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 Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 7:10 pm
Does anyone else here spin their yarn? I recently received a kit for spinning cotton from cottonclouds and I love my tahkli! I actually also ordered some bamboo roving that is gorgeous, and I couldn't help finishing that up first. Blue!
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Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 8:50 pm
Ooh, very nice. 4laugh
I really want to start spinning my yarn. T^T
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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 1:11 am
I have a schact (sp?) top bottom whorl and a Louet. I've only spun alpaca and wool, but really want to try spinning cotton on a tahkli spindle. Spinning is so much fun. heart
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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 1:05 pm
I agree. I have reached the point of fanaticism. I am planting cotton this year, and I have been known to take my spinning to campus with me. rofl
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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 1:52 pm
The only reason I don't have my own sheep or goat is I can't have one where I live. *sadness* But cotton I can hella plant, I want to do that too once I learn how to spin with it. heart
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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:00 pm
gahhh i wanna spin
but if i learn to spin my yarn stash would become overwhelmingly large
...i wonder if you could spin buffalo hair.... >.> they have so much of it
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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:48 pm
You can, though I think it's a bit pricey.
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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:08 pm
Meh. If you can grow your own fiber source than perhaps not so much. Time-consuming...definitely. Pricey only in getting the tools, and there are ways even around that. I have no wish for a spinning wheel, I adore my spindles. the only wheel I want is a charkha, and there are ways to construct that at home. I do have to say, the charkha is the cheapest wheel I have ever seen.
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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 8:45 pm
entervixen You can, though I think it's a bit pricey. there are a bajillion buffalo where i live. i could ask a rancher-friend for some o_o they got us buffalo hearts for anatomy class, so i think they can get me fur too haha
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Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 1:37 am
My mom just sent me a link to how to make your own drop spindle today. I'll put the link up in the morning if anybody would like it!
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Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 2:13 pm
Yeah. It is pretty easy to make your own spindle. And I am pretty sure you could spin buffalo hair. That would not be the weirdest thing I have heard of people spinning.
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Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 9:50 pm
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Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:31 am
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Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:12 am
That's the same one I linked to.. xD great minds, huh? lol
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Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 8:57 am
You linked to that awesome tutorial on making newspaper yarn, not really on how to make a spindle biggrin
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