Spinning a tailspun yarn with lincoln locks

A "tutorial" video of spinning Lincoln locks into a tailspun yarn. Someday I will make a better one.

In the meantime, some clarifications: when I say "highest whorl" what I really mean is "largest whorl" which would be the smallest ratio. Probably not a point of confusion, but, hey you never know.

Also, the problem with the locks I talk about is that they felted a bit at the butt of the lock-- heheh, felted butts--not that they burned or anything. The water got too hot and the crispy sound was the bubbles.

And, the camera angle is not so hot, unfortunately the way I spin, my wrist and cuff seems to block the actual laying of the fanned butt of the lock on the twisting core yarn. You can experiment with the angle you hold it at, but generally you are going for a 90 degree angle, holding the fanned end of the lock perpendicular to the core yarn and laying it on top. Twist will run into that fanned end and grab it and it will wrap around the core as long as you hold it there. Release it when it has wrapped enough and you like the amount of tail hanging out. You can slide the wrapped yarn along the core to a certain extent to make a denser fluffier yarn.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• spinning
• tailspun
• tailspinning
• novelty yarn

[RallyJudge]

Nice to see this demonstrated. I've done lots of core spinning, but not exactly like this. Have three mohair fleece waiting for me. ;-) AND I love to rainbow dye.

[SpeckledRam]

I got such a kick out of "crispy" because left in the roaster! THis is a great video. Thank you.