YST Episode 189 Spinning cotton and picking wool
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This podcast talks about why hand spinners have such a hard time spinning cotton, and ways to help that process.
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YST Episode 188 How old is that fiber
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I have collected fiber to spin over the years, and am just now getting around to some of the older purchases. This podcast talks about some of that spinning.
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YST Episode 187 The big wash up
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After I spin a skein of yarn, It needs to be washed. Sometimes, I put this off until I have many to wash. I also talk about using the flow chart for how fibers burn, to determine what fiber content you have to spin.
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YST Episode 186
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The week's summary for Sept 5-11th of my spinning projects as well as a few homestead projects.
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YST Episode 185 A Yin Yang fleece
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What? Black and white wool on one sheep?
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Creativity in the midst of a Pandemic
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Back in January 2021, I was doing the New Year thing, thinking about podcasting again, and putting a discussion about the New Year in that podcast. Somehow, the podcast never happened, and this bit of writing I did, was never published. Is it still relevant? I think so, but in a softer way, in that we are really not totally motionless anymore by the Pandemic. I started the musing with the question 'why during 2020 and especially forced to stay at home, did I not burst into a shower of creative work?' I had to look at what I have needed in the past to be...
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July 26 2021 An Open ended Absence
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Just a brief note to fill those of you that haven't heard of my Mom's illness. I have to stop the podcast for awhile, as I spend time with her.
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YST Episode 184 07/21/21
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A new to me spinning wheel, 3D printed, is the topic of this podcast. There's also a brief discussion of the different between Scotch and Double Drive on spinning wheels.
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YST Episode 183 07/19/21
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In a house full of fiber to spin, sometimes some shows up in the strangest of places.
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YST A Brief Hello
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Podcasting for me is on the back burner at this time. I plan to return with the Tour de Fleece in July 2021.
info_outlineI was able to do so much during this Tour de Fleece, it took two podcasts to tell you all about it. See the previous podcast for part one of this two part series.
The first fiber I talk about spinning is called Fake Cashmere, due to it softness. It is however, 100% nylon. I bought my fiber from a dyer whose business is Jazz Turtle.
It seems most people like to spin this fiber blended with other fibers, but I enjoyed spinning it on it's own. Another source for the fiber is Paradise Fibers
The next fiber I worked with was a dyed merino silk batt in the colors purple and green. Listen as I explain how I made color sequencing work for the 2 ply yarn.
On the TdF challenge day, I got out the book charka, not something I have much skill with. I was able to set it up and spin some single on it for my challenge.
I spent many days during the Tdf dyeing fiber, both in locks and in big pots full of fiber. I had the amazing once in a life time experience of dyeing a color I will never be able to repeat, calico locks. This podcast tells you how that happened.
Finally for the state fair entries, I needed an art yarn and chose to spin locks into a yarn. It was a learning experience and I share all I learned to make this yarn.
At the beginning of the podcast I talk about how there will be no Spinzilla this year, but TNNA has provided these two links for spinning fund raisers: Britspin also Spin Her Free and The owner of Purple Lamb Fibers is doing a Spin Together Oct 6 through Oct 12, 2019
Lots and lots of information in this podcast, grab a big chunk of fiber, your spinning tool of choice, and join me.