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April 04, 2006
Why I love my spinning guild
Okay, I know I have said it before, but I truly love my spinning guild! Why? Well because. I was plying this
And don't any of you say it is nice. It is crap. I am okay with this! It was crap to spin, crap to ply, crap to look at. I digress....back to why I love my spinning guild. I was plying this crap. The pink is a little bit overspun (to say the least). I was cursing while spinning it. Of course none of my guild mates heard me, well maybe Marlea(she laughed) There was a lot of "fodder" in my roving. I don't like that. Too much work. I am wandering again. Sorry. The person on my other side "D" (not sure of HIS name, yes a man! who spins! sigh...) helped me out. Seems as though I need some tension when I ply. Not tension making the flyer go, but my "lazy kate" has no tension. GASP! Here is my lazy kate
See it is part of the wheel. While plying everything just flaps in the breeze! "D" suggested a shoe box and some knitting needles. Would I need a rubber band to help out with the tension? I am so not good at engineering..... I guess what I am asking is does anyone know how I could get this to work for me? I don't really want to buy a free standing lazy kate right now (god I like that, "lazy kate", poor kate....) I really want to spend my money on a jumbo flyer so I can ply more yarn on a bobbin or make chunkier yarn.
Help? Mommy?
Posted by beth at April 4, 2006 12:31 PM
Comments
I usually ply with my freestanding lazy kate and it has no tension. What I do though is keep it next to my leg so that the bobbins rub against my leg. That seems to provide enough tension. If you could perhaps put some fabric or something under the bobbins that might work for you!
Posted by: Erin at April 4, 2006 03:46 PM
i have absolutely no idea what you're talking about but i want a lazy kate now too!
Posted by: kris at April 4, 2006 04:27 PM
Huh?
It's all greek to me. SO keep up the good work tell lazy Kate I said hello!!
hahaha
Posted by: Carol at April 4, 2006 04:53 PM
Hi Beth,
My untentioned lazy kate is set up next to each other so I can touch it with my leg or free foot. However, seeing as you can't do that, try tying a piece of crochet cotton around the top to either the other bobbin or the wood piece of your wheel that I see in the picture. All you want to do is have enough tension that the bobbin doesn't keep spinning on it's own. A shoe box and knitting needles work well also. Put the needles through the sides of the box, put one bobbin on each one and use two more to run the yarn through before it gets to your wheel (over, under) to tension it. If that's as clear as mud, I'll be happy to show you!
Christina
Posted by: SaltCitySpinner at April 6, 2006 12:16 PM
