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david-box · 6 months

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I'm figuring out cotton spinning on an in-hand/supported spindle and I ***thiiink*** I've figured this out. Normal techniques for in-hand/grasped style don't work like you see online because this fiber (.... Or at least the cotton balls I have....) Does Not Glide Over Itself without force, but you can either spin and draft with two hands with force (which would work better with drop spinning and also not what i want to do) or basically add twist with one hand and *untwist* it with the other while pulling, which is kind of cool!

Problem is is that I don't know if that's actually right. But anyhow, iirc the people who spin this on a wheel pull the fiber out fairly fast which functionally is the same as untwisting it (of rather, distributing the twist down) but I would need to hold the fiber very lightly before I do that and I don't know how yet, so we'll see!

#hand spinning #cotton spinning #spinning cotton #yarnblr #spindle #also unrolling the ball works much better than doing what one livejournal told me which is unrolling layering two together stretching #breaking and doing it again #or it might work great but not fir me #i think im doing okay!#well see about consistency #text #me

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brarb-does-stuff · 6 months

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I want to spin but shipping anything here is really expensive. Would it be possible to just spin the big rolls of cotton like the kind they use in hospitals

It's definitely possible to spin cotton! I haven't tried it before, but I had a look around and found a video that demonstrates making cotton slivers/punis for spinning from surgical cotton:

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Cotton is a very short fiber, and that can make it more difficult to spin than wool, especially if you're just starting out: It needs a lot of twist to hold together, and it breaks very easily if you put too much weight/pull too hard on it before it's properly twisted. You may want to look into using a supported spindle rather than a drop spindle (both should be easy to make yourself and to find tutorials for). The channel above also has a tutorial for spinning a single with just a pencil.

The only cotton I have in the house right now (that isn't yarn or fabric) is cotton pads, so as a quick experiment I just tore one up, floofed it up a bit, and spun directly from the floof with a supported spindle. Definitely not the ideal fiber preparation, but it can make a thread:

(Here I was using the lid of my mini scale to set the spindle in - normally you would use a little bowl.)

Alternatively, if you rather want to look for wool to spin: Depending on where you live, sometimes you can find wool for felting at craft stores - any wool like that also works fine for spinning. I've also seen people spin from very thick unspun yarns (wool/acrylic) that were sold for arm knitting, but I've never seen those yarns in a store where I live. And if you happen to have sheep nearby, you can sometimes buy unprocessed wool directly from the shepherd for relatively little money (but then you would need to wash and prepare it yourself, of course).

Good luck, and happy spinning!

#hand spinning #spinning cotton #brarb talks #fiber crafts #i don't normally spin supported or cotton #so please feel free to comment/reblog with more advice for anon #long post

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helyannis · 10 months

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I MADE A THING

homegrown cotton -> homespun & plied thread -> a little piece of lace :)

#needle lace #rolemodel: míriel #not to waste my precious cotton i was practising on cotton wool #unprocessed cotton was ridiculously easy to use after that :D #considering that this is the very first attempt it worked just fine #a little uneven but I'm learning #the spinning is fun but plying is a paaaainnn

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cottonkhaleesi · 10 months

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Well, definitely not my most consistent spin, but finished up the corn fibre just in time to go on holiday. Let me tell you it got EVERYWHERE. I’m still lint rolling it off all sorts. Spun like silk (with all of the issues of silk), wanted to be very thin, no thickness here please! and if I were to spin it again it would be blended with something else in order to really get the best from it. Think I’m going to be saying that a lot with these “natural bioengineered” fibres

#cotton khaleesi #cottonkhaleesi #hand spinning #Turkish spindle #corn fibres

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misscromwellsmonocle · 4 months

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In a Glasgow Cotton Spinning Mill: Changing the Bobbin (1907) by Sylvia Pankhurst

#In the Glasgow Cotton Spinning Mill Changing the Bobbin #1907 #suffragette #feminist #feminism #socialist #art #painting #Sylvia Pankhurst #1900s #Miss Cromwell

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k00242882 · 4 months

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More....

I've been adding in 'family member's' to the piece of work.

I'll wait and see how it's looking before I move on , on Thursday.

This may look like a pile of rags.

It is really but it's my work.

I was trying out different materials to do a weave along the top.

The twine doesn't work because it's to rough.

I'll try something softer on Thursday.

I've been using every sort of material to make my piece, from twine to wire, fabric and wool. Beads and jewels, cotton, felt and thread. I got a lot of materials from Jillian today in the technicians lab. A lifesaver.

Thank you Jillian.

#lsad #movement #sustainability #spin #reuse #wire #paper #threads #cotton #Wire #wool #fabric

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toofypigeon · 4 months

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look what i made

they can't stand up by themselves but whatever!!!!

#i made this using papier mache but instead of ..papier i used cotton #cz yk they're a lamb #hah #idk if i can call this spun cotton #i didnt spin the cotton #cotl lamb #cult of the lamb #cotl lambert #diy #idk #art.png #ig

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spinningabout · 2 years

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I grew cotton this year. Two varieties, one is naturally white, the other is called butter nut. I have about eight plants, but these are the first two to pop.

#fiber artist #hand spinning #spinner #cotton

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milkweedman · 1 year

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Resisting the urge to carve myself a distaff from one of the evergreen boughs ive dragged home and learn medieval in-hand distaff spinning. Do i need to do any of this ? No. Am i happy with supported spinning ? Yes ! Am i probably gonna do it anyway ? ... also yes

#we talk a lot about the rabbit hole of fiber arts #but i dont think we talk enough about the rabbit hole of different spinning tools and techniques...#so far id say ive gotten proficient in drop spindling wheel spinning and supported spinning with russian style spindles #really want to get into either tahklis or charkah wheels #bc im gonna be visiting my wonderful fiancé in india and hes still gonna have work for most if not all of the time im there #so my plan is to spin a LOT. hoping to get really proficient in cotton spinning bc ive always really sucked at that #and then i really wanna learn medieval style spinning as well #if i was an academic i could easily see myself devoting my life to writing a book about spinning tools through the ages #i am so endlessly fascinated by it #but also really bad at research and have a pretty crippling case of dyslexia #i wanna try. all the tools #it always feels like the way to get closer to the past is to spin like them #since that has been THE constant human activity since quite possibly pre-homo sapiens times #i dont know how much cloth the neanderthals wove or if they were more inclined to use animal skins #but we do know they made yarn and they were good at it #sadly my hands cant do cordage. fucks em up in about a minute flat #but iirc we've found stone spindle whorls which may have been used for spinning #stone whorls can also be used for hand drills and fire starters and things like that so idk #anyway. i just want to know SO badly #spinning

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disgruntled-lifeform · 11 months

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Is there any reason I can't spin the cotton balls in my cabinet into cotton rope?

#hand spinning #craftblr #drop spindle #questions #cotton

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frogeyedape · 1 year

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April: opposing plies!

Ok so chaos gremlin that I am, I have started spinning despite not having committed to a single plan. I have 3 plans on an index card: 1) basic s & z singles plied s for knitting, 2) s z z plied s for stretchy hard wearing sock yarn, 3) s s z plied s to find out why only energizing one of the singles is the "rule". What fucked up yarn will I create and will 3 be twice as stretchy and hard wearing as 2 or will it just be a nightmare to work with?

Notes for first singles, already have a good start on my bobbin: s, flyer 2 (middle whorl on flyer), drive biggest (biggest whorl on drive wheel), accel 2 (middle whorl on accelerator wheel) (it's a spinolution queen bee). This ratio is FAST, I am spinning pretty fine :D

#2023 spin along #spinner's book of yarn design spin along 2023 #yarn design spin along 2023 #i may need to try plan 2 and plan 3 purely for test purposes #y'all - stretchy 100% cotton yarn???#my god the jeans I could make with denim made from opposed ply cotton #hard wearing AND stretchy??

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david-box · 6 months

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Some spinning memes for you all. Image ID in alt text

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gatorstims · 2 years

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A John Doe (Telltale Batman) stimboard for anon! With themes of healing, plushies and carnivals!

🎠 🎪 🎠 | 🎪 🎠 🎪 | 🎠 🎪 🎠

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cottonkhaleesi · 9 months

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Bought two bags of broken tops from the spinning guild and have been having too much fun all evening pairing colours together. Gonna spin the right hand lot as one single and then chain ply. Suspect it’ll be approx just under 25g when done.

#cotton khaleesi #cottonkhaleesi #handspun #spinning wheel #blue #teal

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edoro · 5 days

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I want to learn how to spin fibers sooo bad

#literally had a dream that my nana who i havent spoken to in years #invited me to her garden #which was full of cotton #and i was like Fuck Yes I Can Spin This Into Thread

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emmaspolaroid · 5 months

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listen listen listen to me when they aren’t terrified for their lives noremma are both such Dorks they Yes, And each other for hours and take turns infodumping and they simply don’t get sick of each other

#nikki patron saint of noremma CANON always listen to me about noremma #neither of them is particularly funny on their own (too earnest.) but when they’re together they get so silly #NE are both funny on accident as opposed to Ray who is funny both on purpose and by accident #Emma wants to live in his skin. he would let her tbh. especially in the post canon when she can’t place why she’s so Attached to him #I’m too tired to write but all this knowledge is spinning around in my brain… cotton candy style #pulling my eyelashes out!!! the easy peace and gentle stability they’re finally able to find oh my GODDDDD

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