Spinning Worsted Yarn

This is the unorthodox method I use for spinning worsted roving slivers into worsted yarn using a drop spindle. I hope that it may help beginning spinners by showing an alternative method to more traditional operations of spinning.

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Howto & Style

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• craft
• spinning
• wool
• yarn

[bugmenotagainagain]

Thank you so much for this video! I've been spinning for a couple of days, and this suddenly helped everything make sense!  I've linked your video on Ravelry. I couldn't find your name there, so if you're not a member, it's a great knitting resource.

Thank you again!

[ragnvaeig]

Thanks, but I don't knit. I needle-bind and card-weave.

[Halalsilks]

Hi, I really enjoyed watching this, I spin too and have a few videos on Youtube. I have difficulty using a spindle with the whorl at the bottom but can spin with top whorl easily ( see my videos!).I also make my own spindles with top whorl. Do you Ply or knit with this single right off the spindle? I would enjoy seeing more of your videos! Thanks so much, Grace, Ps, is this mohair?

[ragnvaeig]

Thank you--the fibre is Corriedale wool from Silverbrook Farm in Marchand, PA, USA. To ply, I pull it off the spindle and use the Andean plying method, which utilises both ends of the single; I make yarn balls once the plies have set, as spinning sometimes takes me longer than the projects for which I use the yarn.

[mmanley64]

I can't hear you very well, even with the volume turned up you might speak more loudly next time.

[foraminiferal]

Thanks! This is a nicely made video that very clearly shows what you're doing.

[elissamjc]

Great video, and a nice yarn to boot! Thanks!

[rosered81]

Thank you!