August 3, 2009
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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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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