Spinning Whitefaced Woodland Wool | Rare Breed Series Ep 3
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Join me in Episode 3 of the Rare Breed Spin along. In this video, I am spinning White-faced Woodland sheep fleece! Watch as I , spin, and share tips on transforming this beautiful fleece into, gorgeous yarn.
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At the start of the video I mix up the location of Derbyshire and Lancashire I really do know where both places are I just said it the wrong way around and I didn't notice until I had finished editing. Sorry folks.
Hi Becca, your traddie has very similar "special features" to mine! Mine seems to like a lot of oil, or that's what I'm told when she starts clunking. I do think it is rather amazing we can still buy original replacement parts nearly 50 years later! I will admit my traddie is not my go to wheel but she still gets a spin out occasionally. What attracted me to spinning in the first place is the flexibility and versatility you have when you make your own yarn. The huge array of natural fibres out there was also a big attraction and this list only seems to get longer which is still exciting even after years of spinning. Thank you for all your work and a lovely video, all points well made and balanced. Happy spinning, best wishes Jenny
The big attraction for me of the traddie is that you can just change out the parts . I am putting off the day when I need to change the barring 🤣🤣🤣. There is a bit of travel in the old girl but I'm choosing to live with it . I'm glad you found my opinions balanced . It's easy to get caught up in perfectionism and my channel has always been about having fun with our shared craft. Rather than the notion of creating the "perfect"yarn because that is different for everyone. Thank you for watching and taking the time to leave your thoughts I really appreciate them.
Looking forward to your weaving with your beautiful handspun! Thanks Becca!
I'm getting really excited by the whole thing. I just need to carve out some time to wax and build my loom. Fingers crossed I will have some time tomorrow.
This was a very good conversation about spinning local wool. Here in the USA we are privileged to have so many farmers with fleece available to local spinners. I don't know what the regs are now for the UK for fleece, but at least used to require the majority of the fleece (if not all) to go to the wool pool. The last time I checked it is ok to import raw fleece to the US, as long as it's well skirted and moderately clean. It would be nice to be able to buy from some of the farmer's there, but I don't know how costly shipping is at the moment. You had me giggling at the advertisement comment. 😅
My understanding of the rules is that farmers can sell their fleece for crafting or hand spinning. However the only route to the wool auctions is to send them to the wool marketing board Depots for sorting and grading. It's a five year training to become a wool grader so if you buy wool with the British wool mark you know it's been properly sorted and graded. I would be a little nervous of buying raw fleece I hadn't seen just because a lot of farmers are not fibre "nerds" so don't understand what hand spinners are looking for. I will be including some small producers as I progress through the 27 Rare Breeds so I hope to have some recommendations for you. Thank you for watching continuing to support my channel 🙏🧶🐏
Hello from Norway ☺️ I found you for a week or so, and I am soglad I found you🥰 you are doing alomost all what I'm doing, and your breath of fresh air i so lovley . At the moment I'm spinning Blackface, it is not that common in Norway, but I am so lucky that a farmer near me have them😊 i think it' going to be socks. Keep up the good work👍
Hello lovely to RUclips meet you. Yes it is such a blessing to find a farm nearby who is producing great fiber . Enjoy your spin 🙏🐏🧶
Another fibre to get hold of and try! I am really enjoying watching this video series. Thank you x
I am so glad you are enjoying the series 🙏🧶🐏
I’m brand new to spinning and it’s nice to find a uk RUclips channel. I’m spinning a big bag of slippy merino that came with my wheel. Really looking forward to learning more
I'm glad you found my channel useful. I am very impressed you are starting with Merino . Happy spinning 🧶
Spinning a beautiful off white wool, don't know breed but it's fun. Love your videos, & especially seeing your coast & learning abt things u find! I'm from Oregon in usa
Sounds great! Having fun is what it's all about. Thank you 🙏. I love sharing our local scenery 🏴
I always enjoy your videos and am particularly interested to follow your spin-a-long. I am a new spinner, learning on my own and watching you is helping me. Even though I am not spinning rare breeds, I’m interested to learn and in the meantime, I am practicing on some corriedale. Still producing a very inconsistent yarn, but I know it just takes time and patience, both of which I have these days, lucky me! My goal is to produce yarn that I can us for my weaving as well.
Glad to hear you are enjoying the videos. Corriedale is a fantastic fibre to learn on and it creates such a nice finished yarn . Thank you for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏🐏
Hi Becca, I hope you're both OK and Millie is too xxx ❣️❣️❣️🐕🦺
Thankyou so much for sharing this video podcast.
I've stripped my White Faced Woodland, down into manageable pieces ready to spin. Mine is pre-dyed Roving. Now to start spinning it up. Thank you for saying that it wasn't as smooth as the Lonk, I did wonder whether it was the fibre itself or if it was from the Dyeing process 😊
I hope you have a Wonderful Week and Weekend 😊😊
Happy Spinning Special fibre friend 🛞🥰🐑🥰
Take care and stay safe
Lots of love and big hugs to you and Andrew and Cuddles for Millie... Jen xxxx 💗💗💗💗💗💗👤👤👤👤👤👤🐕🦺👤👤
Have fun. My fibre was definitely not as easy as the lonk which I found interesting as they are so closely related. I'm really enjoying sharing these spin alongs so I am so happy you are enjoying it too. 🐏🧶🙏
Spinning along an ounce of Rambouillet from an advent. Hoping to create a 4-ply fingering without losing my mind. It’s touch and go, you are providing a nice backdrop.
I'm so happy to be your back drop . The more of these spin along videos I am recording the more it feels like the right thing to share. In a crazy oh so loud world it's just nice to just enjoy our shared craft. 4 ply fingering weight is too rich for my blood . I hope it works out for you. Rambouillet is on my to-do list but not until I've finished my current project. Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment 🙏🐏🧶
We are metric here in Australia. I am enjoying your rare breed spin, I have the Ashford Traveller from the mid 80's, I also have an e-spinner as last year I did some damage to my knee and the arthritis in my ankle is a bit of a brake on treading as I need to stop and rest it. If I am doing a large spin I will have to do it on the E-spinner but for the smaller spins my Traveller works beautifully
Thank you for the information. I am such a fan of Ashford I love the fact that they seem to go on forever . 🧶
I’m following you with a spin-a-long during our hot summer months having ordered some rare breed wool from a local supplier prior to December. I’ve also sourced other fleeces from local heritage sheep breeders-- English Leicester, Cheviot, Lincoln, Finn and Gotland. Each breed is quite different, some spun in the grease and others spun washed. I basically do the “ squish test” then decide how the wool wants to spin-- and I’m always happy with the result. Now…. I need to plan what to do with the skeins. From a hot and dry central Victoria, Australia.
What a wonderful selection of fibre you have. You are going to have a lot of fun with that little lot . Thank you for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏🧶🐏
My yarn is soft but my needles are just a wee bit slow - the pattern I'm knitting isn't actually all that complicated but it's just complicated enough that I can get a bit lost at times!
The project in question is Kristine Vike's "As you like it" shawl and I'm doing the dragon scale pattern all over. I'm using my ridiculously fine handspun. It's in natural white and I'm wondering if, for the sake of the shawl satisfying my desire for things to be autological, I should have made it in a more dragon-y colour.
Well only you can answer that conundrum 😊. I've been down a bit of a research rabbit hole recently and before madder was widely available Welsh women wore undyed shawls rather than the scarlet shawls that are depicted in modern ideas of traditional Welsh custom . So by using undyed yarn you are being historically accurate. Sort of 🤣🤣🤣. Have fun and thank you for watching and for continuing to support my quirky channel 🙏🧶🐏
Wonderful. Early start to the days spin. Thankyou Becca. Will you show us the finished yarn when you’ve completed it?
Absolutely!! I will do a yarn comparison of the first four yarns in the spin along which will be in two weeks time . I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for leaving a comment 🙏🧶🐏
@fab be nice to see them together. What’s the next breed?
@m.5018 Hill Radnor in two weeks time 🐏
Canada is metric, but with the US as our neighbour, we kind of switch back and forth depending haha. Also, I was giggling at your wheel chattering at you - I have two Kromski wheels that work basically the same way, and one is chatty and the other is silent 🤷🏻♀️
Thank you for the information. I glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment 🙏🐏
I really enjoyed this video. I do have a question, what is the title of the book that was on your right, it looked interesting?
I am so glad you enjoyed the video. The book is In Sheep's Clothing . A Handspinners guide to wool . By Nola and Jane Fournier . I find it a very useful guide to check when I am spinning something I have not spun before. 🙏🐏🧶