[wsfii-discuss] to a very wsfii 2006!

[Paula]

There was a "retired" techie doing handloom weaving at the last
genderchangers /etc carnival . . .

Jo Walsh wrote:

>recently, my mother-in-law taught me how to hand-spin yarn 
>with a drop spindle, just like this one: 
>
>http://www.joyofhandspinning.com/make-dropspin.html
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>i find many things satisfying in spinning. the simple physics of it are
>wonderful - the pendulum action of the spindle, the twist travelling
>up the fibre as it becomes yarn. unlike most hand-busying activities,
>it is very mobile; one can do it while walking around, or dancing
>about one's front room listening to "rock the casbah".
>
>i like the spinoff (groan) culture around it; people in semi-rural
>situations, who are into hand-knitting or weaving but can't afford to
>buy natural-fibre yarn from larger suppliers. they buy a few goats
>or llamas, or angora rabbits if they are in an urban situation, and
>sell their surplus on ebay, or via the catalogue culture around
>hand-spinning (how large does an interest grouping have to be before 
>someone will start a catalogue to sell accessories to it?) 
>
>optimistic about 2006, and to the spinning of many yarns,
>
>
>-jo 
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