How to Spin the Same Yarn Skein after Skein - Measure WPI and Twist
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- Spin the same yarn from one skein to the next so you can achieve consistent spinning for your whole yarn spinning project. I will show you how to measure and adjust, wraps per inch (WPI) and twist angle. Then I will show you what to do if your spinning is too thick, too thin, has too much, or too little twist.
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Measuring yarn thickness (WPI) 1:48
Troubleshooting yarn thickness (WPI) 5:13
Controlling Twist 5:35
Measuring Twist 10:16
Troubleshooting Twist 10:52
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I just learned more from watching your video than in watching fifty others,thanks so much.
Tips for spinners, try spinning with a metronome to keep tempo and draft consistent!!! Helps a lot and also gives you an excuse to buy a cool metronome!
I should try this in a video! I love this suggestion! I play cello so I have a few metronomes laying around. 💜🎶💜
@@JillianEve You should!!! Using a metronome while spinning is like magic. I would recommend drafting for four counts while following the tempo as you peddle. Works for old sewing machines, too!
That is cool! I usually just count numbers of treadles and move hand rhythmically with foot
Future video idea: talk about how to know how fine to spin a singles to be able to get a desired wraps per inch in a finished plied yarn.
Evie! I think you should play a track of your cello music to your videos more often! Such a lovely touch to the end!😍
Wow, your playing is as magical as your spinning ❤
I just love you and your videos more and more, I think I am addicted. Sometimes I watch while spinning. I feel I have an spinning angel by my side who kindly help and guide me. 😘
OMG your cello playing is beautiful. I used to play the cello for 6 years in elementary and high school.
I have to say I absolutely love you and your channel any time I have a question when it comes to spinning your videos pop up with the simplest explanation! Thank you so much for putting all the time and effort into making these videos! It is SUPER APPRECIATED! ❤🎉
Cellist!!!!!! Wooootttt!!!!!! And not only that, nice loose style, and no excessive vibrato. .... why is this not surprising given your spinning style?
Wow! A true Renaissance Woman.
Thanks so much for this awesome tutorial. I love how you are able to explain and simplify. And I loved hearing your cello playing! The cello is my favorite stringed instrument. You play beautifully and you spin beautifully!
Thanks so much!
Wow and I would lime to see a video on you actually playing a full piece of music on your cello too please I used to play that violin and piano as a child now I can't even read music any more as I never stook to it after I left school x very impressed I need to see more lol x
I am so out of practice, but thank you! I'm not sure if I could get through a whole piece, but maybe it's something to motivate me! 💜
@@JillianEve oh please do is love to sit listening to you play while I spin xx
@@JillianEve Pleeeaaaase do!! I used to play the cello but only have an upright bass now. That classical interlude just warmed my heart so much. You're amazing!
@@JillianEve I agree with the rest, I was going to request the same thing!! Yep we're onboard!
Thanks for the pointers - I wasn't sure how to use the control card on the singles. Practice is important too.
Very helpful video that covers a lot of the technical basics. You did a good job making it understandable. The çello was a great surprise! Thanks
Thank you for your kind comments! I so glad you enjoyed this video!
Ok 12 wraps per inch is very helpful because I just ordered a drop spindle beginners kit from Etsy and I want to try and make yarn I could use for projects which is mostly hats or scarves and maybe socks so thank you
Great video, and wow on the cello playing!!! Multi talented 😍
I like to do stuff with my hands! 😁
The inventor of the Electric Eel Wheel gives an amazing spinning control card with each wheel. It has the twist angle laid out in a really unique way that I've never seen before. The other side of the laminated card also has a really good chart for WPI--better than one I bought that was made from acrylic plastic. I tend to ignore grist because I find all the measuring takes away from the pleasure of spinning--but that particular card makes it so much easier that I've started measuring more and more. Everyone's different, I suppose. Maybe that card just finally made it all make sense for me. It might not work the same way for other spinners. BTW--I have the EEW Nano and the 5.1 and I adore them both! Maurice continues to iterate and improve his wheels over time--but they're already awesome. They just get awesomer. :)
Finally some explained how to get angle of twist and consistent yarn. Appreciate the educational approach and focus on steps needed.
Thank you Jillian for all your teaching.
Thanks for watching! 💕
wow you are so talented! i really enjoy your videos!
You are a excellent teacher thank you for your videos.
You are very welcome! Thanks for watching! 🧶🐑✨
I really enjoy your videos, I’m learning so I keep watching them over & over. Your videos are really teaching me how to spin, thank you
Really enjoy your videos! As the person below has stated, I’ve learned more from you than many others I’ve watched either in person or videos.
This video demystified so many spinning things I didn't really understand. Thank you so much. Subscribed! ❤️
Oh good! I'm so glad! Happy spinning and thank you for subbing! 💜
Thank you JillianEve; this is very helpful.
Thank you so much for this video. Keeping the yarn close to compare it genius!
As someone who finally got my own wheel, these videos are so incredibly helpful! I love your simple explanations and also your funny antics. Thank you!
Christa
Yay! Happy spinning!
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I somehow lost the password. I appreciate any tips you can give me
@Gabriel Hugo instablaster :)
@Jakob Aarav I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and Im trying it out atm.
Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later with my results.
@Jakob Aarav it did the trick and I now got access to my account again. Im so happy!
Thanks so much, you really help me out :D
Thank you I’m new to spinning this is helped.
Yay, you are a new spinner and I'm so glad this helped! Happy spinning! 💜
Evie,
I don’t expect you to remember my other comments during Vlogmas, but at one point I think I had shared with you that some of your videos here and there were very helpful to me learning how to drop spindle on my own during the pandemic. Then I watched all of your Vlogmas episodes this year and got to know you a little bit better. I’m that kind of person. Anyway, I was a bit curious so I went back to the very beginning of your channel and I am watching chronologically. At one point I thought to myself, she’s a musician. And now I see you’re a cellist. I’m a musician as well. My husband was a performing songwriter (he died about 11 years ago after a long and courageous battle with brain cancer) and I was a Music Performance (voice, conducting, flute) minor in college. That’s where we met. So I appreciate that mentality that you bring into your creative practices. (I also saw a bench that I thought maybe went to an electric piano or a harp or something. Perhaps that’s your cello bench!)
I just wanted to say thank you for keeping me company. I am a knitter and a drop spindler … do some small scale frame weaving and I do crochet - mostly lace edgings and stuff like that. (I used to crochet blankets because they worked up so quickly when I was young and working and had nieces and nephews coming along.) I am slowly considering wheel spinning. Once Omicron burns through I want to join the Central VA Fiber Arts Guild and take a class to see how I like it before investing in a wheel. Rigid heddle research has pointed me in the direction of an Ashford RH loom so I appreciate watching you use Ashford wheels. I think a traditional might be where I go. (A visit to New Zealand is in my bucket. )
Long story long… Thank you and have a restful break in January!
Your fiber friend, Leslie Bailey
I've been found out! 🎻💕🎵🤣 You are right, the bench that is perfect for spinning is also my cello bench. I have an electric keyboard, but cello is my musical love. I've played since I was 4 years old. There is so much about music and spinning that cross into eachother. The rhythm, feeling the tension and twist in your fingers, the technical aspects of how regular practice is the key to unlocking limitless creative expression. I love every thread and note of it! Happy spinning! 💕🎵🧶
@@JillianEve ha!! Love it. I am also a Bach fan and was stunned to hear his Bourée in the background of one of your videos. I used to play that in the harpsichord. Kidding. The piano!
Gee whiz! Let’s hear more cello!
I want to spin really regular yarn the most perfect possible…Do I need wool combs or I will acheive it with my hand cards ? Thank you for all your wonderful videos !
Excellent, clear video. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for watching! 💜
Thank you so so so much for this video it explained quite a bit to me thank you again x
Thank you for sharing.
My pleasure! Happy spinning!
I’m not proficient enough to achieve a completely consistent yarn. I’m just happy to get a yarn that isn’t wildly thick and thin. I think I prefer to spin woollen, but I i am learning with combed top,not a batt or a rolag. Counting treadles? Too much to absorb all at once😀
I honestly think the counting came more naturally to me because of my background in music. It felt really natural when I figured it out. Spinning can get super technical but ultimately you need to enjoy it! Spin whatever works for you! 💜
JillianEve thanks❤️. I’m currently spinning some silk hankies I dyed about a month ago. Omg, they stick to everything, and I mean everything, including themselves. It’s both the best spinning experience and the worst spinning experience so far. Pre drafting is hard on the hands.
@@sharonwaddell2548 Does it stick to your hands too? I have to lotion my hands a week in advance of spinning silk so it doesn't stick to my dry skin! I also love/hate silk!
JillianEve yes, it’s especially painful when it sticks to my dry rough cuticles. I’m thinking a paraffin treatment might be in order.
I just recurve a Roberta E spinner for Christmas. How can I be sure to not Over Twist with it?
Lots of practice and keep it slow to start.
What do you do with the section that's too thick/thin? Is it unfixable?
Great tutorial & LOVE the Cello! The bit about the yarn on the angle chart was a bit vague. I couldn't understand how you were measuring between the perpendicular (90*) and the other angles shown on the chart. Did the twist match one of those other angles??? I am deducing that it doesn't matter much which angle it lines up with as long as when you line up subsequent yarns with the target yarn & the angles match ... you're good to go. Being a little dense in the head here ... sorry.
Yes, the twist angle is confusing, no doubt about that! It helps to think of a barber pole yarn. The legs of the angle are one for the yarn itself, and another as if you drew a line coming off one of the stripes on the barber pole. The angle is between the two. I hope that helps!
هل من الممكن اضافة ترجمة باللغة العربية من فضلك ؟لانها فيديوهات رائعة❤️
I will see what I can do. I'm so glad you enjoy my videos! 🧶
I want some of tbat wool. Lololol
I didn't know you played the cello.
I just had a lightbulb moment, suddenly it makes sense
I'm not quite sure how you would get the same results wrapping a pencil at a 1" mark and something like the thickness of a ruler for example since it not only matters the length of measure but also the width...I'm sure you would get more wpi on pencil than another item... Am I missing something? Also, how do you measure twist if you only want a single thickness yarn, or is that not supposed to be done? 💁Thanks Evie
I hope I'm understanding your question so let me know if I'm answering this completely off... The thickness of the tool doesn't matter because you are basically just trying to line up the yarn, side by side, to see how many fit in the space of one inch. You aren't measuring the length of the piece of yarn but the width of strand of yarn. Does that help? It can be hard to measure the angle in a single if the wool is all the same color. One thing I like to do is spin a different color wool into a tiny section just to make it easy to see and get the angle measurement. Happy spinning!
@@JillianEve ok, I see now... doooh, lol...so theoretically I could just lay yarn perpendicular to a 1" measure back and forth to get wpi...right? I'm having major problems overspinning singles I'm using 7.5:1 ratio and have pretty good tension, I've tried everything...I'm trying to make sock yarn...I'm new so maybe I'm biting off too much...thanks for replying Evie, you are so patient and kind..PS I have a faster whorl on the way but I can't imagine having even more twist!!! 🤪Yikes..also using Corriedale top
@@ImGinaMarie I'm editing a video right now showing how I fix some over spun yarn so that might be really helpful! I'm hoping to have it up on Friday.
@@JillianEve Thanks Evie I'll be watching!
I spin to Mozart. I weave to Led Zepplin.