Ma & Pa's Spindles
"Custom Spindles and Spinning Accessories"
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The woodshop web pages were constructed to offer an insite into the "Ma & Pa's Spindles Woodshop". This site offers many helpful links including printable instructions to use all of our spinning tools , "Spinning tips and tricks" and our "Fiber outlook" . Keep an eye out for more things to come !
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Spinning Tips & Tricks:
Spinning with a drop spindle :
1) If your yarn pulls apart, you need to add more twist. To connect the ends back together, untwist both ends again and loosen the fibers. Lay one side on top of the other and twist the fibers together like before.
2) If the spindle gets away from you and the twist runs up into the fiber mass, which is a common occurrence for beginners,, stop the spindle and untwist the fiber mass—then start the drafting process again.
3) If the yarn is over twisted, loosen some of the extra twist by drafting out more fibers.
4) If there are "fat soft areas", known as slubs in your yarn or thick spots and thin spots, you can keep them and make a novelty yarn. You can remove them by pinching the yarn with both hands on either side of the slub (a little back from the slub) and untwisting it until the fibers draft out a little.
5) After you have wound off a considerable amount of singles the spindle will become to heavy and will start to wobble a lot as you are spinning it. When this happens it is time to stop spinning yarn and remove it from the spindle.
Spinning Tips & Tricks:
Spinning with a drop spindle :
1) If your yarn pulls apart, you need to add more twist. To connect the ends back together, untwist both ends again and loosen the fibers. Lay one side on top of the other and twist the fibers together like before.
2) If the spindle gets away from you and the twist runs up into the fiber mass, which is a common occurrence for beginners,, stop the spindle and untwist the fiber mass—then start the drafting process again.
3) If the yarn is over twisted, loosen some of the extra twist by drafting out more fibers.
4) If there are "fat soft areas", known as slubs in your yarn or thick spots and thin spots, you can keep them and make a novelty yarn. You can remove them by pinching the yarn with both hands on either side of the slub (a little back from the slub) and untwisting it until the fibers draft out a little.
5) After you have wound off a considerable amount of singles the spindle will become to heavy and will start to wobble a lot as you are spinning it. When this happens it is time to stop spinning yarn and remove it from the spindle.
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