It's been four years since I first watched this video, dreaming of my own wheel. I now have 5 wheels and I'm about to start teaching spinning in my local community, so I'm back again to pick up some tips for beginners. Spinning has become part of my therapy, it kept me sane through lockdown with a newborn, and connected me with a while new community of fluff lovers. Thank you for posting this video and helping me find my passion.
5 wheels, cool - I love crafting tools. about 25 years ago I told my wife I was heading into town to buy a new saw to do a specific task, being completely ignorant of woodworking she snidely asked me "don't you already have a saw?!" - I rolled my eyes hard enough to sprain one of them ;o)
What a peaceful video you have made. A person could sit and watch it for hours. It is nice to see there are still people in the world who still enjoy the simpler things in life.
I first watched this video seven years ago, and it was a launching pad. The community of spinners around me has grown by leaps and bounds, I’ve been able to make reconnections within my own family, I’ve had the privilege of educating the public about fiber arts, and I’ve found meaning and direction for life through handspinning. I tell everyone who asks that this video taught me to spin. Thank you so much for this, from the bottom of my heart. 💜
Thank you for sharing that with me! I'm really touched and so happy you've found something that gives you so much pleasure. You're very kind to share your story with me.
Showed this video to my great grandmother, she remembers when this was a necessary function of daily country life. She did say it sure wasn't for relaxation though.
I watched this video a few years ago when I got my first wheel, and I've come back to it with a smile and a giggle! You are a wonderful teacher and instilled a wonderful sense of creativity and joy to my spinning. I use a castle lendrum wheel and its got many miles on it
Very interesting & well done instructional video. My intro to wool spinning over 50 years ago was on a very primitive drop spindle made of a stick in a small apple! My wheels are all antique, my favorite a castle style from Canada, now approx 175 years old. It has lots of character, can be a little cantankerous, but on occasion, demonstrate spinning on it. Have never had or used a modern wheel.
I recently invented a 'new' electric motor to run at variable speed. A patent search showed it had been invented previously in 1911 for a spinning machine in a textile mill. I knew nothing of spinning but your videos go to the basics. I appreciated your efforts, the video "How to Spin Yarn On a Wheel - Absolute Beginner Lesson! " was perfect for me. Now I can progress to learn about jennies, frames, and mills. Thank you.
I watched this in 2014 or 15 and had angoras for a couple years and could hardly wait to get started. This video was so helpful and inspiring! Spinning is my passion.i love wool and mixing different breeds together with my rabbit hair. It’s a great hobby!
I have been pondering spinning as I am a knitter and was gifted quite a bit of fiber from a friend a few years ago. Coincidentally, I saw a spinning wheel in a flea market a couple of weeks ago. It was a bargain and I have been thinking about it ever since. Chandi, watching you spin away in such a serene environment encourages me to see if the wheel is still there! Thank you so much the fun and positivity you put out with all of your yarn, patterns and videos. 🙂
For a lifetime I have wanted to spin... all things in good time as yesterday I got my first spinning wheel and now I am super excited - thank you for your beginner videos.
I love how how relaxed and inspiring you are. I fell in love with your blog and videos after watching you crochet snowflakes. You tend to have such an easy going peaceful way about you while still teaching and using technical which I so appreciate. Thanks so much for the effort you go to!
I've been wanting to learn to spin for years now and I finally ordered a mini electric wheel to start my spinning journey with! I can't wait to make my own yarn and then use it in my crocheting. Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial!
Love the video, thank you! I have an Ashford wheel & have felt quite daunted by the little issues along the way, such as the roving breaking but you are very reassuring, it can be done! Loved the random pink ball at 5:00...I kept going back to replay its journey :'D
I have watched this several times over the last year. I am a woodworker and am nearing completion of a saxony spinning wheel. this tutorial has cleared up a lot of questions that have arisen during the construction. Thanks
Love this video. I'm a toolmaker, and often look to industry outside my normal woodworker/metalworker zone to get ideas on how to make things by seeing how different machines work. This was absolutely hypnotic! A real joy to watch, I'll never spin myself, but I can really appreciate the combination of tool and technique. This was a real treat, and the instructor has a great tone in teaching. I'll be back for more. Keep up the good work, I appreciate it.
Dear Channey, this is was so relaxing to watch. My mother and grandmother knitted and crocheted, alas I'm clumsy in these things did not continue that beautiful legacy! but just watching brought back memories. thank you so much!
Wow... I was curious to watch this and I think spinning is a truly dying art! It's great to see younger generations continuing this craft. You have an absolutely gorgeous wheel! and like everyone else this video is inspiring to give it a go. I feel as if this video is like stepping back into a time machine 100 years. Great scenery too!
Thank you so much! I love your relaxed way of teachers no....and spinning. I've just bought an old Swiss wheel and can't wait to get it up and running so I can try this
Didn't even listen to your instructions or even care to learn to spin yarn, just enjoyed the calmness of your voice in this beautifully made video. So cute when you suddenly got excited "ah ah...ahh" when you almost made a mistake.
I love you Shandi (like a sister). You remind me of my favorite childhood friend. So happy and enthusiastic. Keep the light in your heart. I hope you have children. They need people like you.
Because of your beginner tutorial that I watched yesterday, you inspired me to try, so I bought a spinning wheel from eBay today. The man just delivered it. I am in Newcastle New South Wales AUSTRALIA. Thank you for your positive spin on spinning!
You video really inspired me to start spinning a while ago and let it sit around in my head and look around the web! I'm buying my wheel tomorrow, it's secondhand since it's cheaper and I don't know whether I'll even like doing it but I really wanna try. Ordered some roving today which should be arriving monday or tuesday which gives me time to get used to treddling before spinning. :)
Awesome! Good luck! You're gonna have so much fun! As far as the drive band you messaged me about, you can use cotton string. Your wheel should come with instructions on how to set it up... each one is different. :D
ExpressionFiberArts Thank you for your quick reply! I'm afraid it won't come with instructions since I'm purchasing mine from an antique store (the seller told me it was a working wheel that had been used) but I don't know if it'll come with a band or not. :) Thank you, though. Is there a specific knot I should use?
I want to build a working spinning wheel from scratch, turning the spindles etc for my friend who owns a 500+year old thatched cottage and was researching designs. When I saw your video I was fascinated. I could watch you for hours. Thank you - from an engineer in England x
+Patricia Ashleigh Check your local yarn and fiber stores if you have one! I'm just about to try spinning for the first time after watching this video, and just today rented a Kromski Sonata from a local shop at $35/mo. If, after renting a few months, I've totally got the spinning bug, then I'll buy my own.
I just bought a used Ashford spinning wheel today. The lady I got it from was very helpful in showing me how to use it and she even gave me some material to start with. I figure between her instructions and your lovely video I will learn how to do this!
Honestly, I won't be able to get started on spinning anytime soon but watching your video was (1) very educational, (2) inspirational, and (3) very soothing. I feel like I was spinning vicariously through you, if that makes sense. Just one question - the outside setting of the video was absolutely gorgeous. Where were you?
I inherited my great great great grandmother’s wheel that she brought over from Norway, and who know how long it had been in the family before that. You made me feel like I might actually be able to use it! Thank you!
I am so glad to see someone as young as you interested in the hand made fiber arts. When I taught myself to spin just over 40 years ago there was never anyone within 600 miles to share mutual interests or information. Then life's drudgeries and no place to get supplies discouraged keeping the effort alive. Went years without a computer . Got one and didn't know how to use it. Finally found You Tube, and now addicted finding all the odd crafts I dabbled in, come alive. . Just love your enthusiasm and hope to find more of your videos. Rantala (my wheel), will be so glad to get the dust off her and come out and play again. Great video. Thank you : )
OK....YOU ARE SOMETHING AWESOME...I WAS TRYING THIS FOR HOURS ( I mean like 4 hrs- NOT with your video but others) and after watching your video I got it in like 15 minutes. Im spinning and just watching your video now because I LOVE your voice and instruction. You are amazing at this career. Lovely yarn. I wish you blessing and all the good stuff life can bring. Love your website. Fabulous. Thank you for sharing. You are inspiring.
ExpressionFiberArts Anytime. I had a question though about spinning....I was wondering if the bobbin is supposed to be spinning at the same time that that yarn is going on? I kind of think that it needs to be stable and that is what the tension is for. My yarn is kinking up a lot, I'm not sure its right. I still have no idea how this all turns into yarn., I'm aware of plying, but believe that one cannot not knit with a single ply yarn. thank you, i hope you are having an enjoyable day.
This video inspired me to learn spinning 5 years ago. Now I have 2 spinning wheels, bunch of spindles, fluff everywhere. I grow my own cotton ( a little ). I even learned how to shear a sheep. So thank you. This video truly changed my life.
Wonderful timing when u said that it was a lot of gear to spin some yarn, I was thinking the very same thing not a moment b4. Beautiful scenery and ur attitude is awesome.
It’s so nice to see a woman, being a woman. How industrious you are, you are a inspiration to me as a business owner, teacher and content creator. You should be proud.
It’s as if yarn is sprouting from your fingertips! This all looks so fun! A spinning wheel would definitely fit in my dark academia dream home! Beautiful video btw! ♥️
Thank you for your video. Your instructions were extremely clear. I am hoping to get into spinning soon, as it's a craft I've always wanted to learn. Do you buy your roving, or do you card and dye your own? If so, I would love to see how you do it, as you have a great teaching style. Thank you again.
i really like ur art i like to learn . i wish to have such machine could u plz help me from where i can get it . thanks for ur time and lesson of art of spin a wool. take care
You are adorable, inspiring, positive attitude, in love with your craft and it shows. Beautiful work, relaxing to watch with music and your comforting voice tone. Information was also great, seems you know exactly what you are doing and have done it a lot, you are an expert in your field, and makes me want to start spinning again. I used to own a yarn shop, and did knitting, crochet, spinning and weaving. Also had a ranch with 30 alpacas and we had them sheared every year and used their wonderful fiber for yarn. Glad to see excellent videos like yours out there and just a happy, wonderful attitude.
Im a brand new spinner. Im talking fresh out the womb. Ive been spinni g every day for about a months now. And im obsessed. Like already trying to work out how im going to finance a herd of sheep and a housefull of spinning wheels. Im absolutely in it for tge long haul. This is the first video ive watched from you and let me just say that you are a joy to watch and listen to. You made a very concise tutorial video while also remaining bubbly and vibrant. Im also totally digging ypur spinning environment. Ive been spinning everywhere i go. Just carry my spindle and a hank of roving and im spinni g while camping, at the dr office, at the pumpkin patch while i took my kid trick or treating. Im sitting in bed spinning off the side of the matress lol. Anyways i thoroughly enjoyed the video and i vant wait to seewhere this fiber art journey takes me. Ive never been good at knitting or crochet but i am really interested in weaving. ❤
Hi Chandi! I just wanted to tell you I love this video. I've watched it three or four times over the past couple of months, and every time I do it puts me in a good mood. Your attitude is so calming and uplifting . . . it's infectious. I can really feel the joy and peace of spinning here. Beautiful work!
Please, no offense at all to this nicely done instructional video, but am I the only one who appreciates how stacked this lady is who is conducting this lesson. I'm a man. I can't help but appreciate it. Just saying is all. Perhaps I'm the only male who watched this. I was doing some research and stumbled on to it.
First I thought wow I really want to learn how to weave. Now I wanting to spin and weave. I have requested a weaving loom from Santa for this years Christmas, but I have now also added a spinning wheel. LOL. I think there is enough time for Santa to get his elves to get everything ready for the end of the year. You made it look so easy. I appreciate when I find people on youtube sharing their knowledge because without so many of you I would not have learned as much as I did. One complaint though....the music was so fabulously relaxing that I was sitting here in a trance...almost fell off my chair. But with my complaining I thoroughly enjoyed watching you spin your yarn. Thanks.
Random comment, But you are soooooo beautiful! seriously darling, you are gorgeous. :) Also thank you for making this video! I used to think doing things like knitting or spinning yarn would be impossible to learn, but thanks to you and many other youtubers out there, I am a self-taught knitter and soon to be spinner!
+ExpressionFiberArts Agreed! From your first video I watched of yours (Crochet lesson #1), I thought you were so beautiful. You have a very natural type of innocence. I love your videos. You have by far, the easiest to follow lessons I have found. I watched your first crochet lesson with absolutely ZERO crochet experience, and I have now crocheted a little blanket for my dog (a chihuahua), a scarf, a pair of socks, and a dozen coasters. They all look amazing, and people are shocked that I am a beginner. I owe it all to you! Thanks for taking the time to make the videos. I am jealous you have a spinning wheel! I hope to get one eventually as I continue to grow my crochet hobby! I have turned a few people on to crochet as well. A lot of my friends who are also men, are even starting to crochet with me! People may think its weird that we are men who crochet, but we are starting our own little "Mens Crochet Club" in my area, HAHA! It's extremely relaxing and satisfying to make our own beanies, scarfs and what not! A couple of the guys I crochet with made their wives and girlfriends scarfs, socks or headbands and they all report that their girls LOVE it! I guess they like a man who crochets! I refer all the beginners I come across who are interested in learning to your website and youtube channel! I hope to see more videos from you soon!! Keep it up!!
OH thank you so much! That just tickles me pink. I'm thrilled you're loving crocheting and I hope you get your wheel soon! They are a dream to use. We hope to whip out more and more videos for you very soon. Have a wonnnnderful day and pet that sweet doggie of yours for me! Chandi
I was watching a historical farm documentary, I grew up around farms so farming history is kinda an interest of mine and there was an episode where they showed how textiles go from start to finish. All the way from feeding the sheep well so the nutrition grows a better fleece all the way to manufacturing textiles. It was based on a 16th century English farm and how they did everything. Anyway, my mind ran away with how the heck does spinning work so I found some videos to see how it all works. Yours was informative and pleasant to watch. Thank you!
I saw a video of a lady...I want to say she was in Denmark. Actually had her own sheep that she sheared and processed the wool to spin and created her own clothes.
I have a Persian Chinchilla cat and get fur off him every day. I sent a bag of fur to a woman who spun it, then had another woman crochet a beautiful shawl with beads from Bentley fur. I also have bunnies and she spun yarn from bunny fur also, but the bunny yarn is too fragile to knit or crochet. I'd love to learn how to do this myself.
Remembering sitting on my late grandma's knee while she spun her one pedalled wheel when I was a boy some 25 years ago made me search for this "how-to". Thank you for filling the gaps in a very fond memory :) - PS, round and round, over, and through... haha I still remember the crochet!
Awesome video, thank you for sharing. 46yrs old man and I finally have an idea how one of these work, very cool. My daughter is into knitting and crocheting and I was wondering how yarn was made back in the day. Yeah, that could be fun.
+iheartmakup after I read this comment..I immediately fall asleep and dreamt about the lake at night and it was foggy. then, Jason from Nightmare s in Elm's street pulled my leg into the lake and clawed my face until the lake become, a bloody lake. suddenly, I woke up and my bed was covered with my sweat. And realized that everything was a dream.. LOL!!!
She would be beautiful if she washed all that makeup off. Sorry, just my initial reaction. As an edit, I am very glad to see an homage to the old school methods. That's wonderful. To lose our past is to lose the future. Great work and glad to see you working with the roots, instead of tech.
Amazing! For the past 2 years Ive been thinking of taking up spinning. Your video explained and solved so many mysteries for me. I am looking forward to learning.
I just wanted to stop by and say I like your videos and your channel and the fact that you are doing such a "green" thing as creating yarn out of natural fibers is very cool. I am a recyclist and especially enjoy repurposing clothing and old yarns for new and happy projects. I enjoy seeing videos like this. hugs Renee
I just got my first spinning wheel. The plan is to start spinning tomorrow afternoon after an appointment. I want to thank you because your video is actually calming as wright now I am so freaking excited and no one in my circle of friends get it.
This is my favorite spinning video. You make everything clear and simple, and I love that you're on the dock and outside. Watching your video makes me feel relaxed and peaceful, and shows me how and where I want to spin!
Thank you. You covered something no one else I've watched had and that was about the bobbin needing to spin. As a total new spinner, i couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong, until you said this and I realized that I put a washer in the wrong spot. Problem solved and I'm ready to get started. Loved the music and beautiful spot you were spinning in. Very Zen.
Really great video introducing the spinning wheel. I've wanted to make one (as a sometimes woodworker) and had no idea what they actually did other than spin yarn--the mechanics of them kind of eluded me. Now that I am learning crochet and might get a rigid heddle loom, this looks like something I really want to make and try now. Lovely setting too.
Yay! Thanks so much! I just bought my first spinning wheel (used) and had no idea how to use it until I saw your video. Very informative and encouraging! :)
Best, simplest, most enjoyable video about the basics of spinning yet! I'm experimenting with dyeing my own fibers now and I cannot wait to get my first spinning wheel to try spinning them into my own yarn.
It's been four years since I first watched this video, dreaming of my own wheel. I now have 5 wheels and I'm about to start teaching spinning in my local community, so I'm back again to pick up some tips for beginners. Spinning has become part of my therapy, it kept me sane through lockdown with a newborn, and connected me with a while new community of fluff lovers. Thank you for posting this video and helping me find my passion.
Wow, this makes me so happy! Enjoy all your future projects. 💕
Where r u? Want lessons
5 wheels, cool - I love crafting tools. about 25 years ago I told my wife I was heading into town to buy a new saw to do a specific task, being completely ignorant of woodworking she snidely asked me "don't you already have a saw?!" - I rolled my eyes hard enough to sprain one of them ;o)
What a peaceful video you have made. A person could sit and watch it for hours. It is nice to see there are still people in the world who still enjoy the simpler things in life.
25+ years of knowing Sleeping Beauty, and I finally know how a fugging spinning wheel works. And I want one NOW!
yes!
was thinking the same thing hahah! one of my favorite movies as a kid!
What makes me cringe is when I realize all the spinning wheels they burned in that movie. Ouch.
So I thought of Rumplestilskin first. Can't even remember the whole story but a spindle was involved and it just made sense.
Wasn't there a needle involved in the story somewhere? 🤔
Omygod! I have GOT to get into doing this!!!! Took 70 years to even watch something like this! Wow! Thank-you!
You should! It's such an enjoyable activity! I love it!
I first watched this video seven years ago, and it was a launching pad. The community of spinners around me has grown by leaps and bounds, I’ve been able to make reconnections within my own family, I’ve had the privilege of educating the public about fiber arts, and I’ve found meaning and direction for life through handspinning. I tell everyone who asks that this video taught me to spin. Thank you so much for this, from the bottom of my heart. 💜
Thank you for sharing that with me! I'm really touched and so happy you've found something that gives you so much pleasure. You're very kind to share your story with me.
Showed this video to my great grandmother, she remembers when this was a necessary function of daily country life. She did say it sure wasn't for relaxation though.
I watched this video a few years ago when I got my first wheel, and I've come back to it with a smile and a giggle! You are a wonderful teacher and instilled a wonderful sense of creativity and joy to my spinning. I use a castle lendrum wheel and its got many miles on it
Thank you so much! ❤️❤️ What a lovely wheel!
this was absolutely mesmerizing! i was just fascinated with the spinning! definitely doing this with my own when i get some!!!
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she makes it look so easy. hahahaha
this was beautiful to watch. I don't know why I'm watching or how I ended up here but it captivated me.
I'm here because her making a point to put tits thigh on the thumbnail was successful.
Lol yes same to both these comments
@@clevername8832 I love tits
Me too... ha ha
same, loved it 2
Very interesting & well done instructional video. My intro to wool spinning over 50 years ago was on a very primitive drop spindle made of a stick in a small apple! My wheels are all antique, my favorite a castle style from Canada, now approx 175 years old. It has lots of character, can be a little cantankerous, but on occasion, demonstrate spinning on it. Have never had or used a modern wheel.
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I recently invented a 'new' electric motor to run at variable speed. A patent search showed it had been invented previously in 1911 for a spinning machine in a textile mill. I knew nothing of spinning but your videos go to the basics. I appreciated your efforts, the video "How to Spin Yarn On a Wheel - Absolute Beginner Lesson! " was perfect for me. Now I can progress to learn about jennies, frames, and mills. Thank you.
I watched this in 2014 or 15 and had angoras for a couple years and could hardly wait to get started. This video was so helpful and inspiring! Spinning is my passion.i love wool and mixing different breeds together with my rabbit hair. It’s a great hobby!
I have been pondering spinning as I am a knitter and was gifted quite a bit of fiber from a friend a few years ago. Coincidentally, I saw a spinning wheel in a flea market a couple of weeks ago. It was a bargain and I have been thinking about it ever since. Chandi, watching you spin away in such a serene environment encourages me to see if the wheel is still there! Thank you so much the fun and positivity you put out with all of your yarn, patterns and videos. 🙂
You're most welcome! Happy that you enjoy our videos and tutorials so much. Hope you get your own spinning wheel soon. 💕
For a lifetime I have wanted to spin... all things in good time as yesterday I got my first spinning wheel and now I am super excited - thank you for your beginner videos.
I love how how relaxed and inspiring you are. I fell in love with your blog and videos after watching you crochet snowflakes. You tend to have such an easy going peaceful way about you while still teaching and using technical which I so appreciate. Thanks so much for the effort you go to!
+Dominique Solemner Thank You! : )
I've been wanting to learn to spin for years now and I finally ordered a mini electric wheel to start my spinning journey with! I can't wait to make my own yarn and then use it in my crocheting. Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial!
That is awesome! Enjoy your new spinning wheel. 💕
Love the video, thank you! I have an Ashford wheel & have felt quite daunted by the little issues along the way, such as the roving breaking but you are very reassuring, it can be done! Loved the random pink ball at 5:00...I kept going back to replay its journey :'D
I have watched this several times over the last year. I am a woodworker and am nearing completion of a saxony spinning wheel. this tutorial has cleared up a lot of questions that have arisen during the construction. Thanks
Very cool! I would love to see a picture of the finished product.
Love this video. I'm a toolmaker, and often look to industry outside my normal woodworker/metalworker zone to get ideas on how to make things by seeing how different machines work. This was absolutely hypnotic! A real joy to watch, I'll never spin myself, but I can really appreciate the combination of tool and technique. This was a real treat, and the instructor has a great tone in teaching. I'll be back for more. Keep up the good work, I appreciate it.
Jamie Cowan
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Jamie Cowan wow beautiful video
Dear Channey, this is was so relaxing to watch. My mother and grandmother knitted and crocheted, alas I'm clumsy in these things did not continue that beautiful legacy! but just watching brought back memories. thank you so much!
You are so welcome! 💕
this is honestly my favorite video on spinning, I watch it over and over. Hope I get to try spinning someday!
Wow... I was curious to watch this and I think spinning is a truly dying art! It's great to see younger generations continuing this craft. You have an absolutely gorgeous wheel! and like everyone else this video is inspiring to give it a go. I feel as if this video is like stepping back into a time machine 100 years. Great scenery too!
Thank you so much! 😊
I love this! It seems so relaxing! I'm a knitter, and I'm completely intrigued with the concept of making my own yarn! This is soooo cool !
Thank you so much! I love your relaxed way of teachers no....and spinning.
I've just bought an old Swiss wheel and can't wait to get it up and running so I can try this
Didn't even listen to your instructions or even care to learn to spin yarn, just enjoyed the calmness of your voice in this beautifully made video. So cute when you suddenly got excited "ah ah...ahh" when you almost made a mistake.
So glad that you enjoyed the video! ❤️
I have no idea how this video came up as a recommendation for me, but I'm glad it did :)
I love you Shandi (like a sister). You remind me of my favorite childhood friend. So happy and enthusiastic. Keep the light in your heart. I hope you have children. They need people like you.
Thank You! ❤️
What a beautiful video! I love your energy! You're a great teacher. Now I need to get me a spinning wheel!
Yay!
Hey how are you
You are looking so good
It is wonderful that someone so young is keeping this tradition alive. Thank you
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5:00 random pink furry ball photobombing the video before it falls into the lake!
Sad!
Ya, it was my dog Tinkerbell, pushing her ball to me, wanting me to throw it. HA HA!
But it fell on the pond :(
Our dog liked to swim ath so not nessesary sad... :)
@@ExpressionFiberArts Ha! I was wondering what was up with the tiny pink tumbleweed...
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Because of your beginner tutorial that I watched yesterday, you inspired me to try, so I bought a spinning wheel from eBay today. The man just delivered it. I am in Newcastle New South Wales AUSTRALIA. Thank you for your positive spin on spinning!
How exciting! Let me know how it goes! It is so addicting!
You video really inspired me to start spinning a while ago and let it sit around in my head and look around the web! I'm buying my wheel tomorrow, it's secondhand since it's cheaper and I don't know whether I'll even like doing it but I really wanna try. Ordered some roving today which should be arriving monday or tuesday which gives me time to get used to treddling before spinning. :)
Awesome! Good luck! You're gonna have so much fun! As far as the drive band you messaged me about, you can use cotton string. Your wheel should come with instructions on how to set it up... each one is different. :D
ExpressionFiberArts Thank you for your quick reply! I'm afraid it won't come with instructions since I'm purchasing mine from an antique store (the seller told me it was a working wheel that had been used) but I don't know if it'll come with a band or not. :) Thank you, though. Is there a specific knot I should use?
+Expression fiber to be know what a great way that you have received
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I want to build a working spinning wheel from scratch, turning the spindles etc for my friend who owns a 500+year old thatched cottage and was researching designs. When I saw your video I was fascinated. I could watch you for hours. Thank you - from an engineer in England x
Bob Bailey That would be amazing! Thanks for watching. Would love to see the finished product when you are done!
You totally make me want to learn! Now to find a wheel to spin on...
+Patricia Ashleigh Check your local yarn and fiber stores if you have one! I'm just about to try spinning for the first time after watching this video, and just today rented a Kromski Sonata from a local shop at $35/mo. If, after renting a few months, I've totally got the spinning bug, then I'll buy my own.
Patricia Ashleigh hii
I just bought a used Ashford spinning wheel today. The lady I got it from was very helpful in showing me how to use it and she even gave me some material to start with. I figure between her instructions and your lovely video I will learn how to do this!
How wonderful! I hope you have a great time spinning! ❤️❤️
Honestly, I won't be able to get started on spinning anytime soon but watching your video was (1) very educational, (2) inspirational, and (3) very soothing. I feel like I was spinning vicariously through you, if that makes sense.
Just one question - the outside setting of the video was absolutely gorgeous. Where were you?
You’re really pretty! Hope to purchase from your store some time.
I inherited my great great great grandmother’s wheel that she brought over from Norway, and who know how long it had been in the family before that. You made me feel like I might actually be able to use it! Thank you!
That is awesome!
Such a cutie. Right now my little Netherland is going though his winter molt I should have saved his fur for this lol.
I am so glad to see someone as young as you interested in the hand made fiber arts. When I taught myself to spin just over 40 years ago there was never anyone within 600 miles to share mutual interests or information. Then life's drudgeries and no place to get supplies discouraged keeping the effort alive. Went years without a computer . Got one and didn't know how to use it. Finally found You Tube, and now addicted finding all the odd crafts I dabbled in, come alive. . Just love your enthusiasm and hope to find more of your videos. Rantala (my wheel), will be so glad to get the dust off her and come out and play again. Great video. Thank you : )
That is awesome! I'm sure that Rantala is excited to play! : )
This is such a lovely and serene video. Will you be making anymore videos in the future of you spinning yarn?
+MissNayNay Absolutely!
ExpressionFiberArts for what barefoot?
OK....YOU ARE SOMETHING AWESOME...I WAS TRYING THIS FOR HOURS ( I mean like 4 hrs- NOT with your video but others) and after watching your video I got it in like 15 minutes. Im spinning and just watching your video now because I LOVE your voice and instruction. You are amazing at this career. Lovely yarn. I wish you blessing and all the good stuff life can bring. Love your website. Fabulous. Thank you for sharing. You are inspiring.
+Ella Marie Thanks for stopping by! I also appreciate the lovely words of encouragement! 💚
ExpressionFiberArts Anytime. I had a question though about spinning....I was wondering if the bobbin is supposed to be spinning at the same time that that yarn is going on? I kind of think that it needs to be stable and that is what the tension is for. My yarn is kinking up a lot, I'm not sure its right. I still have no idea how this all turns into yarn., I'm aware of plying, but believe that one cannot not knit with a single ply yarn. thank you, i hope you are having an enjoyable day.
That was one of the coolest things I ever saw.
This video inspired me to learn spinning 5 years ago. Now I have 2 spinning wheels, bunch of spindles, fluff everywhere. I grow my own cotton ( a little ). I even learned how to shear a sheep. So thank you. This video truly changed my life.
Aww 💚💚💚
Did anyone notice the ball of yarn rolling into the water at 5:01
I was checking the comments just to see if anyone else has noticed.
+Fatima Hassan I actually thought it was a dog toy and was expecting to see a dog any moment!
+Dr Awkward314 same
+Fatima Hassan Yep a nice pink 1!!
The lake monster demands sacrifices!
Wonderful timing when u said that it was a lot of gear to spin some yarn, I was thinking the very same thing not a moment b4.
Beautiful scenery and ur attitude is awesome.
Thank you so much!
This is a great educational video! I want a weel
It’s so nice to see a woman, being a woman. How industrious you are, you are a inspiration to me as a business owner, teacher and content creator. You should be proud.
Nice video, I loved it!
It’s as if yarn is sprouting from your fingertips! This all looks so fun! A spinning wheel would definitely fit in my dark academia dream home! Beautiful video btw! ♥️
Thank you for your video. Your instructions were extremely clear. I am hoping to get into spinning soon, as it's a craft I've always wanted to learn. Do you buy your roving, or do you card and dye your own? If so, I would love to see how you do it, as you have a great teaching style. Thank you again.
Just got a spinning wheel and am learning how to spin, what a beautifully done and very detailed video. Thank you so much!
thats one of my favorit spinningvideos tanX ! greatings from switzerland :-)
This was super helpful and informative for our home schooling this morning! Thank you for posting this video. 😁
Glad it was helpful!
All of these comments make me angry, this is a lovely video just comment on the video not unnecessary things
i really like ur art i like to learn . i wish to have such machine could u plz help me from where i can get it . thanks for ur time and lesson of art of spin a wool. take care
+kieron pegg I completely agree. It's disgusting.
kieron pegg actually. comments good or bad are a win if a youtuber has monetary set up. each comment counts. 😀
You are adorable, inspiring, positive attitude, in love with your craft and it shows. Beautiful work, relaxing to watch with music and your comforting voice tone. Information was also great, seems you know exactly what you are doing and have done it a lot, you are an expert in your field, and makes me want to start spinning again. I used to own a yarn shop, and did knitting, crochet, spinning and weaving. Also had a ranch with 30 alpacas and we had them sheared every year and used their wonderful fiber for yarn. Glad to see excellent videos like yours out there and just a happy, wonderful attitude.
Thanks so much Belle!
Informative video, I always wondered how the wool was turned into a usable product.
Im a brand new spinner. Im talking fresh out the womb. Ive been spinni g every day for about a months now. And im obsessed. Like already trying to work out how im going to finance a herd of sheep and a housefull of spinning wheels. Im absolutely in it for tge long haul. This is the first video ive watched from you and let me just say that you are a joy to watch and listen to. You made a very concise tutorial video while also remaining bubbly and vibrant. Im also totally digging ypur spinning environment. Ive been spinning everywhere i go. Just carry my spindle and a hank of roving and im spinni g while camping, at the dr office, at the pumpkin patch while i took my kid trick or treating. Im sitting in bed spinning off the side of the matress lol. Anyways i thoroughly enjoyed the video and i vant wait to seewhere this fiber art journey takes me. Ive never been good at knitting or crochet but i am really interested in weaving. ❤
That's amazing! I'm so happy you found something you love so much!
I am pleased by this.
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Hi Chandi! I just wanted to tell you I love this video. I've watched it three or four times over the past couple of months, and every time I do it puts me in a good mood. Your attitude is so calming and uplifting . . . it's infectious. I can really feel the joy and peace of spinning here. Beautiful work!
Thanks! 😍😍
This reminded me of Sleeping Beauty because of the spinning wheel hehehe :D. Great video btw, I learned a lot from this and it was very interesting!
+Jacob Skordby THANKS! : )
Please, no offense at all to this nicely done instructional video, but am I the only one who appreciates how stacked this lady is who is conducting this lesson. I'm a man. I can't help but appreciate it. Just saying is all. Perhaps I'm the only male who watched this. I was doing some research and stumbled on to it.
this looks really relaxing :>
First I thought wow I really want to learn how to weave. Now I wanting to spin and weave. I have requested a weaving loom from Santa for this years Christmas, but I have now also added a spinning wheel. LOL. I think there is enough time for Santa to get his elves to get everything ready for the end of the year. You made it look so easy. I appreciate when I find people on youtube sharing their knowledge because without so many of you I would not have learned as much as I did. One complaint though....the music was so fabulously relaxing that I was sitting here in a trance...almost fell off my chair. But with my complaining I thoroughly enjoyed watching you spin your yarn. Thanks.
+missy t Glad you enjoyed the video! 💜
Your hat is so cute!! This video is awesome, thanks... :D
This is the original spin class to make those calves tight! I LOVE it. Could so do this on a weekend when I just need to get away. Thanks for sharing!
Random comment, But you are soooooo beautiful! seriously darling, you are gorgeous. :) Also thank you for making this video! I used to think doing things like knitting or spinning yarn would be impossible to learn, but thanks to you and many other youtubers out there, I am a self-taught knitter and soon to be spinner!
+MegC1015 Thank you! This really brightened my day!
+ExpressionFiberArts Agreed! From your first video I watched of yours (Crochet lesson #1), I thought you were so beautiful. You have a very natural type of innocence. I love your videos. You have by far, the easiest to follow lessons I have found. I watched your first crochet lesson with absolutely ZERO crochet experience, and I have now crocheted a little blanket for my dog (a chihuahua), a scarf, a pair of socks, and a dozen coasters. They all look amazing, and people are shocked that I am a beginner. I owe it all to you! Thanks for taking the time to make the videos. I am jealous you have a spinning wheel! I hope to get one eventually as I continue to grow my crochet hobby! I have turned a few people on to crochet as well. A lot of my friends who are also men, are even starting to crochet with me! People may think its weird that we are men who crochet, but we are starting our own little "Mens Crochet Club" in my area, HAHA! It's extremely relaxing and satisfying to make our own beanies, scarfs and what not! A couple of the guys I crochet with made their wives and girlfriends scarfs, socks or headbands and they all report that their girls LOVE it! I guess they like a man who crochets! I refer all the beginners I come across who are interested in learning to your website and youtube channel! I hope to see more videos from you soon!! Keep it up!!
OH thank you so much! That just tickles me pink. I'm thrilled you're loving crocheting and I hope you get your wheel soon! They are a dream to use. We hope to whip out more and more videos for you very soon. Have a wonnnnderful day and pet that sweet doggie of yours for me! Chandi
Yes, she's gorgeous, darling She's also married
Beautiful. One of my favourite YT videos ever. One I come back to time and time again.
I love that!
Can I do this with dog hair I vacuum off the carpet?
Lg . . Yes, you can, make sure it clean, I'm currently spinning hair from our Chow chow, all collected from brushing and cleaning
Love Chandi's video. Very easy to follow and her humor is great.
+Carroll Rotund Thank you!
Where do you buy your merino roving from? You have mentioned it on your video a couple times now.
Wonderful! You convey the excitement and fun of spinning, and demonstrate and explain concisely and simply. Love it!
You are adorable and so talented!
I was watching a historical farm documentary, I grew up around farms so farming history is kinda an interest of mine and there was an episode where they showed how textiles go from start to finish. All the way from feeding the sheep well so the nutrition grows a better fleece all the way to manufacturing textiles. It was based on a 16th century English farm and how they did everything. Anyway, my mind ran away with how the heck does spinning work so I found some videos to see how it all works. Yours was informative and pleasant to watch. Thank you!
Your next step should be to have a pasture of sheep (: God that would be so cool, from sheep to yarn to knitted piece.
I want to try that!!
I saw a video of a lady...I want to say she was in Denmark. Actually had her own sheep that she sheared and processed the wool to spin and created her own clothes.
I have a Persian Chinchilla cat and get fur off him every day. I sent a bag of fur to a woman who spun it, then had another woman crochet a beautiful shawl with beads from Bentley fur. I also have bunnies and she spun yarn from bunny fur also, but the bunny yarn is too fragile to knit or crochet. I'd love to learn how to do this myself.
@@angelanuran4376 Was it Angora bunnies?
No, not angora bunnies. Just 3 sweet little short hair bunnies.@@recoveringsoul755
Remembering sitting on my late grandma's knee while she spun her one pedalled wheel when I was a boy some 25 years ago made me search for this "how-to". Thank you for filling the gaps in a very fond memory :) - PS, round and round, over, and through... haha I still remember the crochet!
Thought of Rumpelsteilskin and this is where I ended up.
Awesome video, thank you for sharing. 46yrs old man and I finally have an idea how one of these work, very cool. My daughter is into knitting and crocheting and I was wondering how yarn was made back in the day. Yeah, that could be fun.
why do I feel like Jason is going to come up from the water lol...
I've been watching to many scary movies lol..
+iheartmakup lol!
+iheartmakup LOOOOOL i have been thinking the same
+Tayeb Belm right?! LOL
+iheartmakup after I read this comment..I immediately fall asleep and dreamt about the lake at night and it was foggy. then, Jason from Nightmare s in Elm's street pulled my leg into the lake and clawed my face until the lake become, a bloody lake. suddenly, I woke up and my bed was covered with my sweat. And realized that everything was a dream.. LOL!!!
+Duniaku Dakwahku LOL oh nooo! good thing it was just a dream!
This is the most relaxing spinning video I have ever watched. It was my first one to to learn how to spin on a wheel.. I keep coming back to it .
She would be beautiful if she washed all that makeup off. Sorry, just my initial reaction.
As an edit, I am very glad to see an homage to the old school methods. That's wonderful. To lose our past is to lose the future. Great work and glad to see you working with the roots, instead of tech.
Amazing! For the past 2 years Ive been thinking of taking up spinning. Your video explained and solved so many mysteries for me. I am looking forward to learning.
Awesome!
Straight into the lake....to bad it was a pretty color to.~~cc
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I just wanted to stop by and say I like your videos and your channel and the fact that you are doing such a "green" thing as creating yarn out of natural fibers is very cool. I am a recyclist and especially enjoy repurposing clothing and old yarns for new and happy projects. I enjoy seeing videos like this. hugs
Renee
Ah, thanks, Renee! Glad you like them.
Love your outfit you look retro
I just got my first spinning wheel. The plan is to start spinning tomorrow afternoon after an appointment. I want to thank you because your video is actually calming as wright now I am so freaking excited and no one in my circle of friends get it.
This is so ASMR...
Is that a good thing?
ExpressionFiberArts en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_sensory_meridian_response
This is my favorite spinning video. You make everything clear and simple, and I love that you're on the dock and outside. Watching your video makes me feel relaxed and peaceful, and shows me how and where I want to spin!
+Donna Hobbs Thanks! : )
Yes, that is a tremendous set of bobbins alright ....
Thank you. You covered something no one else I've watched had and that was about the bobbin needing to spin. As a total new spinner, i couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong, until you said this and I realized that I put a washer in the wrong spot. Problem solved and I'm ready to get started. Loved the music and beautiful spot you were spinning in. Very Zen.
Perfect!
You're a beauty!
She knows that already :D
Hahahaha ok. :)
Aaaand the rest of the video brought tears to my eyes. I just breed the sheep and shear them. You spinning women are the real heroines. God bless you.
How awesome that you shear sheep. I think that is incredible. : )
@@ExpressionFiberArts it's my first year. I shore 18 full wool sheep, it was hard work but i still think your job is harder
Also thank you for replying
"Your Work Is Beautiful As You Are"
Loved this video. Saved it to my favorites so I can watch it again. Thanks for this great, super basic tutorial. Very well done.
that is my sort of girl, what a wonderful charming and quirky presentation. best wishes. Hx
Really great video introducing the spinning wheel. I've wanted to make one (as a sometimes woodworker) and had no idea what they actually did other than spin yarn--the mechanics of them kind of eluded me. Now that I am learning crochet and might get a rigid heddle loom, this looks like something I really want to make and try now. Lovely setting too.
Wow you are so beautiful
Yeh, she's pretty hot.
Yay! Thanks so much! I just bought my first spinning wheel (used) and had no idea how to use it until I saw your video. Very informative and encouraging! :)
Best, simplest, most enjoyable video about the basics of spinning yet! I'm experimenting with dyeing my own fibers now and I cannot wait to get my first spinning wheel to try spinning them into my own yarn.
Exciting!
Your videos have helped me out so much. I have been knitting up a storm ever since I began watching. Thanks so much.
Its great to see someone so passionate about their craft! Truly an inspiration