Spinning that Romney

Pleased with the way the singles are comig out. I'm planning a 3 ply for this fiber for a sweater that I have in mind. In this first picture you can see the roving balled up on the left, the wheel bobbin full of spun singles, and the 3 weavers bobbins I've used to store the singles onto. I'm putting them up in 3's like this so that I can rotate all the bobbins as I spin the final yarn. This distributes the variations throughout the entire yardage. Hopefully that helps with a more even yarn without taking away from the "homespunnyness" of the yarn.

I'm getting 30 wpi (wraps per inch) on the singles which should make a pretty nice worsted weight range 3 ply yarn. The singles are being spun in a semi-woolen manner from roving that I pulled from carded batts.

My Alfred working on my Traddy

This is my Ashford Traditional, a 1975 model. I picked her up at a second hand store about 8 years ago. just had the wheel spokes tightened by Pinoccio Woodworks here in Sonoma.

We've been having problems with the wheel not rotating smoothly, so we're figuring there is something amiss with the way the crank shaft is bolted to the pitman. I think the bolts holding it on are tightening as it spins. Alfred has the concept down now and is on his way to the hardware store to find options. Problem with the Ashford site is that they don't have specs for this older model that has a different crank shaft than the newer models.

Aren't they both cute! :)

The Best Fun

The bestest ever. At 4 years old she sat down next to me and picked up a rollag and started air treadling with her little foot. She's five now and has spun her first rollag into a single. She wants me to teach her how to knit it into something, hehe. Maybe it's time to learn to crochet a chain stitch? :)