I've been spinning on a wheel for about a year. My notebook tells me that, from Jan 30, to the present, I've put 16 projects on the wheel, and finished 15 of them. I've gotten better (and I also did a long project on spindles... that was harder, actually; because I was spinning gossamer weight, often on the subway, and my twist was a bit inconsistent):
I still have some problems with keeping bulk constant (esp. when spinning woolen, worsted is a lot better), so my 3-ply looks better than my 2-ply.
For a lot more of my spinning photos: Spinning (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pecunium/sets/72157632361662098/)
I find the learning curves are manageable, but some things are just awful to spin (heavy silk ratios in alpaca are prone to getting loose; they also tend to be long, and slick, so the twist gets up in the drafting zone quickly, and refuses to stretch out. My current project is going to have one strand of it... I'm hoping I'm better at it than the last time.
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I don't chain-ply, and I am croggled at how much people praise yarns I hate. My first skein (IMO) looks awful:
but people tell me they'd buy it.
One of my more recent (the first yarn I really tried to design) looks better:
I still have some problems with keeping bulk constant (esp. when spinning woolen, worsted is a lot better), so my 3-ply looks better than my 2-ply.
For a lot more of my spinning photos: Spinning (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pecunium/sets/72157632361662098/)
I find the learning curves are manageable, but some things are just awful to spin (heavy silk ratios in alpaca are prone to getting loose; they also tend to be long, and slick, so the twist gets up in the drafting zone quickly, and refuses to stretch out. My current project is going to have one strand of it... I'm hoping I'm better at it than the last time.