S2E5.2 Dressing and (Wet) Spinning from a Cone
S2E5: Spinning Flax and Hemp
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24m
Patsy teaches us how to dress a cone distaff and wet-spin flax. She starts with how to tell the difference between the root and blossom end of flax and encourages you to try spinning from both and see what works best for you. Then she moves into how to easily tie up and dress a distaff, the use of ribbons, and creating and dressing a cone out of a paper bag. With your cone on your distaff, she dives into wet-spinning. Patsy shows when and how to wet your fingers, how to adjust if your distaff isn't letting your draft easily, and what to do if you get too many fibers drafting. She talks about how it's okay if your flax isn't perfectly even and how archeologists tell the difference between cotton and linen (spoiler, it'll make you feel better about any uneven linen you spin).
Up Next in S2E5: Spinning Flax and Hemp
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S2E5.3 A Basket and a Ponytail – Dres...
Patsy walks us through dressing a basket and a ponytail distaff as well as spinning from each.
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S2E5.4 Plying Linen
Patsy teaches us to ply linen, talks about scouring, other plant fibers, and how to find a lost end.
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S2E5.5 Skein and Scour
Patsy shows us the intricacies of skeining linen (including an endearing niddy noddy song), her handy trick for hitch-tying a skein, and tying extra tie through your loops. She then makes sure we know how to scour linen yarn and tells us why it's important to do so.
