I'm buying my first Russian Spindle-I have been spinning for about two years.
I have a paddle spindle and two beautiful regular spindles-II have never used either-'m going to try your park and draft method on the Russian style when it arrives,thanks
I thought your video and explanations were wonderful. You do a great job of explaining everything in detail and showing repeated examples of the method. I feel like I could start to spin right now if I had the materials! Thanks!
I'm buying my first Russian Spindle-I have been spinning for about two years.
I have a paddle spindle and two beautiful regular spindles-II have never used either-'m going to try your park and draft method on the Russian style when it arrives,thanks
cmaur811 4 months ago
I thought your video and explanations were wonderful. You do a great job of explaining everything in detail and showing repeated examples of the method. I feel like I could start to spin right now if I had the materials! Thanks!
mikolong1 5 months ago
This is great, thank you so much! I'm getting my first Russian tomorrow, and this is very helpful.
KatyaRR 8 months ago
Thank you! Great help to a beginner!
ravenbylake 8 months ago
BFL, staple and a lot of other terms that beginning spinners will not be able to understand.
you move your hands constantly
I was distyracted by that and not able to follow your far too rapid explanation
maybe I am just slow ...
Spinkamer 11 months ago
@Spinkamer
Happy to answer your questions.
BFL is Blue Faced Leicester, a commonly available soft wool
Staple length = the average length of the individual fiber strands. Fine fibers have shorter staple lengths than long wool varieties of sheep.
10 minutes is a pretty good length for a basic instructional video.
A good book to help introduce you to common spinning terminology and supported spinning would be Abby Franquemont's Respect the Spindle.
Good luck!
bookofchange 11 months ago