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Spinning Pictures.

You've seen enough pictures of bobbins now - time to see more spinning pictures, but with actual spinning in them:

[caption id="attachment_2827" align="alignnone" width="451"]Spinning happily along - now working on the weft thread for one of the fabrics. Spinning happily along - now working on the weft thread for one of the fabrics.


It is coming along nicely, the spinning work. Not every day is like every other one, but today felt like a really good one - which is nice, as I want to have a good batch done and ready to go into the post by the end of this week.

[caption id="attachment_2824" align="alignnone" width="640"]Drafting from the Romney top... Drafting from the Romney top. You can see the difference between the fluffed-up loosened (pre-drafted) fibres beneath my hands and the original top hanging down beside my leg.


There is, of course, also the periodical checking of thread thickness and spinning angle:

[caption id="attachment_2826" align="alignnone" width="640"]First the thickness... which should be around 0.5 mm for this one... First the thickness... which should be around 0.5 mm for this one...


[caption id="attachment_2825" align="alignnone" width="640"]...and then the angle with help of my thread counter. ...and then the angle with help of my thread counter.


For today, though, I'm done spinning. More thread will be made tomorrow!
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Harma on Dienstag, 20. Dezember 2016 12:10

I've got a few questions.
Is the Romney different from the Eider wool that you spun for the dye penetration experiment?
What is that red/yellow gizmo you added to the set-up? A replacement for the angry cat?

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I've got a few questions. Is the Romney different from the Eider wool that you spun for the dye penetration experiment? What is that red/yellow gizmo you added to the set-up? A replacement for the angry cat?
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Katrin on Dienstag, 20. Dezember 2016 16:16

Yes, the Romney is different - it is a little finer than the Eider wool. Otherwise, though, I think they feel rather similar to spin, and I like them both very much.
The red and yellow thing is a special kind of stopwatch. Actually, it's a thing designed for gaming, with four timers for four players, and it can count up or down (so that everyone has the same amount of time for a turn, or a whole game). In my case, it only counts up - I really like it because I can use different sides for different tasks, and it is so easy and foolproof to stop by laying it onto the table instead of standing it up.

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Yes, the Romney is different - it is a little finer than the Eider wool. Otherwise, though, I think they feel rather similar to spin, and I like them both very much. The red and yellow thing is a special kind of stopwatch. Actually, it's a thing designed for gaming, with four timers for four players, and it can count up or down (so that everyone has the same amount of time for a turn, or a whole game). In my case, it only counts up - I really like it because I can use different sides for different tasks, and it is so easy and foolproof to stop by laying it onto the table instead of standing it up.
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