I have a spinner on my list tigrrgrr she would love it if you asked her. She posts mostly all public, just send her a note on one of her etries and she would love to help you :)
I also thought that you meant something else... I thought that you were refering to a spinning class at a gym... it usually involves a cruel dominatrix with a whip... errr gym instructor with a sweat towel.
we used to call girls that were really skinny and tiny spinners because if a they're having sex with a guy and they're on top, they're tiny enough to...*ahem* you get the picture. i hope.
I'm a new spinner with several drop spindles and more wool than I know what to do with. We need to get together sometime. :)
Let me find my links for cheap wool, you pretty much have to order it off the internet round here,unless you can get to the fiber festivals. My source is $7/pound which is a whole lot of wool.
I'm still trying to get my yarn to look like actual yarn, not a chunky umbilical cord with a bit of yarn attached, LOL.
Depending on where you live, you may have no choice but to purchase your fibers online. There's nowhere near me that sells unspun fiber, so I get most of mine online.
When you start, you're probably going to get the bulky/chunky stuff. It takes practice. There are videos at http://www.icanspin.com and http://www.joyofhandspinning.com The lighter your spindle, the finer the thread you can spin. I have a teensy tiny toy wheel spindle that I can get thread as fine as one strand of embroidery floss on--when I ply it, it'll probably be around the size of #8 perle cotton, if not a bit finer.
Interweave puts out a spinning magazine quarterly, Spin-Off. They have a link to guilds across the US there, so that may be something you want to check out, too. Local people can let you know where to go locally to get fiber and provide you with hands-on help. It's definitely a learning process
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Thank you for your information! I'm a member of 2 spinning groups on LJ, but just now decided it's time to take the plunge. There's just so much to learn about preparation and spindle types, etc.
I did check out the sites you recommended and bookmarked them. I'm sure they'll be helpful to someone who self-teaches like I do.
LOVE your blog, fantastic work :)
Thank you so much for visiting and helping me out!
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we used to call girls that were really skinny and tiny spinners because if a they're having sex with a guy and they're on top, they're tiny enough to...*ahem* you get the picture. i hope.
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Let me find my links for cheap wool, you pretty much have to order it off the internet round here,unless you can get to the fiber festivals. My source is $7/pound which is a whole lot of wool.
I'm still trying to get my yarn to look like actual yarn, not a chunky umbilical cord with a bit of yarn attached, LOL.
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When you start, you're probably going to get the bulky/chunky stuff. It takes practice. There are videos at http://www.icanspin.com and http://www.joyofhandspinning.com The lighter your spindle, the finer the thread you can spin. I have a teensy tiny toy wheel spindle that I can get thread as fine as one strand of embroidery floss on--when I ply it, it'll probably be around the size of #8 perle cotton, if not a bit finer.
Interweave puts out a spinning magazine quarterly, Spin-Off. They have a link to guilds across the US there, so that may be something you want to check out, too. Local people can let you know where to go locally to get fiber and provide you with hands-on help. It's definitely a learning process ( ... )
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Glad someone had their brain turned on today!!
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I did check out the sites you recommended and bookmarked them. I'm sure they'll be helpful to someone who self-teaches like I do.
LOVE your blog, fantastic work :)
Thank you so much for visiting and helping me out!
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