How Do You Spin With A Drop Spindle?
• Make a leader. Tie a two and a half foot long piece of yarn right above the edge of the whorl, the disc at the bottom of the spindle.’; } s += “”; document.write(s); return; } google_ad_channel = ‘+7733764704+1640266093+9503394424+9016233241+8388126455+8941458308+0674921071+7122150828’ + xchannels + gchans; google_ad_client = “pub-9543332082073187”; google_ad_output = ‘js’; google_ad_type = ‘text’; google_feedback = ‘on’; google_ad_region = “test”; google_ad_format = ‘250x250_as’; //–> • Tie a knot at the top of the spindle where an indentation is. • Twirl the hand spindle (drop spindle) in a clockwise direction. • Spinning. This is a bottom whorl spindle (the wheel is on the bottom, instead), but the principle is the same. Holding the end of the leader with one hand, hold the edge of the unspun fibers to the end of the leader without letting go. The yarn should start looking like yarn. • Wind the yarn you just spun onto the hand spindle (drop spindle) shaft and continue. • Once you
