Thursday, July 5, 2012

SPIN TILL U DROP 2

I also customized my Turkish spindle.I replaced the shaft with a chopstick from the sushi place-works better than ever!!!Now I actually tried several sticks.I carved one that I found,tried different chopsticks cause they were so pretty.And I used African Porcupine Quills-xtra large got it from Knit Picks,I recommend this place to all by the way the luxe fiber content + price point just is too good to pass!!!Really The way they make their yarn drape!
Now about the Trindles.I got my first around my birthday,6/25. It spun great I loved it.But the weight kept flying off.I told the man that makes them.He told me to send it back, he would replace it.Well I couldn't!! I just could not be separated from it!! This is how awesome it spins people!!So what happened?He sent me a brand new one with brand new weights!!I also got the "standard size"I couldn't help it! It spins even better!!And now I will advise you on which weights to get with your shaft.Once you pick the wood,mine is red heart and the micro long I don't know.I'll get back to you on that.OK Weights are attached to carbon thin rods.Either very shorter long or in between.I love the long and the very short.I also love themed to heavy weights.With these I spin super thin or i can spin a perfect fingering or Alpaca thick and thin artsy yarn.
I have no way to prepare my raw fiber after I wash it so I use the cat brush,cleaned,and I fluff it up like crazy.Depending on the brush you have and the fiber you will be using your results will vary,a lot.You can end up with a smooth even yarn or what I call artsy.
Now I have to say this if you want really luxurious expensive yarn coming from your hands then go get fiber from
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You will never find any thing else like it!Raw spins up as if it was carded and combed.And the way the locks hold their own when you spin a lock spun yarn!! OH! I feel guilty about thinking od dyeing it! I have white,grey and black waiting.And I am itching for more!!Ok So off I go To take pictures and show you what I am knitting-Lace shawl with misty alpaca437 yards.It Is a bit challenging but I like that!!

HAPPY SPINNING!
BLESSED BE!!
Sveta Avrutova