[Sca-cooks] spinning

[Stefan li Rous]

Anne commented:
> > I use AOL disks as coffee cup coasters at work...works very well with my
> > larger-bottomed-than-usual coffee mug. <g>
> > --Maire
>
> I understand you can use them as the whorl on a hand spindle.  They are
> nicely balanced, come with a hole for the spindle (just use a dowel), a
> good weight for a fairly fine yarn. Found that out recently, and just got a
> new CD. I have to try that, as I am starting to learn to spin. Won't bring
> that one to events, though... *G*

Good luck with mastering your new skill. The one time I tried the
thread kept getting shorter, not longer. :-) Perhaps I'll try again
someday. I think the spindle was too heavy for the thread I was
spinning.

You might find this file in the Florilegium to have some useful info:
spinning-msg      (52K)  6/23/00    Spinning wheels, spindles. techniques.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/TEXTILES/spinning-msg.html

And maybe these:
merch-fleeces-msg (12K)  3/30/01    Some modern fleece sources.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/TEXTILES/merch-fleeces-msg.html
wool-clean-msg    (23K)  6/16/95    Cleaning wool before spinning.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/TEXTILES/wool-clean-msg.html
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