TUTORIALS
Carding a Textured Art Batt on a Mad Batt’r
Making Rolags on a Drum Carder using your brush as a brake
Carding a Batt from Layers into Stripes
Carding a Textured Art Batt on a Fine Tooth Carder
How to purchase a fleece-
Solar Dyeing Fiber in Small Batches- photo tutorial
No Roll Wet Felting (wet felting in the dryer)
scroll to the bottom for the instructions
(photo tutorial coming soon)
Carding a Textured Art Batt
Corespinning in parts-
Prepping fiber/yarn to begin
Corespinning technique
Adding sequins/ribbon
Adding things to large to fit thru your orifice
Ending your yarn
Coreless Corespinning and wrapping-
Feel free to ask questions in the “reply” box below and I’ll answer them for all to see. If you have a question, chances are, other do as well, so please ask away so we can all keep learning! xo
This is excellent and so exciting! It’s just what I want to learn to do.
Thank you,
Teri Conroy, http://www.wunsapanafarm.com
That’s not even 10 mientus well spent!
Good point. I hadn’t thouhgt about it quite that way. π
Thanks for this! Took a course early spring and have not had the chance to try at home. Thank you for the videos π
Love your demos … very easy to follow. What type of spinning wheel do you use for these very textured yarns?
Linda
Thanks Everyone!
Linda- I use a Lendrum DT for traveling (and what I was using on these videos) I now use a Majacraft Aura at home.
I am trying to master corespinning. My first attempts were terribly overspun. After trying your method, wrapping the core around my hand and drafting out to the side, my resulting yarn is a bit better, but still has excess twist. Do you have any tips for removing the excess twist?
Esther, we met at the Majorcraft forum Feb 2014. My question is, after you’ve done your corespun single, or coreless corespun single, do you then need to ply it or is that it, yarn done? Thanks, Angela
Can you use strips of fabric, like vintage sari, to spin with? And can you mix it with other fibers as you go?
Indeed, you can spin with ribbon or strips of fabric! I like to corespin it as I go with other fibers, just trap the beginning and end with wool or whatever fiber you’re spinning with. Add a bit of extra twist before it goes onto the bobbin so it stays tight when you set the twist. I’ll have that technique in my upcoming interweave art yarn video π
Let me know when you do that because I have failed at it so far:)
I just watched your core spinning video. It was fantastic! So easy to understand. Did you make your Christmas tree? Would love to see what you did with the yarn. Thanks for a great video.
Followed over from Ashford’s new e-spinner. Loved your videos on core spinning here and on Interweave. The Christmas tree yarn was amazing. I realize that the original was a couple of years ago but was wondering if you have a finished knitted or crocheted tree from that yarn. Can’t wait to try this technique.