I have been spinning weft from Rambouillet. The goal is a woolen single at about 5,600 ypp
(11/gram)
I spin, and wind off into cakes. A recent grist check was to wind a hank and check its weight.
At 46 grams per 562 yards, it is well within 2% of the desired grist. The cake on the left contains ~ 700 yards. I check grist on about every fourth cake.
(11/gram)
I spin, and wind off into cakes. A recent grist check was to wind a hank and check its weight.
At 46 grams per 562 yards, it is well within 2% of the desired grist. The cake on the left contains ~ 700 yards. I check grist on about every fourth cake.
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7 comments:
It's interesting how you manage to get a good focus on the scale and the table top, but not the yarn. Seeing as how 'refined' you are about your yarn quality.
Photography - much like science and tact - eludes you.
It's hard to tell, exactly, due to the poor quality of the photo, but it does look like that yarn of yours looks rather underspun. I can only account that to your insistence on speed = awesome, when in fact too-much-speed = underspun yarn, therefore substandard.
I thought you already had something like 2 lbs of warp and weft spun up; did that ever get woven into anything?
Wow, that yarn is so pretty, so white, so ... BLURRY.
The best weaver around was Alden Amos. I suggest that you get out your loom, and reread AA.
Are you and Alden Amos fuck buddies or something? You've got such a hard on for him.
Alden gets stuff correct. I do not know any other spinner who consistently gets as much correct.
I know more about spinning wool fast, but Alden knows cotton and linen and rope.
He has repaired and made a great many spinning devices, while I have specialized in one very narrow branch.
Over all, Alden and Stephanie are the greatest repository of knowledge about hand spinning in the world today.
I respect that.
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