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The Workplace...

Spinning has started - though I'm not too happy with some of the test batch. However, things were learned (I have found the point where there is actually too much twist in the yarn!), my fingers have the feel for what I will be aiming for (which is closest to my standard spinning thickness in this first batch, so it's a nice starting point), and the workplace is now nicely set up for the real thing.

Speaking of the workplace, here it is, ready to get started again (the first bit of wool is already sitting on the skeiner, visible in the background):

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Apart from the obvious bits (such as the spinner itself and the hook for threading the yarn through the orifice), you can see a mirror to the left and some more tools to the right. The mirror is for seeing how the wind-up progresses so I can move the loops on the flyer in time. The tools on the right are for checking the yarn diameter - it's my Spinner's Little Helper Card, and because the yarn is thin and light-coloured, there's also a magnifying tool so I can clearly see the spinning angle.

The spinning can commence!
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Harma on Wednesday, 07 December 2016 09:54

Smart idea, that mirror.

Thinking back at the twist angles in the dye penetration experiment, I now realise that the difference in twist angles between your measuring in the spinning and the resulting twist in the fabrics is probably due to the weaving process. Because we had to cut and rethread after every 25 cm we lost twist. If I could have woven on until I reached the lenghts of yarn packed on the warp beam, those probably would still have had the original twist angle. I`m making Christmas cards with the overtwisted singles green cotton and untangling the warp bundles for threading cost me quite a lot of the extra twist I put in.

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Smart idea, that mirror. Thinking back at the twist angles in the dye penetration experiment, I now realise that the difference in twist angles between your measuring in the spinning and the resulting twist in the fabrics is probably due to the weaving process. Because we had to cut and rethread after every 25 cm we lost twist. If I could have woven on until I reached the lenghts of yarn packed on the warp beam, those probably would still have had the original twist angle. I`m making Christmas cards with the overtwisted singles green cotton and untangling the warp bundles for threading cost me quite a lot of the extra twist I put in.
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Katrin on Thursday, 08 December 2016 13:49

The twist in the finished fabrics is actually not so much lower than what I aimed for in the spinning. It is quite irregular, though, which might be due to the spinning technique I used or to the high speed I tried to achieve, or both. I had a helpful colleague who gave me her readings of twist angle on a few of the hard-spun samples, and she read out angles of about 40-50°, so right where I had been aiming at. Which is nice

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The twist in the finished fabrics is actually not so much lower than what I aimed for in the spinning. It is quite irregular, though, which might be due to the spinning technique I used or to the high speed I tried to achieve, or both. I had a helpful colleague who gave me her readings of twist angle on a few of the hard-spun samples, and she read out angles of about 40-50°, so right where I had been aiming at. Which is nice :)
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