YST Episode 67 Spinning Woolen

Fluffly, that's what woolen spinning is all about.  You spin from fluffy batts, and you spin a lofty yarn. The Yarnspinnerstales Spin In Ravelry group has been practicing this spinning technique this month.  I joined them and talk about my experiences spinning woolen on each of my wheels in this podcast.  I also give some suggestions to help you get going with this wonderful way of spinning. I also will be posting photos of what I spun for this challenge on my blog. I was in the mood for more music in today's podcast too, all with the theme of letting go, a very necessary technique when spinning woolen.  All music is from Music Alley with thank yous to these special musicians: Laura Clapp with Just Let Go LeRoots with Got to Let Go The Hosts with So Hard to let go To make my sample yarn, I decided to use sample batts from two of my Phat Fiber boxes.  These small batts were just the right size to practice the technique and came from the following vendors: The Critter Ranch  a super soft batt, no fiber content marked but was probably llama or alpaca. Maude and Me  an alpaca and angelina batt The Enchanted Knoll  These were not samples but several large batts gifted to me by a listener (thank you again!)  Lovely forest greens and black these are listed as superwash wool, recycled sari silk and sparkles.  The photo you see with this podcast is a small sample of what the 2 ply yarn will look like when I am done. spinning