Article Info

Article Title
Fine and Woollen
Author
James Perry
Issue date
Winter 2020
Issue number
31
Issue topic
Warmth
Description
This article discusses considerations if you want to spin a fine yarn with a woolen drafting method. It starts with why you might want to do this and how your fiber choice makes a difference in your results. It then goes through spinning samples using several fiber options: yak, vicuna, Merino, and BFL and what adjustments needed to be made for each fiber. The article ends with a discussion on which specific uses you might want for the projects you make out of these specific yarns.
Article topic list
wool, yak, BFL, Merino, fine, woolen, fiber considerations