YST Episode 189 Spinning cotton and picking wool
Release Date: 12/04/2021
YST Episode 189 Spinning cotton and picking wool
Yarnspinners Tales's Podcast
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_outlineIn this podcast, I talk about what I learned about cotton and spinning cotton in a class at SAFF this year. I also had the chance to do some fiber and fleece shopping, and talk about that experience.
I mentioned that I would list the four currently grown species of cotton plants and their details.
Gossypium hirsutum Known as upland cotton and native to Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean and Southern Florida. This species accounts for 90% of commercial cotton grown.
Gossypium barbadense Known as extra-long staple cotton, and is native to South America. This species accounts for 8% of all cotton grown.
Gossypium arboreum Known as tree cotton, it is native to India and Pakistan. This species accounts for 2% of all commercial cotton grown.
Gossypium herbacaum Known as Levant cotton this species is native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and is the last percentage of the cotton grown world wide.
Extra long staple cotton requires special ginning, known as roller gins. This type cotton can only be grown in a few places in the world, because it requires a long season and will not tolerate rain before harvest. Currently California and Arizona are the two US areas growing this cotton.