Spinning on a Drop Spindle

Learn how to spin yarn on a drop spindle. Benjamin takes you step by step through the process.

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0:00 Introduction
0:01 How to Spin on a Drop Spindle
0:12 Supplies
0:29 Leaders
3:49 Fiber Prep
6:05 Spinning Top Whorl
9:03 Spinning Bottom Whorl
10:34 Plying on a Drop Spindle

[goldensolitude]

I am sending a spindle and top to my great niece along with this YouTube to help her learn how to spin. She has recently seen Sleeping Beauty and is interested in spindles. My nephew is going to help her learn how to spin. This is the clearest tutorial on spindle spinning.

[kpacuBua]

You look EXACTLY like the type of guy who would know how to use a spindle. Amazing!

[tamannarahman]

This is GREAT - I have watched so many tutorials on youtube and this is the first one that helped me actually be able to use my new drop spindle! Thanks!

[sixxmesixx]

Excellent tutorial! A few friends and I watched and none of us even noticed the music and heard everything you said perfectly. Including two friends that have some hearing loss that were seated 8 feet from the screen. Very easy to follow. Can't wait to start spinning some vegan fibers! Thank you!

[nerllybird]

Thanks - this is exactly what I needed! ❤

[karenruthel]

Brilliant demonstration and tutorial thank you!I have watched several on YouTube and this by far the best.Concise and super clear🙏👍😊

[annaknitter]

This is a great turorial! Haven't seen a better one yet. During social distancing due to Covid-19 al over the world I finally can take the time and start to spin. Thank you so much for making that possible <3

[stillhuntre]

I have never seen a spindle with the hook on the whorl end! I've only ever seen them with knobs on the whorl end and hooks on the staff end (or no hook at all - just a knob on both eds) Thanks for the upload - I love seeing new things.

[zoeprimrose]

Yes, this IS the most helpful demonstration I have seen. Thank you and bravo 👍🏼

[Christine]

The end is charming.
Very good video, I learned a lot from it.
Thank you very much.

[traineraude]

i'm hoping to make a lot of textile-based things for the commune friends and i are joining--here's hoping i'll get to use what this video taught me lots and lots!

[christinereilly]

Thank you so much. I just received my first spindle ( top whorl) today!!! So excited to start and you have demonstrated wonderfully. P.S music didnt bother me at all, wasn't distracting at all heard everything you said.

[sophiespysselstuga]

Which way do I wind yarn on the spindle? The same as my twist or the opposite way?

[javrri]

Nice tutorial! But please invest in a lav mic

[Shirelae]

"And that's why they called it drop spindle" 💀

[caroldean]

Are you left handed? Does this give your yarn a different spin direction (Like Z versus S)? I'm super curious how this works for leftie spinners Thanks!

[ZiggyWhiskerz]

Huh.... It's an upsidedown spindle from what I'm used to seeing. And I've never seen anyone use a "leader" from other yarn before. Interesting.

[carolharper]

I really liked your video but for new beginners learning to ply they needed to know how to test for a balanced yarn. An over twisted yarn can cause so much trouble when you knit with it. 😀

[MossCoveredBug]

I've been trying to get this started for the better half of an hour, but I can't seem to get it to the point I see pros at where I can hold it in one hand and slowly pull in the other- it starts spinning back so quickly that I just don't have time! Anyone know what I might be doing wrong?

[Dhyana]

Good tutorial. Music like a Chinese water torture.