This week I have a fun event coming up: demonstrating spinning for a friend's elementary school class! So I've gathered some pictures and videos of spinning to show them. Enjoy!
Where did you find the photo of the man with a turban spinning wool? (sixth photo from the top) I ask because I spin with a spindle a lot like his, but I've never seen any other photos of something similar. I call mine a "high whorl turkish spindle" (or "upside down turkish spindle"), but all the turkish spindles I've ever seen on the internet were low whorl, so I had to make my own. So I'm curious to learn more about that man, where he comes from, whether that kind of spindle is common in his area, and so forth. Thank you! --Nat
I found the picture on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_spinning#/media/File:Ramallah_spinner2.jpg
It's a colorized photo from 1919. Who knows if it was more common at the time, or what! Cool that you spin that way too. Funny thing about spinning tools, they get invented the same way time and again because they work.
Thanks! My spindle is high whorl so I can roll it down my leg (which also causes my singles to be twisted the "wrong" way, since I'm rolling it down my right leg), but it's got the take-apart turkish arms so I don't have to re-wind all the yarn when it's full. I've decided I spin upside down and backwards :) But as long as I don't try to mix my handspun with anyone else's, it works just fine.
Where did you find the photo of the man with a turban spinning wool? (sixth photo from the top) I ask because I spin with a spindle a lot like his, but I've never seen any other photos of something similar. I call mine a "high whorl turkish spindle" (or "upside down turkish spindle"), but all the turkish spindles I've ever seen on the internet were low whorl, so I had to make my own. So I'm curious to learn more about that man, where he comes from, whether that kind of spindle is common in his area, and so forth. Thank you! --Nat
ReplyDeleteI found the picture on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_spinning#/media/File:Ramallah_spinner2.jpg
ReplyDeleteIt's a colorized photo from 1919. Who knows if it was more common at the time, or what! Cool that you spin that way too. Funny thing about spinning tools, they get invented the same way time and again because they work.
Thanks! My spindle is high whorl so I can roll it down my leg (which also causes my singles to be twisted the "wrong" way, since I'm rolling it down my right leg), but it's got the take-apart turkish arms so I don't have to re-wind all the yarn when it's full. I've decided I spin upside down and backwards :) But as long as I don't try to mix my handspun with anyone else's, it works just fine.
ReplyDeleteIf the yarn is good, it doesn't really matter if it's "backwards!" I like the leg roll myself. You get a really fast spin that way.
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