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Spinning with a Wheel

Carbonized Bamboo Update

August 3, 2009
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At long last, I’ve finished spinning the carbonized bamboo I started talking about several months ago. My motivation was the Tour de Fleece, the spinning event that coincides with the Tour de France.
One of the ‘rules’ of the Tour de Fleece is that you should spin every day that the Tour de France riders [...]

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Spinning Carbonized Bamboo

March 29, 2009

This is what’s currently on my spinning wheel–it’s carbonized bamboo!
After reading a bit on how to spin it, I tried a couple of techniques. What I finally settled on was to spin it long-draw. The fiber is a bit slippery, kind of like silk, but is not too difficult to work with once you [...]

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Another Attempt at a 3-Ply Fingering Weight Yarn

March 5, 2009

This yarn is the product of another of my attempts to make a three-ply fingering weight yarn. Depending on what yarn weight chart you use, this is either on the heavier side of fingering weight or sport weight at 14 wraps per inch. To my eye and hand, it’s pretty close to Blue Moon’s Socks [...]

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