What about that! I didn't know where the term 'spinster' came from. thanks for this presentation. All it is missing is spinning song. Greetings from Australia.
I am intrigued with all the information, the one that caught my attention is songs that spinners sing to keep the beat Would you be kind enough to share a few songs or words that spinners sing along with to keep the rhythm. Thank you for your help and understanding 🙏
I came here to see if someone had asked about the spinners' songs. I've met some of the Scottish "waulking" songs (used in the final stages of tweed preparation) but I've not heard the Irish spinning songs. The closest I think I've come to that is the Cores singing about the benefits of the sewing machine for young ladies.
That wheel has what is called a double drive. That means that the drive band drives both the flyer (the U-shaped bit with the hooks on it that flies around the bobbin) and the bobbin. If the bobbin didn't move at all then the fibre would not get a chance to be twisted before the wheel tried to wind it onto the bobbin. If the bobbin moved at the same speed as the flyer then the yarn would be infinitely twisted and would never get wound onto the bobbin. So the spinner needs to find the sweet spot (which changes as the bobbin fills and which is different for different types of spinning and different fibres). The double drive is one of 3 main methods for enabling spinners to find those sweet spots. The others are Scotch tension which "puts a brake" on the bobbin and Irish tension which "puts a brake" on the flyer. The Scotch and Irish tensions use a single drive band. For most older wheels a piece of good quality cotton string will serve as a drive band, or some cotton yarn. While a single fine strand of linen yarn wouldn't do the job, a thicker, waxed, plied linen yarn would also do the job. Ashford spinning wheels sell spare bands, which are long enough to be used in double drive systems - other brands probably also sell replacement bands. Fun fact: that wheel is almost certainly only designed to be used to do a Z twist. This is because flax grown in the northern hemisphere prefers being spun with a Z twist.
Amazing video, thank you. You are speaking as smoothly as you are spinning. I would enjoy listening you speaking for hours.
What about that! I didn't know where the term 'spinster' came from. thanks for this presentation. All it is missing is spinning song. Greetings from Australia.
I didnt know you could wet your fingers... that makes a lot of sense now
Amazing skill! And very informative video.
I am intrigued with all the information, the one that caught my attention is songs that spinners sing to keep the beat
Would you be kind enough to share a few songs or words that spinners sing along with to keep the rhythm. Thank you for your help and understanding 🙏
I came here to see if someone had asked about the spinners' songs. I've met some of the Scottish "waulking" songs (used in the final stages of tweed preparation) but I've not heard the Irish spinning songs. The closest I think I've come to that is the Cores singing about the benefits of the sewing machine for young ladies.
great video, thanks for that.
Spinster!! 🤯
Great info! One question, when the thread broke how was it attached to the thread in the spindle?
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Was the yarn woven as singles or plied?
What kind of hair/wool are you using in this video?
It's flax!
How do i get the band to make the spindle move?
That wheel has what is called a double drive. That means that the drive band drives both the flyer (the U-shaped bit with the hooks on it that flies around the bobbin) and the bobbin.
If the bobbin didn't move at all then the fibre would not get a chance to be twisted before the wheel tried to wind it onto the bobbin. If the bobbin moved at the same speed as the flyer then the yarn would be infinitely twisted and would never get wound onto the bobbin. So the spinner needs to find the sweet spot (which changes as the bobbin fills and which is different for different types of spinning and different fibres). The double drive is one of 3 main methods for enabling spinners to find those sweet spots. The others are Scotch tension which "puts a brake" on the bobbin and Irish tension which "puts a brake" on the flyer. The Scotch and Irish tensions use a single drive band.
For most older wheels a piece of good quality cotton string will serve as a drive band, or some cotton yarn. While a single fine strand of linen yarn wouldn't do the job, a thicker, waxed, plied linen yarn would also do the job. Ashford spinning wheels sell spare bands, which are long enough to be used in double drive systems - other brands probably also sell replacement bands.
Fun fact: that wheel is almost certainly only designed to be used to do a Z twist. This is because flax grown in the northern hemisphere prefers being spun with a Z twist.
Did you say “tea tile?” How big is that approximately? Googled it and found nothing ❤ great vid thank you!
Tea towel, roughly a meter square