It seems that I can sum up everything that I know about spinning as:
- Spinning faster makes spinning fine much easier.
- Spinning fine makes spinning faster much easier.
- Spinning faster results in better warp.
With the correct bobbin, AA's #0 flier will spin worsted using Irish / German Tension at the wool's spin count.
This is a leap that I did not expect.
It seems that some of the advantage of the DD/DRS system was that it simply allowed me to spin faster. On the other hand, it does help spin the grist that I want instead of just spinning at the spin count.
Many, many of us who have been spinning for along time could have told you this. I do take issue with #3, only because not all warps need to be fine. A woven rug, a sail, of a tweed coat, for instance, will require a heavier warp than fabric intended for delicate clothing. Again, the yarn is spun to suit the intended purpose, not just to spin fine for its own slake.
ReplyDelete#3 is faster, not finer.
ReplyDeleteSpinning faster seems to wrap the fibers together tighter to make a more cohesive yarn.
Somehow, "over spun" (at lower speed) does not seem to produce the same effect.
I am just achieving the speed needed to see these effects, so I do not really have a good handle on them.