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sunflowercritters
True Blue Farmgirl
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Debra
Springfield
Maine
USA
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 Posted - Feb 15 2011 : 09:32:14 AM
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Does anyone have a pattern to make a drop spindle? And also how to use one? Very interested in learning.
Share how you started and little about drop spindle.
Thank you.
farmgirl sister Deb
I Thessalonians 5:16,17
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
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star-schipp
True Blue Farmgirl
942 Posts
Starletta
Middletown
Indiana
USA
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Posted - Feb 15 2011 : 10:47:10 AM
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I actually started spinning on a homemade drop spindle made from a dowel and a couple of old CDs. Here's some instructions http://www.ehow.com/how_4497759_cd-drop-spindle.html I'm still using it although I think if I bought a more traditional one that it would spin longer. It really helped me to learn to spin on the drop spindle first before I moved on to a wheel.
My first lesson was actually at our local fiber fair and was just an impromptu session with one of the vendors there. Start with wool and I prefer roving myself for the drop spindle. Happy spinning! I know you will love it! One of my sons still wears the hat I knit with my first yarn and he loves it.
If you can't feed one hundred people, then just feed one. -Mother Teresa
Star - farmgirl sister #1927
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Sheep Mom 2
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sheri
Elk
WA
USA
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sunflowercritters
True Blue Farmgirl
1102 Posts
Debra
Springfield
Maine
USA
1102 Posts |
Posted - Feb 15 2011 : 11:26:07 AM
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Thank you...is it easy to learn? Looks difficult. But love learning new things. I love to knit and crocket, so I thought why not learn to spin as well.
I will check out the sites you gave me. Thanks again and please anything else I need to know and learn let me now.
Deb
I Thessalonians 5:16,17
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Feb 17 2011 : 10:05:30 AM
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Look at you tube videos. They have helped me alot in learning something new.
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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sunflowercritters
True Blue Farmgirl
1102 Posts
Debra
Springfield
Maine
USA
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Posted - Feb 18 2011 : 06:48:44 AM
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Well today I made my first drop spindle. Know I will have to teach myself how to spin wool onto spindle. Hope I can do it. I have beautiful color wool someone gave to me, and would like to make a hat or mittens. We will see how much yarn I can make out of it first.
farmgirl sister Deb
I Thessalonians 5:16,17
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
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Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
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Posted - Feb 18 2011 : 08:08:31 AM
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Way to go, Deb!
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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sunflowercritters
True Blue Farmgirl
1102 Posts
Debra
Springfield
Maine
USA
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Posted - Feb 19 2011 : 08:54:10 AM
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I tried my handmade drop spindle today. It is a challenge, but I'm going to contiue to try. It is pretty cool.
farmgirl sister Deb
I Thessalonians 5:16,17
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
http://sunflowercritters.blogspot.com/ |
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