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Post by pamd on Dec 30, 2011 4:50:19 GMT
Thanks, Ann, I'll try it!
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florcita
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Post by florcita on Dec 30, 2011 9:10:49 GMT
What I do is after spinning, I wrap the yarn around the back of a chair really tight. With some cord/yarn I tie it and then put it in a bucket with warm (from the tap) water. Let it overnight. Rinse it with my hands and then hang it with some weight to pull it down... a hanger or something like that. That helps the yarn dry straight, with less twisted bits. Of course the twisted bits can be avoided when you actually spin... or leave them and use them for felting... really nice texture!
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Post by zed on Dec 30, 2011 10:20:05 GMT
That's what I do too, old shower gel bottles with the hooks are good for weights, you can add/squeeze out water
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Post by karen on Dec 30, 2011 10:27:28 GMT
Oh zed thats a great idea, i never thought of that, i was using coathangers but now i'll have to buy myself a nice bottle of shower gel instead
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Post by Shepherdess on Dec 30, 2011 13:59:53 GMT
The idea is to get balanced yarn that doesn't twist in the skein but that doesn't happen much for me. Hanging with a weight helps take any over twist out, until you wet it again. when you are taking your yarn off the bobbin its best if you can have the bobbin and the ball winder a long way away so that the twist can even out over the distance of the yarn. if you are plying form bobbins its best if you can get the lazy kate some distance away for the same reason.
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gina
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Post by gina on Jan 6, 2012 22:21:46 GMT
Great to find this subject here. Got a drop spindle for Christmas and I have made some of the bumpiest yarn that I have ever seen... my spindle is also too light for art yarn, which is an unhappy event because it makes it a struggle to spin, but I am determined to continue, or to save up (for a long time) and invest in a wheel so I can focus my attention on it properly. (Between felt projects.)
Gorgeous scarf in the first post.
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Post by Shepherdess on Jan 7, 2012 0:13:09 GMT
You can make yourself a heavier spindle if you want to. A toy car wheel on a dowel with a cup hook in one end. If your wheel is thicker on the outside edge it will spin faster and longer. You can make one out of anything round with aright size hole.
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Post by lyn on Apr 3, 2012 22:18:04 GMT
Bumpy yarn is fantastic for felting in - even yarn would be a tad boring.
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