Author Archives: Cecile

Inconsistent? As if…

By Cecile | Published: 28/02/2011

Please welcome another really informative spinning post from guest blogger Cecile (Ways of the Whorl). For quite a while after I started spinning, and to some extent this is still true today, I just spun for the fun of it, spinning away like there was no tomorrow, like the sheep would grow more wool… which [...]

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Spinning Fibres: Silk hankies, two drafting possibilities

By Cecile | Published: 18/01/2011

I am thrilled to introduce another one of Cecile from The ways of the whorl‘s guest posts on her adventures in spinning. This time she is going to tell us about her own experience in spinning silk. You can also join Cecile for our Echo Flower Shawl knit along on Ravelry or help her and [...]

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Russian spindles

By Cecile | Published: 05/01/2011

The Russian spindle is a supported spindle, so can be used for short stapled fibers where a drop spindle would be much more difficult to use. Like all supported spindles it’s ideal for very thin singles because the yarn doesn’t have to resist the weight of the spindle. The Russian spindle doesn’t have a whorl [...]

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