This is one of the best videos i have ever seen. I just got my Louet wheel and it's not easy for me. But you cover all major issues in this vid. Thank you !
This is a great video. I just pulled my S10 after a few years off, and I was very inexperienced to begin with, so I had forgotten everything. I just subscribed in the hopes you create more videos :D. Thank you!
How is yours angled back like that? I’ve looked at many S10s online and in person, and I haven’t seen one angled back/up like that before. I would love to have suggestions on how to make mine consistently angle that way - the treadle angle on my vintage S10 is pretty inconvenient for me, and having the orifice angled up so I can just sit on a higher chair would be so helpful. I don’t know that you’re spinning left-handed, almost all the right handed spinners I know use their non-dominant hands to hold the fiber supply and their dominant hand as their gatekeeper/fine tuning hand. :-) PTFE (teflon) powder or PTFE/graphite powder lube also works well for me for lubricating the orifice, in case that helps someone else.
It is going to seem simplistic, but if you want to spin more slowly you have to develop a treadling rhythm that is S L O W! Beginning spinners generally treadle too fast, because they are tense, nervous and often frustrated -- the feet respond with that old flight or fight instinct and treadle faster. Once you slow your treadling, then you'll find you have all the time in the world to get the draft zone the way you want it. I hope that this helps!
i am having trouble with the take up and breaking anything i try to start. i am used to a schacht matchless and i am really having trouble just getting it going without fiber breaking away from leader. thoughts?
Try running your yarn across and through both thread guides, if you have hooks, it's called cross lacing -- that will make the take up much less strong. ALSO take the break band off, but be sure to LUBE the brass bearing that the flyer sits on. If the Wheel is new, before sitting down PULL and HOLD on the drive band -- new drive bands are pretty tight.
This is one of the best videos i have ever seen. I just got my Louet wheel and it's not easy for me. But you cover all major issues in this vid. Thank you !
Wow -- Thank you so much!
Thank you so much! Just bought a 2nd hand Louet S10 yesterday. This was such a helpful video, as I’m new to spinning.
Thank you. This was so helpful!
This is a great video. I just pulled my S10 after a few years off, and I was very inexperienced to begin with, so I had forgotten everything. I just subscribed in the hopes you create more videos :D. Thank you!
You're an amazing teacher. I like your videos. I too have the Louet S10 Spinning Wheel except mine is double treadle. I enjoy spinning on it.
Nice job! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Very good video to learn and understand the technique of spinning . I am from India thank you to for provide a nice video
You are a wonderful teacher. Thank you for these videos.
Thanks -- I'd like to make some more videos this year and cover other issues!
I'm a natural lefty. Write, Knit, and crochet left handed. But when it comes to spinning I tend to favor the right.
thank you...it was a great help :)
How is yours angled back like that? I’ve looked at many S10s online and in person, and I haven’t seen one angled back/up like that before. I would love to have suggestions on how to make mine consistently angle that way - the treadle angle on my vintage S10 is pretty inconvenient for me, and having the orifice angled up so I can just sit on a higher chair would be so helpful.
I don’t know that you’re spinning left-handed, almost all the right handed spinners I know use their non-dominant hands to hold the fiber supply and their dominant hand as their gatekeeper/fine tuning hand. :-)
PTFE (teflon) powder or PTFE/graphite powder lube also works well for me for lubricating the orifice, in case that helps someone else.
Enjoyed the info but I would like you to show me how a beginner would spin slowly - it would help. lol
It is going to seem simplistic, but if you want to spin more slowly you have to develop a treadling rhythm that is S L O W! Beginning spinners generally treadle too fast, because they are tense, nervous and often frustrated -- the feet respond with that old flight or fight instinct and treadle faster.
Once you slow your treadling, then you'll find you have all the time in the world to get the draft zone the way you want it.
I hope that this helps!
i am having trouble with the take up and breaking anything i try to start. i am used to a schacht matchless and i am really having trouble just getting it going without fiber breaking away from leader. thoughts?
Try running your yarn across and through both thread guides, if you have hooks, it's called cross lacing -- that will make the take up much less strong. ALSO take the break band off, but be sure to LUBE the brass bearing that the flyer sits on. If the Wheel is new, before sitting down PULL and HOLD on the drive band -- new drive bands are pretty tight.
very, very helpful!!! thanks!