If using wool and you spin it with twist, you need a ply to even the twists out and not get something that crinkles in knitting or weaving. If you do a low twist single, you won’t need the ply but it is generally a thicker yarn that is used for soft garments and won’t […]
Category: Flax
Flax Splicing
Flax splicing research article here and a less scientific article here Essentially you can make super super fine fibers by splicing instead of drafting and I wanted to see if I could do it. I’ve been doing a bunch of reading up on it and various techniques in various places. Initial thoughts on my experimenting, I did […]
Flax Gem
Found a flax gem on a forum: “Classic European way to spin line is on a low-whorl or all-in-one spindle with either a body-braced or a free-standing distaff and grasped or very short suspended. Using the traditional tools makes a big difference here. The ancient Egyptian way to spin flax was to select fibers from […]