Three types of spinning

Hand spinning is generally divided into three main types, Suspended, Supported and grasped. I talk about these types of spinning and about how sometimes they're not that different from each other.

[uneautrepairedemanches]

The video I had been looking for for sooo long! I am French and can't even find any informations in French about French grasped spindle... Although it has been the most popular way of spinning in France for centuries!

[faramund]

Great stuff. All the old Dutch imagery I found uses the distaff and diagonal hold.

[tracyl]

Thanks for sharing this. I learned on a drop spindle in the 70's. Now I'm finding out how many ways there are to spin and I want to learn them all. I'll be watching this again and again as I try to learn this technique. .

[candiedginger]

Thank you so much. I am still learning about hand spinning and your breakdown of the various techniques and combinations of them is very helpful.

[SpinningShadowsArts]

This is a very interesting video, Thank you for posting it! This is my second time watching it. I'm still learning the different methods for spinning, but I find grasped (or as I call it, 'in-hand') spinning to be quite fun.

[ColorsofHopeCraftsASMR]

This was interesting to watch. It reminds me of the JillianEve channel. She does a lot of spinning with spindles.

[BeverlyTilton]

Thank you for sharing this. I try to explain this to people, now I will just point them to you!

[shoepixie]

Oi, can you share with us where you got your shaft and whorl? I have to admit, this style of spindle has caught my heart and won't let go! Not to mention, the interchangeable nature of it has just enchanted me. It's so lovely to be able to change out the whorl when the yarn makes the spindle so heavy. Anyhow, thank you for saying all this! I hear a lot of talkin about spindle type (I am fair new to this) but not a lot of talk about preperation/drafting, which SEEMS to affect things quite a bit! So, thank you. I wish there was far more talk about the other elements, as you say. Perhaps a helpful chart about how all these various stles interact! But I am especially interested with clasped spinning because it seems so doable for me, often moving between sofa, computer, outside - as you said, moving between sustended, clasped, supported easily depending on where we are and what's going on. That sort of flexibility is so precious to me!

But yes, I am looking for a spindlestick and whorl, are there makers you reccommend?

[Irinairir]

The one thing that is not quite clear to me is how to hold the supported spindle in "grasped" spinning.

[sarahcherry]

I have a question! What kind of fiber is that you're spinning? I assume it's wool, but specifically I was wondering about the breed, and why you chose it with relation to 15th century spinning, or if that factored into your choice at all. I really appreciate your demonstration of the different techniques and bringing grasped spinning into the light, because I hadn't really heard of it before today. Thanks!!!

[whitetigerpwns]

What do you think about Mayan or paddle spinning? Would you consider it to be a type of loose spinning?

[Irinairir]

I see you are throwing half hitches, it looks like using a drop spindle.

[Spinkamer]

In-hand spinning has been done in a lot of countries and 'people' sure do know it exists! There are even people that see their relatives spin from youth and they will do it quite early in youth - and later on as adults - to make warm clothes for their family. I am a bit surprised that you call it 15th century spinning as it is a present day spinning style (still) in a lot of communities and not called grasped, but simply: 'spinning', in various languages.