I have found spinning

Have you made something and want to show it off? This is the place for your photos or just talk about the things that you have made or would like to make. All crafts from knitting and crochet to woodwork, in fact anything that you have made!
Post Reply
User avatar
old tree man
A selfsufficientish Regular
A selfsufficientish Regular
Posts: 1661
Joined: Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:57 pm
latitude: 54.5619 N
longitude: 0.9874 W
Facebook Name: Don't have one
Location: North yorkshire

I have found spinning

Post: # 286387Post old tree man »

Well I have been spinning fo about 3 months now and really enjoy it I have an old spinning wheel that I love and have made my fist thingy !!! On a loom that I made, I used all natural colours of the fleece from teesdales, surffolks, shetland and herdwicks. I love spinning shetland wool it's so soft and manageable, when I suss out the photo stuff (still a techno cretin) I'll post some pics :flower: :flower:
Respect to all, be kind to all and you shall reap what you sow.
old tree man,
aka..... Russ

User avatar
Green Aura
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 9313
Joined: Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:16 pm
latitude: 58.569279
longitude: -4.762620
Location: North West Highlands

Re: I have found spinning

Post: # 286391Post Green Aura »

My birthday present, a few years back, was a two day course learning how to spin. I really enjoyed it and I have all the kit too but I haven't managed to do any since. Maybe this year, assuming I can remember how!
Maggie

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have. Marge Piercy

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. Anais Nin

User avatar
doofaloofa
A selfsufficientish Regular
A selfsufficientish Regular
Posts: 1351
Joined: Sun Feb 05, 2012 9:50 am
Location: Wesht Cark, RoI

Re: I have found spinning

Post: # 286392Post doofaloofa »

it just makes me dizzy
ina wrote: die dümmsten Bauern haben die dicksten Kartoffeln

User avatar
Green Aura
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 9313
Joined: Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:16 pm
latitude: 58.569279
longitude: -4.762620
Location: North West Highlands

Re: I have found spinning

Post: # 286393Post Green Aura »

Well, that explains quite a lot.
Maggie

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have. Marge Piercy

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. Anais Nin

ina
A selfsufficientish Regular
A selfsufficientish Regular
Posts: 8241
Joined: Sun May 22, 2005 9:16 pm
Location: Kincardineshire, Scotland

Re: I have found spinning

Post: # 286394Post ina »

I was given a spinning wheel last year... Needless to say, it's still in the black bags it came in - but I am hopeful, now that I have sorted the living room! Mind you, it's far too small (the room) to do all the things I want/need to do in it... Drying clothes is at the top pf the agenda in this weather. And then getting the sewing machine out. And after all that, maybe the spinning wheel... :)
Ina
I'm a size 10, really; I wear a 20 for comfort. (Gina Yashere)

User avatar
old tree man
A selfsufficientish Regular
A selfsufficientish Regular
Posts: 1661
Joined: Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:57 pm
latitude: 54.5619 N
longitude: 0.9874 W
Facebook Name: Don't have one
Location: North yorkshire

Re: I have found spinning

Post: # 286403Post old tree man »

Its addictive i have to make myself stop otherwise i would'nt get anything else done.
Respect to all, be kind to all and you shall reap what you sow.
old tree man,
aka..... Russ

ina
A selfsufficientish Regular
A selfsufficientish Regular
Posts: 8241
Joined: Sun May 22, 2005 9:16 pm
Location: Kincardineshire, Scotland

Re: I have found spinning

Post: # 286406Post ina »

What do you do with the wool once spun?
Ina
I'm a size 10, really; I wear a 20 for comfort. (Gina Yashere)

User avatar
diggernotdreamer
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 1861
Joined: Sat Jun 30, 2012 10:23 pm
Location: North West Ireland

Re: I have found spinning

Post: # 286409Post diggernotdreamer »

Do you have to card the wool before spinning

User avatar
old tree man
A selfsufficientish Regular
A selfsufficientish Regular
Posts: 1661
Joined: Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:57 pm
latitude: 54.5619 N
longitude: 0.9874 W
Facebook Name: Don't have one
Location: North yorkshire

Re: I have found spinning

Post: # 286411Post old tree man »

Yes carding the wool takes out all the tats! As I call them so it makes it easy to feed the wool on to the spinning wheel, at the moment I have made a table runner and a scarf it's coming along ok, I will try to post some pics
Respect to all, be kind to all and you shall reap what you sow.
old tree man,
aka..... Russ

User avatar
old tree man
A selfsufficientish Regular
A selfsufficientish Regular
Posts: 1661
Joined: Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:57 pm
latitude: 54.5619 N
longitude: 0.9874 W
Facebook Name: Don't have one
Location: North yorkshire

Re: I have found spinning

Post: # 286432Post old tree man »

This is a table runner I made from Shetland wool, herdwick, teesdale and black face Suffolk wool I cleaned then carded and then spun it's my first finished project :flower:
Attachments
Table runner
Table runner
image.jpg (245.07 KiB) Viewed 21838 times
Antique wheel
Antique wheel
image.jpg (1.64 MiB) Viewed 21838 times
Respect to all, be kind to all and you shall reap what you sow.
old tree man,
aka..... Russ

User avatar
Green Aura
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 9313
Joined: Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:16 pm
latitude: 58.569279
longitude: -4.762620
Location: North West Highlands

Re: I have found spinning

Post: # 286455Post Green Aura »

Lovely.
Maggie

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have. Marge Piercy

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. Anais Nin

User avatar
harðfiskur
Jerry - Bit higher than newbie
Jerry - Bit higher than newbie
Posts: 35
Joined: Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:36 pm
longitude: 0.1822° E
Facebook Name: paula

Re: I have found spinning

Post: # 286601Post harðfiskur »

spinning is a bit of a mistery to me, although I have seen it before.

Post Reply