with the middle drive wheel groove; the largest whorl groove with the smallest drive wheel groove. I find these work nicely for me and don’t overstretch my drive band😊 Happy spinning😊
Your health is important take are of yourself. I have a Canadian Production spinning wheel and I also have an Ashford e-spinner. Listening to you regarding your spinning ratios have been so helpful in my spinning. 🥰🧶
So happy to see a new video. Take the time to tend to your needs, we will wait. Sending healing energy!
Great video thank you. I have one question: do you need to change the drive band when you change whorls or is there enough 'grab' to still turn the bobbin? thanks and take care xx
That will depend on your wheel, if your drive band is stretched out, and if you are making a drastic ratio change. If it doesn't grip and you can't adjust the tension then change it out.
Yeeees I totally want book reviews!
Yes I’d love the book reviews! I love history, and especially when it intersects with other interests like textiles and fiber crafts!
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Hope you feel better really soon.
I love your videos - I actually learned to spin on my CPW from watching your videos a few years back. I recently bought a Schacht Sidekick and there isn't a lot of info on what the ratios do. Thank you so much for posting this video! I am hoping you can maybe answer a question about the bobbins on the Sidekick which is scotch tension. The bobbins themselves have different ratios on each end as well. What do the different bobbin ratios do on a scotch tension machine, if you know?
✴or ... a book club? [with community support re coordination, though]✴
I hope your health gets better soon. Bravo on the privacy and boundaries around that!
We have a book club on my Patreon for all tiers! 😊
@@JillianEve oooooooh. I'll check that out!
Thank's for the video !!!
It's strange that so many people have health-issues right now (including myself)...
...best wishes from Germany. 💚
I am SO glad you made this video! I was commissioned to spin for an alpaca farmer and have been bumbling my way through it but it all makes sense now!!!! Thank you!! 💜
This has cleared up a TON of confusion for me! I had no idea what a ratio was or how to figure it out. Simple!!!! thank you so much, and I hope you get to feeling better soon! ❤
Thank you❣️I used to spin on an old Quebec production wheel and have just treated myself to an Ashford Traveler. Your video really helped me to understand ratios and I look forward to exploring my new wheel with its smorgasbord of ratios!
I am one of those people who set the wheel and then left it there!! Thanks for challenging me to explore more!
This is an excellent video! I´ve never fully understood the whole "ratio-thing" but now I do, thanks to Your educative and detailed explanation!
Books please!!!!!
Book reviews? Um… YES, please!!! You recommended “Women’s Work”, and it was super interesting. Especially so since I’m also reading the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series to my kids right now. I know it doesn’t seem like the two would go together, but trust me. The former is like a “history nerds companion” to the latter. 😂
I love the way you explain things, and show results.. your videos have helped so very much in my journey! Thank you! Wishing you strength and healing and looking forward to your videos when your feeling better! 🙏💕🐑🧶
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Hi Jillian EvE, I’m sorry to hear you were feeling poorly for whatever reason I’m just getting to thiS video and am hoping that you are much better nw. ReallY EnjoY your videos am learning new things and has been inspiring me to get back to my fiber arts again.💕😊
Thank you Jillian for informing me on the ratios. I do get confused but I really like your way of teaching . I am defiantly going to try out the worls on each bobbin as you suggested. By the way I’m form the UK in Gloucestershire.
My 70's Ashford Traditional has two whorls. I've only ever used the larger one because I can adjust my treadling and drafting to get the yarn I want. But, I was wondering if you had any tips about changing whorls when you have a string drive band. My disinclination for cutting off drive bands to change whorls is really why I've never bothered to try.
And yes to book reviews! I love it when you recommend fiber-related books.
Hiya, just watching this video and the part about the book review sparked a thought. I have been doing my husbands family history for 30 years and many of his ancestors are silk velvet weavers but also Coggeshall Lace so any episodes discussing historical/cottage weaving would be amazing
I love the way you explain things and show examples i have already learned so much from your videos. I am a new spinner and just started trying a different speed whirl mainly because I needed more twist on the BFL i was spinning thinner than i had been and it worked perfectly instead of increasing my peddling speed.. 😊❤
Thanks so much. Ratios haven’t been so clear. Your explanations are so so usefull. Be well and take care. Thanks for beeing.
Get well soon Jillian (love the khajiit reference btw :) ) and thanks so much for all the work you contribute to the community at large. Much love to you and yours!
Sorry you are not feeling very good. Hope you get better soon. I would LOVE book reviews. I do not really spin but knit and crochet so I’m very interested in textile crafts. I tend to watch your videos while at work because it helps me feel crafty. Thanks and get better soon but take great care of yourself ❤️❤️
Sofi Thanhauser has an amazing interview about her book on the Garmology podcast. Highly recommend listening to her go in depth about her book!
Thank you for this video! I am just about to purchase my first wheel and trying to learn as much as I can beforehand. This was an excellent explanation of the whorls and ratios that helped me to understand it much better.
Oh it would be lovely if you will hols book reviews 🎉. I so love all you are doing. Such inspiration! And the diving into history, I can’t say enough how I admire your your work.
I have a Schact Sidekick and my whorls go even smaller. I’ve had it for years courtesy of my brother in law, who loves near where they are made
Thank you for explaining, i just acquired a spin wheel from great great grandma(1800's) very simple design. I want to statr learning. I had no idea where to start or even understand
This is great. I just went through an explanation of this to a new spindlier and was hoping I was getting the comparison about ratios from a wheel to a spindle right. Thankful, this confirms all. I am sharing this with her right now. I am currently sampling an Alpaca blend for a sweater knit. Aside from dealing with a luster factor, this is the first I see the importance of how the twist in the single can effect the ply and the over all characteristics of the yarn. So I have been playing with ratios and sampling a bunch. As usual you have done an excellent job with this.Many thanks and lots of appreciation. Sending many warm and best wishes as you work through your health issues. j
Glad to see your smiling face and beautiful spinning again! Book reviews would be fantastic. I've read Worn and found it very interesting and thought provoking -- I'd love to hear more of your thoughts on this book, and I'm interested in suggestions for other books about textile history.
I’m so grateful for this video! It made a whorl of difference 😂. Today I tried to spin fingering weight for the first time. Single kept breaking so I tried a faster whorl & that did the trick! Yay!
Really helpful. Can you elaborate on the impacts of different ‘grooves’ in the drive wheel such as the Ashford joy?
Excellent explanation on whorls and ratios! Thank you. Hope you’re feeling better soon!
Hi Evie, I'm so sorry that you're having health issues. ❣️❣️❣️❣️
This was a very interesting and informative video podcast.
I'm glad that you explained about twist and speed on eSpinner working in a similar way to a Whorl on a Treadle Wheel.
Keeping you, Mark and your Boys in my thoughts and Prayers.
Please take care of yourself Fibre Friend
Lots of love, Blessings and Huge Hugs to you all Jen xxxx ❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🫂🫂🫂🫂🐕🐈⬛
I love your videos, and this one sure delivered. I have some ideas to try. I wish you lived here and came to our spinning group, it would be so fun to nerd out about fiber. God bless you and your family.
Nice to see your articles in Spin Off and Ply magazines. Take care of yourself. I enjoy your videos.
I would love to Have you do a book review. This would be very helpful and we would gain more knowledge on a which books would be helpful to us spinners. This would also expand our horizon and possible interests. Love it.
I love this video! I watched a Margaret Stove video and she suggested if you break a single don’t stop the wheel abruptly, let it slowly stop on it’s own. That way the broken end is usually loosely sitting on top and easy to find. I’ve found that super helpful too.
I love you. Please take care of your precious self!!! I enjoyed this a lot, as I’m quite astute at spinning very finely, but next I want to try a thicker one!
*giggles at reference* You can haz wares? If I can haz coin?! Yay lol khajits!
Also i have serious pain issues with my period. have since I was a teenager. but one of the interesting indirect textile history things I would like to see you try is a video on the aral sea and the damage the soviet cotton industry did to it. That and the lowell mills as well as 'niche" fibers
I was led to incorrectly believe, treadling and ratio gave the thickness of yarn. Which didnt seem correct as each individual doesn't treadle at the same pace. So now I see why I never got the thickness of singles I wanted in order to have either fingering or DK equivalent plyed yarn. Though perfecting consistent even singles is still a learning curve.
JillianEve, home issues are existential issues. Care for you first, then you can care for others also. We'll hold the peace for you.