One of my goals for December 2013, was to spin a total of 5,000 yards (1.8 lb.) of worsted warp within 5 consecutive days.
I just could not get it together to do that. Several day's production were well over 1,200 yards, but I would get to the fifth day of spinning and I would get interrupted, so I never got over ~4,500 yards in 5 days. It may not happen on this project as I have only a couple of lb of warp left to spin.
On the other hand, this fall has not been a complete bust spinning wise. The gray bin in the corner has ~12 lb/36,000 yards of hand spun singles in it, all spun within the last 3 months. About half are worsted warp and the rest are woolen weft. It is all 2,800 ypp so it is low twist, and it was easy to spin.
Later in January, I am going to go do a show and tell to attempt to persuade a wheel maker to make a line of faster wheels for spinners that want more yarn for the time they spend spinning. Small changes in design would allow very fast wheels to be made/sold for the same price as slow wheels.
Abby says, "It is all about the yarn." I say, "It is all about better, cheaper, faster yarn!" I do not need the expense of a "mini-mill". I just want to run my spinning wheel at a reasonable speed.
I just could not get it together to do that. Several day's production were well over 1,200 yards, but I would get to the fifth day of spinning and I would get interrupted, so I never got over ~4,500 yards in 5 days. It may not happen on this project as I have only a couple of lb of warp left to spin.
On the other hand, this fall has not been a complete bust spinning wise. The gray bin in the corner has ~12 lb/36,000 yards of hand spun singles in it, all spun within the last 3 months. About half are worsted warp and the rest are woolen weft. It is all 2,800 ypp so it is low twist, and it was easy to spin.
Later in January, I am going to go do a show and tell to attempt to persuade a wheel maker to make a line of faster wheels for spinners that want more yarn for the time they spend spinning. Small changes in design would allow very fast wheels to be made/sold for the same price as slow wheels.
Abby says, "It is all about the yarn." I say, "It is all about better, cheaper, faster yarn!" I do not need the expense of a "mini-mill". I just want to run my spinning wheel at a reasonable speed.
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