Article Info

Article Title
Spin It! Pondering Prep for Spindle Long Draw
Author
Jessie McKitrick
Issue date
Winter 2025
Issue number
51
Issue topic
Long Draw
Description
This article explains how to spin the yarn for the cowl project included in this issue, using a spindle. The fiber is a Border Leicester fleece, and the author experiments with the prep to determine the best option for the project yarn: flicked, combed, dizzed from a hand card, rolag, cloud, and drum fauxlag. Part of the test to determine the final yarn is to check for wear, so the sample yarns were made into swatches and then abraded to see which one held up the best. The article ends with the details for the project yarn.
Article topic list
long draw, woolen, Border Leicester, fleece, fiber prep, hand carding, hand combing, cloud, fauxlags, rolags, spindles, bulky, 3-ply, yarn stats, spin it, durability, clicking