Spindles For Angora Fiber (2015)

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[Boozyewe]

I always use cotton cord (about worsted weight) as a drive band for my wheel. You can run the cord through a piece of beeswax before you tie it on to stop it from slipping. I've even run it through a tealight candle in emergencies. The wax also keeps the knot from slipping (I use a square knot, which is pretty flat). Love your videos! :)

[imck]

informative video!! the gloves have a great shiny affect for winter. especially in amber light. I would like to see that affect, black on blue gloves maybe. I love this video.I love watching you spin. so relaxing.

[paulagardner]

I bought a Russian spindle from a wood worker on Etsy, but it was too light (I also didn't spend very much), then I went to another Etsy store and bought a much more expensive, heavier, Phang support spindle, which is similar to Russians, and I love it, I bought a support "bowl" with a turned piece that you hold between your thighs, and started spinning some silk "fur" on it and I really had no trouble. My other favorite spindle is a Turkish drop spindle ( Snyder Spindles on Etsy) mine are various sizes, I even special requested larger ones for plying, and hard rock maple. They too are a dream to spin with. (still saving for my dream wheel, an Aura by Majacraft) ;)

[gunmetalglitter]

Super love the gloves! I can see a lot of my friends being into them too.

[niftythriftybits]

Don't ya love Etsy?!  I have many of Anne (she is such a sweet lady) of Tina's Angoras spindles and I love them, as well as all of the others that I have bought from many of the talented sellers on Etsy. Every kind imaginable.... Turkish styled spindles, Tibetan styled spindles, drop spindles, Navajo spindles and Russian style spindles and a French style spindle.   I am sure that I probably have a spindle hoarding problem! LOL!   With all of the spindles in my collection I could have bought a spinning wheel by now with the  money spent on them, but I thoroughly love the simple process of hand spinning with my spindles.  I find it to be very meditative and calming.   And I can take them with me wherever I go.  Many conversations have been started up from my spinning in public places.  Many are women and many are men who know that I am making something but not quite sure what so they are curious and come over and ask about it. 

[jojobolin]

You could try a spindolyn for your angora wool. I've been using one and I think it works really well with angora and the light fibers that blend with angora. right now, I'm using a blend of alpaca, angora, merino and anglelina for a art yarn.

[intentionallyinpired]

Your skill sets baffle me heee. You are so talented..:)

[BohistaNordica]

I think my Goth granddaughter would like those gloves!

[cherylstraub]

Depending on the age of your children you could be teaching your children how to spin. They have a spinning wheel built especially for children. It's called the pollywog. In medieval times little children (age 3 and up) were taught to spin.

[danielschultz]

I wonder if there were something you could spray or put on the gloves in a controlled manner that would cause the dye to "not stick" there. It would have to be something that would come out after a few washes so there is nothing left behind.  This might allow you to make the "groves" red and the "bumps" black or whatever you wanted.  Just a thought.

[grod]

Do you take rods n the gloves and maybe a sweater? I love your work! You do beautiful work.

[homesteadinarental]

I'd love to spin but with my allergy to lanolin and Tim's to rabbits well you see the problem.  Maybe llama? 

[paintedgardenfarm]

Do you ply or can you with drop spindles? I have one and I have started spinning my angoras' wool but find it tedious, and would like to get a wheel. I need instant gratification...lol.

[nancythompson]

Have you worked with uncombed mohair on the drop spindle?

[dorykoszewski]

Can you tell me where to get the pattern for the fingerless gloves please?

[Spinkamer]

I think your information bout the spindles isn't complete and in some parts incorrect.
I also wondered why you work with blends of angora in roving or - as to my surprise you take ut a merino roving and explain that this is 'similar' to angora because it is slippery!
My that took me to writing this comment! Angora is NOT merino and as such completely different as a fiber, a spinning material and a project. Try angora from a bunny and then spin merino from a sheep (without the processing it went through when offered as roving).... practise with both and see for yourself!

[MindfullyMindy]

I think they look awful. That blotchy red bleeding though makes them look like poor quality in comparison to your good stritch work.