'Fiber'cation ~ Spinning Romney Wool Yarn for the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival 2022
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- I took an entire week+ off for a 'fiber' vacation, or, a 'fiber'cation as I like to call it. I loaded up the truck with most of my fiber equipment and drove to an Airbnb in MD. I got to spin uninterrupted for 3 straight days (absolute heaven!), in between volunteering at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival (one of the best times of the year for a fiberholic, even in pouring rain!).
This footage was filmed over 2 days and shows the spinning of the singles and plying of a skein of Romney lamb's wool, purchased as a raw fleece from Oak Creek Farm in Iowa (oakcreeksheep.com). I processed the fleece from raw and combed it for spinning.
I figured you may enjoy just watching spinning with no chit chat from me. The regular flyer is fairly quiet with little bobbin noise, just a gentle hum, but when I got to the plying, I changed to a jumbo flyer and bobbin that were not made by the original maker of the wheel. It isn't exactly centered, so it does wobble and chatter. I figured the volume could be adjusted as desired.
I hope you enjoy the video!
Please don't hesitate to ask any questions in the comment section below or send me a private message through email.
~ Kimberly
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There's nothing so medative as spinning, thanks for sharing and congratulations really beautiful yarn.
Glad you enjoyed it and thank you!
glad to see you back. love your videos
Thank you!
👋 i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world 🙏🌍
I'm originally from Canada currently living in Key West Florida☀️☀️and you where are you from if i may ask?💭
you always spin such beautiful yarn
I'm so glad I found your channel. I love these videos especially the ones of you just spinning. You are so good at spinning perfect laces. I hope you do more videos soon. I'd love to see more spinning videos even if you don't talk. I just enjoy watching your technique. It's like magic.
Thank you so much...I want to put out more content and will eventually.
Such beautiful spinning. A pleasure to watch your technique and ogle the product. Thank you
Thank you for your lovely comment!
There’s just something very therapeutic and soothing listening to the wheel spin.😊
Indeed!
Congratulations! Beautiful!
Thank you!
Nice to see you! Your fiber prep is always perfection, shows in your plies. Beautiful, but I expect nothing less from you. I'm processing a corridale fleece I bought recently.
Thank you for your kind comments! Oh, Corriedale! Corriedale is another of my favorites! As far as prep goes, it's like anything else, you get out what you put in...
Sounds just perfect, a time to rejuvenate 😊
I wish I had more blocks of days like that...everyday life doesn't always lend itself to uninterrupted fiber time. It was so so calming and joyful!
What wheel are you using? It's lovely. I am a lover of romney wool. Thank you for showing it off.
It's a Timbertops Thurmaston. Her name is Mathilda and someday I'll tell her story : )
I have been watching all your videos (not nearly enough lol), you have soooo much knowledge. I am the proud owner of two sharlea fleeces, one has a micron of 14.7 and the other has 14.6. I have to say, I am scared to death to process them. I have quite a few (dozen) Romney fleeces but those are so easy to process. Would you please give me some tips on how I should process? The locks are so fine I am a wee bit intimidated. I really appreciate it and super love all you videos, I have learned so much. Thank you for all you show us.
Thank you for all of your kind words Larae! Do you know how to wash one lock at a time? It's the Margaret Stove method. It involves a bowl of very hot water, a bar of soap and a rinse bowl or two. It's fairly easy and since that Sharlea will spin up very, very fine, it's a perfect way to wash the fleece. My advise is to take your time and enjoy the process. You can purchase a download version of Margaret's video here, shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/spinning-for-lace-download-in-hd - I have the DVD and have watched it multiple times. Worth the $15. Good luck and don't hesitate to reach out with any questions. Best to contact me through email at thenaturalspinner@yahoo.com. Good Luck!
That looks like the perfect fiber to spin for a vacation! I turned the volume all the way up; my wheel is much noisier than yours!
Romney in general is one of the easiest fibers to spin. That's why I generally recommend it for beginners because of it's ease of washing, combing or carding and spinning.
What weight did you spin this ? I just received my first Romeldale Cvm batt
Such beautiful yarn at the end, after doing all the steps so skillfully. When you are plying, why do yu pinch the strands together just after the twisted section enters the orifice? Sometimes just there and sometimes down toward your other hand for a few inches.
I think it helps even out the twist in the plying. You need even tension on each singles to get an even angle in the ply. I don't do it all the time, but if I think it might help, I'll do it. If one is tighter than the other, the looser one will spiral around the one with more tension and your plying won't we as nice.
You make it look so easy. I use a drop spindle. Now its time to move into a wheel.