Can I spin a coiled art yarn on a drop spindle?

Hello everyone and welcome back to my channel. In this video I am attempting to spin a coiled, (or beehive) art yarn on a drop spindle! Not an easy project, and takes patience, but doable.
The drop spindles are from Turkey, Chile, and Peru.
Sorry about the background noise. My store is located on a busy street and I forgot to close the door whiles filming, as you can hear with the blooper at the end!
Thanks for watching!

[@bethgadsbycreates]

This is very useful, thank you for sharing how you did it! That yarn looks gorgeous! 😍

[@TheSheepsGarden]

Thanks so much! I'm glad it helped 😊

[@bernadette607]

It’s really nice. I am going to give it a try. Thank you.

[@tararutland9482]

Love it ❤️

[@TheSheepsGarden]

Thanks!

[@pascalegravel9394]

Quite promissing, worth trying! Thank you for sharing! ☺️

[@TheSheepsGarden]

It was tricky, but doable ☺️

[@debeveritt4652]

Thanks so much for doing this, Im without a wheel and need a small amount of bulky art yarn for Tapestry header and do have spindles TuxedoDeb Harpist & Environmental Artist🤵

[@Tinkertessa5]

This was very helpful! I just got a drop spindle and finding videos of people trying to spin art yarn has been hard. Excited to work my way to this technique.

[@TheSheepsGarden]

I'm so glad it helped! I wish I could have made the video a bit better showing the spindle more. The technique is like "park and draft" and i think maybe it helps having the two yarns on a table in front where you can see how they wind together. It's a bit slow, but can be done! Good luck!

[@shelby6066]

This was great to watch. I haven't even received my drop spindle yet. And I am so fascinated and so excited to try spinning!!

[@TheSheepsGarden]

Spinning with a drop spindle is great fun! I recommend starting slow, the "park and draft" technique is great for beginners. 😊

[@shelby6066]

@@TheSheepsGarden I absolutely will! Thank you for the advice, I am taking it completely. New Subscriber. Thank you so much!

[@amandakuykendall2911]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!

[@atrotsiuk]

Spinning is so interesting! I would love to see you working in a spinning wheel!

[@TheSheepsGarden]

Thanks what a good idea! I'll have to do a video with my spinning wheels 😊

[@scrapbagstudios]

thanks for sharing. I had wondered if it is possible. It looks difficult.

[@TheSheepsGarden]

Possible, but slow. And it was a lot harder spinning a fat yarn on my spindle, it just didn't want to stay spinning. I think my spindles are made for thinner yarns.

[@scrapbagstudios]

@@TheSheepsGarden I am a new spinner and so far only on a drop spindle. I am more and more coming to think I need to get a wheel. I don't have a lot of money or space so it will have to be an e-spinner or a foldable castle. It would be a lot easier to ply generally on a wheel as my old arthritic hands/wrists struggle with the weight on the spindle. Thanks again.

[@UkeHer]

Great video! I am wondering how did it was up? You were worried that the coils would flatten?

[@TheSheepsGarden]

Thanks! It turned out ok, the coils held. It is harder than with a spinning wheel but going slowly it's doable 😊