S2E5.8 Spinning Hemp with Patsy Z
S2E5: Spinning Flax and Hemp
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29m
Patsy introduces us to hemp and how to spin it, along with how to replace a drive band. Starting with spinning hemp from the fold (along with how to pull the correct length off for spinning) with what she calls "an open twist" to show you what happens when you let twist between your hands (you get a rustic style hemp), how to join with a "toothless cellulose fiber." She then moves to spinning from the end of fiber preparation and what difference that makes in our yarn. Patsy covers how to manage our fiber, join, adjust our wheels, and how to take ply-backs. She also walks us through creating repeatable blends using hemp (and other) fibers and handcards or a drumcarder.
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