Viscose and trilobal nylon pics

These are some pics of the tencel and trilobal nylon that I had been practising with. The Tencel (top) was really quite shiny and took some getting used to. The trilobal nylon (bottom) was easier to spin. I was just trying to get the feel of fibres that I wasn't familliar with. I also wanted to improve my drafting skills in order to spin thick and thin as required, rather than worry about spinning a consistant yarn thickness. I also spun some thickish bright white trilobal nylon - but have just realised that I didn't take any pics of that - oops.

Back on the wool again

I have not been well - really bad cold - possible swine flu - stuck in the house.

I need to improve my wool techniques, so I decided to make the most of the time and practise preparing fibre for worsted spinning.

So I have washed some fleeces, got my dutch combs out and practised wool combing with Dutch combs and practised using a diz to making rovings - I am more pleased with my fibre preparation and am beginning to enjoy combing better than carding but my spinning is still not good enough. So I haven't dared to post any pictures of my sample yarns and I haven't posted any pictures of my rovings and fibre prep as I may want to use them in the body of work that I will be submitting for assessment. Below is a pic of some Masham - the curly one on the left and some Romney that I have scoured. They both came from the wool marketing board and I have to say that the Masham was a bit on the rough side - still - it will make good practise - I just hope that if I decide to use Masham I can get my hands on a good fleece for my final submission work.

Experimenting with viscose and tri-lobal nylon

I have become a little disheartened with my wool spinning. I know in theory what I am doing - and have read Mabel Ross's offerings over and over (along with every other book in my rapidly exanding library) - but no matter what I do, I just don't get the result I am looking for. So I have decided to quit spinning wool for a while and practise other materials.

1. Tri lobal nylon - I have both bright white and dyed tri-lobal nylon and have been practising spinning both thick and thin yarns with each. Probably iro 25 wpi and 12 wpi
2. Viscose - Again, I have been practising thick and thin yarns - having said that - my thick wasn't exactly thick. I reckon that the thin was iro 50 wpi and the thick 25 to 30 wpi.

I have been trying to improve my thick and thin yarns as the syllabus requires me to spin thick and thin and consider plies and purpose. The wpi's above were for the singles and by the time they were plied they were much thicker and would represent a range of yarn thicknesses.

I have enjoyed spinning both and am keen to experiment more with these fibres. My main problem is that I need to get my head around spinning for a purpose - and not just spinning because I want to.

So - any suggestions for what kind of yarn I should spin with each and with suggested uses or a project/purpose in mind would be appreciated.

pics to follow