Yarnspinners Tales's Podcast

July 26 2021 An Open ended Absence

A new to me spinning wheel, 3D printed, is the topic of this podcast. There's also a brief discussion of the different between Scotch and Double Drive on spinning wheels.

In a house full of fiber to spin, sometimes some shows up in the strangest of places.

YST A Brief Hello

As I worked with two sheep breed fibers from Wales, I recorded my thoughts as well as the sounds of the processing and spinning of the yarns.

I livestream on Twitch.TV about spinning but the streams do not stay forever on Twitch. For that reason I have been archiving the streams on You Tube on the lusi222 channel.

Another unusual breed of sheep for our studies, the Hebridean has a dual coat, and long locks.

A breed study of spinning the fiber from the Lonk sheep.

In this unusual year, spinners got to celebrate not just one but two Tour de Fleece events. I spun the entire three weeks of part one, and talk all about that in this podcast. I also do a review of spinning the fiber from the Yak.

The Coopworth sheep has a lovely fleece for spinning wooly yarn. I talk about the fleece and the spinning in this podcast.

Ryeland sheep are a very old breed originating in the British Isles. They are not raised now as they were in long ago years, but the fiber of the sheep being raised now is very good for spinning. I talk about sampling this fiber and the yarn I made.

YST is going live stream on Twitch TV

In this podcast I briefly give some breed information about the White Face Woodland sheep. I also talk about doing a virtual fiber fair, visiting the booth owners websites, instead of actually going since the fair had to be cancelled due to the Covid virus.

The Shropshire sheep is another of the British Isles down breeds. It often has long curly locks in the fleece, and I used the ones I had from the sample of fiber to create a unique yarn.

A breed of sheep mostly raised in the British Isles, Oxford Down is finding it's way into the hearts of spinners.