I love my old traditional spinning wheel, but with my back and hip issues I had had to mostly give up spinning until I found the EEW6. I am so happy to be able to spin again. Great video, blessings.
@@jkfiberarts Yes I can see how that would have made a huge difference in the ability to feel like you are able to craft and be productive while healing.
Lovely yarn once again. I really enjoy listening to you talk about wool/yarn/spinning. Watching you spin has helped me with consistency and I’m now using my handspun yarn to knit sweaters. ❤
Thank you so much for this video! I absolutely loved seeing the process from start to finish - currently gathering all the info before I'm trying it myself! :)
I enjoyed watching you prep and spin the wool into yarn. Your spinning wheel is beautiful. I’ve always been interested in spinning yarn but had no one to learn from. I’m glad I can watch you videos to learn from! Also enjoyed watching your storm, glad no one was hurt and that your were able to stay home and spin. Thanks for sharing😊
Thank you SO MUCH. I have a 3-ply of three solids I’ve been wanting to make forever, but haven’t been able to wrap my mind around reading about fractal spinning. When you dove into thirds/sixths/ninths, it all clicked. Guess I’m a visual learner. 😂 Thanks again - I can’t wait to get started!
So glad to hear that your trip was great. Ireland and the people there are just so amazing. I hope you found fiber fun as well. This yarn is gorgeous. I appreciated seeing your two samples, both 36 wpi but with the amount of twist very different. That really did help me understand how to get more drape and less "sturdiness" in my singles. harpingJanet
I am so happy that it helped you! I have a video ready for my Ireland fiber haul! It’s a good story and I will probably post it very soon! I have been so busy since we got home and I return to work Monday that I have not touched my spinning wheel yet, except to move it to clean. Boo.
Yes I do! If you go to my playlist I have all my videos organized by category. I have done more than one, but this is the link for the most detailed one. th-cam.com/video/lE3MEQj3T8Q/w-d-xo.htmlsi=sw8Z97IRSQHSzc0g
Hi. Lovely colors in that fiber. I'm a very new spinner and was searching spinning videos when I came across your channel. Your wheels are beautiful, what models are they? What advice would you give to a new spinner like me? :)
Hi! Thanks for watching! My wood wheels are Kromski Minstrel and Kromski Sonata. The Minstrel is the castle style double drive and the Sonata is the travel wheel, single drive with scotch tension( I use it for art yarn and plying ). My advice is spin a little bit every day. Depending on how new you are to spinning I would start treadling your wheel without fiber. Get used to starting and stopping your wheel and changing directions. The more you do it, you will develop muscle memory and you will be able to spin a more consistent single. And most importantly, have fun!
@@jkfiberarts Thanks, i was able to rent a wheel from my weaving guild (Ashford Joy) . As a brand new spinner, would I be better off purchasing a single or double drive wheel? I friend has the Kromski Sonata and I really liked how her wheel feels.I've spun on a Lendrum and like that, but Gordon Lendrum is retiring and I'm not sure anyone is taking over that business. I'm still a little unsteady on the Joy - I can't seem to peddle slow enough 🤣I don't think any of my friends who spin have a double drive that I could try and not sure more LYS has one either. Looking forward to going back through your videos to learn all about spinning. Love your channel!
@@knitknotandweave8177 purchasing a spinning wheel is a highly personal decision. First I would consider your space- do you want a castle style wheel(smaller footprint) or a traditional wheel? Do you prefer single or double treadle? Do you prefer single or double drive? Do you plan on spinning art yarn ( you may want a larger orifice without hooks, or buy a jumbo flyer). You need to consider the orifice height. I am tall so I prefer my Minstrel because the orifice sits higher and is more comfortable for me than my portable Sonata. The best advice I can give you is go to a store that sells wheels ,if you can, and try them out. I borrowed my friend’s Sonata for a couple of years and I liked it, and bought one, then I tried the Minstrel and it was love at first sight! Good luck, and good hunting for your wheel!
This is sooo pretty, if you were going to spin 2ply how would you do it? 2, 4, 6 ??? How far out down the 2's do you go?? Sorry I'm kinda slow I guess...
It doesn’t matter how many times you divide it. It depends on how long you want the color repeats. For 2-ply fractal start by dividing your top in half vertically. I like odd numbers for fractal. But it truly doesn’t matter. I might do straight and 7ths or first half in 3rds and second in 9ths.
@@jkfiberarts I guess I'm just lost because I don't see how dividing it will determine how "long" the repeats are. I would think the length of the repeats would be determined by where you drafted off your colors and joined a new color. I understand that the continuous color changes in the original braid would be repeated consistently if the braid is separated and spun from one end to the other but whatever color came next in that length of roving is, would be spun next..hellp I'm lost....lol
@@ImGinaMarie No worries. The thinner the sections of braid you take the less fiber there is so the amount each portion of color is less so the sections of color are shorter as opposed to the 1/2(or whatever you choose) of the braid you spin straight. Another way to think of it: If you are 2plying and you have 1 oz and spin it end to it will be thicker and have longer sections of color compared to the 1oz that you have divided into 5 equal sections and spin them end to end. Those 5 sections = 1oz (one single)and the first 1 section =1oz (one single) same weight, but one is thicker and one has 5 thinner sections. Each of those 5 thin sections is 80% less fiber compared to the one you spun straight so the color repeats will be shorter, and repeat more frequently. That is the definition of a fractal spin.
@@ImGinaMarie awesome!! I am so happy you got it! It is my pleasure to help! It is a difficult concept to grasp using only words. I have a graphic, but TH-cam won’t let me add photos.
Actual Boiling water? I would not recommend that. Boiling will weaken wool. It can felt it and it will shrink. I would use boiling water if you are felting a knitted object.
My Ashfird gauge only goes to 3 ply at 16- 18 wraps per inch . How are you at 32-36 ? New to spinning and confused. Also if you ply back and find the angle is 20 how do you maintain that when you come to plying? Sorry for all the questions…
The WPI is for the single, it will be thicker when 3-plied. You can get different spinning tools that go to higher WPI’s. Mine goes to 40 and I estimate beyond that. I would direct you to my spinning video library. There is a beginner level video to explain how to ply to get a balanced yarn. Let me look up the link for you.
I am sorry, I do not remember. I got it at a fiber festival many years ago here in the US. There’s no name on it. I have never seen another one. I will be devastated if I ever lose this one! If I come across one I will post it!
You want to spin them in the same order, always from the same end and to end. That keeps the colors in the right position so that you don’t have color pooling.
I am back from Ireland! I didn’t have enough time to get this up before I left. Sorry for the hiatus, but our Ireland Trip was amazing! 0:03
Glad yall had fun and made it home safely.
I love my old traditional spinning wheel, but with my back and hip issues I had had to mostly give up spinning until I found the EEW6. I am so happy to be able to spin again. Great video, blessings.
I am happy for you, spinning again! I wish I had it when I had my knee replaced 4 yrs ago. I would have spent my recovery time much happier!
@@jkfiberarts Yes I can see how that would have made a huge difference in the ability to feel like you are able to craft and be productive while healing.
Lovely yarn once again. I really enjoy listening to you talk about wool/yarn/spinning. Watching you spin has helped me with consistency and I’m now using my handspun yarn to knit sweaters. ❤
🎉yippee!! I love hearing people knitting and weaving with their handspun! Awesome for you!!
New mugs are always fun!
Yes they are! I love my tea!!
I love rambo! I have such fun with the rubber band quality I get with the way I spin it. Beautiful yarn!
Thank you so much for this video! I absolutely loved seeing the process from start to finish - currently gathering all the info before I'm trying it myself! :)
Awesome! So glad you found it helpful! Spin Happy!! 😃
Thank you so much for this video! It was very helpful and you explain things well. :)
I enjoyed watching you prep and spin the wool into yarn. Your spinning wheel is beautiful. I’ve always been interested in spinning yarn but had no one to learn from. I’m glad I can watch you videos to learn from! Also enjoyed watching your storm, glad no one was hurt and that your were able to stay home and spin. Thanks for sharing😊
Thank You! I am so happy you are learning to spin! Welcome to the rabbit hole!!😀
I love the colors. You new mic sounds good. Very clear.
Thank you!❤️
You information is invaluable to me and to my spinning friends. Thank you for taking the time to teach on your channel.
That’s great to hear! Thank you for watching! I love to sharing my knowledge and experience! Spin Happy!
Thank you SO MUCH. I have a 3-ply of three solids I’ve been wanting to make forever, but haven’t been able to wrap my mind around reading about fractal spinning. When you dove into thirds/sixths/ninths, it all clicked. Guess I’m a visual learner. 😂 Thanks again - I can’t wait to get started!
Awesome! I am so happy it helped you! Spin Happy!
I LOVE your videos!! Thank you so much! 💛
You are very welcome! I am glad you found something helpful in my videos. Spin Happy!
Wow, so pretty! Next time I do a fractal, I will break mine down into more of the smaller ones too. You could send some of that rain over our way ;p.
We are in a drought. The only rain we have had the whole summer have been very violent.
@@jkfiberarts sorry that it’s been violent, but glad you got some. From the hurricane that was off the east coast?
So glad to hear that your trip was great. Ireland and the people there are just so amazing. I hope you found fiber fun as well. This yarn is gorgeous. I appreciated seeing your two samples, both 36 wpi but with the amount of twist very different. That really did help me understand how to get more drape and less "sturdiness" in my singles. harpingJanet
I am so happy that it helped you! I have a video ready for my Ireland fiber haul! It’s a good story and I will probably post it very soon! I have been so busy since we got home and I return to work Monday that I have not touched my spinning wheel yet, except to move it to clean. Boo.
Another great tutorial. Thank you so much!
Do you have any videos explaining about the angle of twist? I see it mentioned a lot but haven’t yet come across an explanation. Thanks from WA.
Yes I do! If you go to my playlist I have all my videos organized by category. I have done more than one, but this is the link for the most detailed one. th-cam.com/video/lE3MEQj3T8Q/w-d-xo.htmlsi=sw8Z97IRSQHSzc0g
Hi. Lovely colors in that fiber. I'm a very new spinner and was searching spinning videos when I came across your channel. Your wheels are beautiful, what models are they? What advice would you give to a new spinner like me? :)
Hi! Thanks for watching! My wood wheels are Kromski Minstrel and Kromski Sonata. The Minstrel is the castle style double drive and the Sonata is the travel wheel, single drive with scotch tension( I use it for art yarn and plying ).
My advice is spin a little bit every day. Depending on how new you are to spinning I would start treadling your wheel without fiber. Get used to starting and stopping your wheel and changing directions. The more you do it, you will develop muscle memory and you will be able to spin a more consistent single. And most importantly, have fun!
@@jkfiberarts Thanks, i was able to rent a wheel from my weaving guild (Ashford Joy) . As a brand new spinner, would I be better off purchasing a single or double drive wheel? I friend has the Kromski Sonata and I really liked how her wheel feels.I've spun on a Lendrum and like that, but Gordon Lendrum is retiring and I'm not sure anyone is taking over that business. I'm still a little unsteady on the Joy - I can't seem to peddle slow enough 🤣I don't think any of my friends who spin have a double drive that I could try and not sure more LYS has one either. Looking forward to going back through your videos to learn all about spinning. Love your channel!
@@knitknotandweave8177 purchasing a spinning wheel is a highly personal decision. First I would consider your space- do you want a castle style wheel(smaller footprint) or a traditional wheel? Do you prefer single or double treadle? Do you prefer single or double drive? Do you plan on spinning art yarn ( you may want a larger orifice without hooks, or buy a jumbo flyer). You need to consider the orifice height. I am tall so I prefer my Minstrel because the orifice sits higher and is more comfortable for me than my portable Sonata. The best advice I can give you is go to a store that sells wheels ,if you can, and try them out. I borrowed my friend’s Sonata for a couple of years and I liked it, and bought one, then I tried the Minstrel and it was love at first sight! Good luck, and good hunting for your wheel!
This is sooo pretty, if you were going to spin 2ply how would you do it? 2, 4, 6 ??? How far out down the 2's do you go?? Sorry I'm kinda slow I guess...
It doesn’t matter how many times you divide it. It depends on how long you want the color repeats. For 2-ply fractal start by dividing your top in half vertically. I like odd numbers for fractal. But it truly doesn’t matter. I might do straight and 7ths or first half in 3rds and second in 9ths.
@@jkfiberarts I guess I'm just lost because I don't see how dividing it will determine how "long" the repeats are. I would think the length of the repeats would be determined by where you drafted off your colors and joined a new color. I understand that the continuous color changes in the original braid would be repeated consistently if the braid is separated and spun from one end to the other but whatever color came next in that length of roving is, would be spun next..hellp I'm lost....lol
@@ImGinaMarie No worries. The thinner the sections of braid you take the less fiber there is so the amount each portion of color is less so the sections of color are shorter as opposed to the 1/2(or whatever you choose) of the braid you spin straight. Another way to think of it: If you are 2plying and you have 1 oz and spin it end to it will be thicker and have longer sections of color compared to the 1oz that you have divided into 5 equal sections and spin them end to end. Those 5 sections = 1oz (one single)and the first 1 section =1oz (one single) same weight, but one is thicker and one has 5 thinner sections. Each of those 5 thin sections is 80% less fiber compared to the one you spun straight so the color repeats will be shorter, and repeat more frequently. That is the definition of a fractal spin.
@@jkfiberarts ok, I got it finally!!! Thank you soooo much for your time and explanation!!!!
@@ImGinaMarie awesome!! I am so happy you got it! It is my pleasure to help! It is a difficult concept to grasp using only words. I have a graphic, but TH-cam won’t let me add photos.
This did not disappoint! Now, what will you knit with it?
I usually spin with a plan in mind, but I have no plan for this! I am sure I will find the perfect pattern for some Aran weight something fun!
Tepid water to soak? I have soaking in boiled water 😅 should I not do that like that?
Actual Boiling water? I would not recommend that. Boiling will weaken wool. It can felt it and it will shrink. I would use boiling water if you are felting a knitted object.
My Ashfird gauge only goes to 3 ply at 16- 18 wraps per inch . How are you at 32-36 ? New to spinning and confused. Also if you ply back and find the angle is 20 how do you maintain that when you come to plying? Sorry for all the questions…
The WPI is for the single, it will be thicker when 3-plied. You can get different spinning tools that go to higher WPI’s. Mine goes to 40 and I estimate beyond that. I would direct you to my spinning video library. There is a beginner level video to explain how to ply to get a balanced yarn. Let me look up the link for you.
th-cam.com/video/lE3MEQj3T8Q/w-d-xo.htmlsi=CBdT9HMycqKOpkjk
Where did you get your wpi gauge with the slots please? I do hope it is available in Australia!
I am sorry, I do not remember. I got it at a fiber festival many years ago here in the US. There’s no name on it. I have never seen another one. I will be devastated if I ever lose this one! If I come across one I will post it!
Why is it important to always start spinning the nest from the same side?
You want to spin them in the same order, always from the same end and to end. That keeps the colors in the right position so that you don’t have color pooling.
@@jkfiberartsthank you!
You are welcome! Spin Happy!😀