2026-07-15 13:49 UTC
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@TindrasGrove@infosec.exchange 2026-07-15 13:59
@Paws2Spindle@sunny.garden I was about to ask about your cone winding setup, as I’m doing more weaving being able to put my handspun on cones is becoming a thing I want to do more of, but I’m flummoxed that there’s not “manual” tools (everything seems to be min $200 electric, no equivalents of my hand-crank ballwinder or bobbin winder to be found) Neat setup tho! (Sorry if this feels like I’m grumping at you, that’s not the intent)
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@Paws2Spindle@sunny.garden 2026-07-16 14:12
#TourDeFleece Stage 11 Plied up the singles of 2:1 TM/Espresso merino yarn that I split up yesterday. Oddly, despite precise yardage measurements, and each cone holding 21g of yarn, the blue one ran out considerably earlier than the other two! 😭 My only explanation is that I wound from the EEW 6.1 with slight tension on the bobbin to keep it under control on to the blue cone, but then transferred 105 yd each from the blue cone on my Lazy Kate to the other cones, and perhaps the difference in resistance impacted overall stretch, which therefor translated into different length calculations. No biggie, though! I just tied in a marker where the 3-ply ended and continued with 2-ply for the other two, which were much more closely matched in length. After that I repeated the cone-winding process with the 3:1 TM/Espresso singles. Interestingly, while both were spun from 60 g fiber total, the 2:1 measured 319 yd, while the 3:1 came out at 265 yd. #TourDeFleece2026 #Chiengora