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Once the fiber is prepared (shorn, picked, scoured and carded) it is ready for spinning.
There are two common techniques for spinning, with a drop spindle or with a spinning wheel. With both devices a leader (scrap yarn) is attached either to the spindle or to the bobbin of the spinning wheel.
With a drop spindle, the leader is then wound, hooked, or tied in place. With a wheel, the leader is threaded around hooks on the flyer and through the orifice.
Twist is put into the leader. With a spindle, the spindle is spun in a clockwise direction when viewed from above. With a wheel, treadles are pedaled which cause the bobbin and flyer to rotate, such that the wheel rotates in a clockwise direction when viewed by the person spinning.
When twist is built up into the leader, fiber is held against the leader above the twist and the twist is allowed to travel up into the fiber. This twists the leader and fiber together.
Now it is time to draft. The fibers are gently pulled lengthwise so that some fibers slide in the drafting hand while others remain held in the twist hand. This thins the bundle of fibers to the desired thickness so you can spin fine yarns as well as thick yarns as desired. Twist is allowed to travel up into the drafted fiber. This locks the fibers together. The newly twisted fiber is wound onto the spindle, or on a wheel the spinner allows the wheel to pull the strand through the orifice, over the flyer hooks and be wound onto the bobbin.
Once the spindle or bobbin is full the single strand can be plied with other single strands. Plying is the process of twisting two single strands together. Plying is done in a counter clockwise direction.
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What tools are perfect for knitting wool?
Two tools that stand out that are best used for knitting wool are knitting needles and crochet hooks. These various knitting tools can make life easier for someone who likes knitting as a hobby or for their personal enjoyment.
What are the knitting needles called which are connected and how do you use them?
They are called circular needles and they are used in exactly the same way as straight needles.
Are knitting machines easy to use?
Once you understand how the knitting machine operates, its capabilities and limitations, with practice, a knitting machine becomes easy to use.
How do you play sue knitting game?
you just knit ..... that is why it is called a knitting game
What is the name for the future hobby of decorating inanimate objects with knitting is called?
Commando knitting
How do you use the word knitting in a sentence?
Grandma fell asleep while knitting.
What are some stone age inventions?
the wheel and the needle and thread knitting pottery tools
Why is french knitting so called?
Whether you call them Knitting Nancys, Bizzy Lizzys, knitting mushrooms, knitting spools, corkers, peg knitters, knitting nobbys (or knitting noddys) or knitting knobbys, these knitting devices all owe their existence to the medieval lucet. The lucet is a two pronged fork with a hole in the handle.
What tools and materials are used for knitting?
Knitting is accomplished usually with pairs of needles -- knitting needles, to be exact -- and some form of spun fiber spun into a long, long length -- usually several hundred metres long, and even longer.
Will transitioning from knitting to leather working be easy?
No, the materials you have to work with as well as the tools and techniques are different
What are the sticks you knit with called?
Knitting needles.
When did the iron needles invented?
We don't know. Knitting probably date from the eighth century A.D. and we are not sure what the tools were. However the earliest tools we know of were metal wires.
