Article Info

Article Title
Tension and Long Draw
Author
Vivian Hsu
Issue date
Summer 2025
Issue number
49
Issue topic
Tension
Description
This article discusses the role of tension in spinning supported long draw, double drafting, and spinning unassisted long draw. The author explores these techniques on a flyer wheel as well as on a supported spindle (or a spindle wheel).
Article topic list
tension, long draw, woolen, supported long draw, supported spindles, spindles, flyer-led (scotch tension), double drafting, unsupported long draw, spindle wheel