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spin a yarn - textile.straw.spin.singles PEP BB

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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in textiles.

In this project, you will spin prepared fiber into a singles (yes! It looks plural when a spinner is talking about what a knitter would call a "single-ply' yarn).

Additional Information:
  - How to Spin Yarn on a Drop Spindle
  - Mother Earth New's: Learn How to Spin Yarn by Hand
  - Instructables: Spinning Yarn

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
  - use natural fiber including plant or animal fibers like cotton, linen, wool, alpaca fiber, angora (rabbit), cashmere or mohair (goat)
  - spin 8 ounces of fiber into a yarn (singles) - do not ply
  - wind into a hank
  - wash and block the yarn
  - finished yarn is at least 400 yards long

To document your completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (less than two minutes):
  -  your unspun fiber (possibly on a scale to show starting weight)
  -  the process of spinning and the device (drop spindle, spinning wheel, or e-spinner)
  -  process for finishing the yarn
  -  how you measured your yarn
  -  the finished yarn
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Here is my submission for the Textile - Straw for Wood - Spin a Yarn (singles)  BB.

I spun Cormo wool on my HansenCraft minispinner - an electric spinning wheel.  I then transferred the singles to a hank winder initially marking every 10 wraps, then after 50 wraps, I changed to marking every 50 wraps.  The hank winder is set at two yards per wrap so 50 wraps is 100 yards.  I have just over 1,000 yards of singles (before washing).

To document the completion of the BB, I have provided the following:
  -  your unspun fiber
  -  the process of spinning and the device (HansenCraft minispinner, an e-spinner - short youtube video)
  -  how you measured your yarn (while winding into a skein
  -  process for finishing the yarn (wash and dry with weight)
  -  the finished yarn (on a scale)

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Cormo Wool
Cormo Wool
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Winding on Hank Winder
Winding on Hank Winder
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Singles on Hank Winder - 50 wraps (100 yards) between each finger - just over 1,000 yards total
Singles on Hank Winder - 50 wraps (100 yards) between each finger - just over 1,000 yards total
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going into wash - check out tension (curly-q)
going into wash - check out tension (curly-q)
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Drying - 3-lb weight at each end of skein
Drying - 3-lb weight at each end of skein
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dry, blocked, stable skein
dry, blocked, stable skein
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9.15 ounces of blocked singles
9.15 ounces of blocked singles

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Note: I hereby verify this BB as complete! Congrats on being the first to complete this BB!

 
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This is not an easy BB! I thought I was ready, because the wool was spun. But no, now I have to make it into a hank, wash and dry it and measure it!

"Also, just as you want men to do to you, do the same way to them" (Luke 6:31)

 
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Finally! I spun yarn from the 8 ounces of wool I prepared (BB preparing the wool: https://permies.com/wiki/148266/pep-textiles/prepare-wool-spinning-PEP-BB#1165132
To start I repeat the photo of the prepared wool.

the unspun wool I started with  


Sorry I can not make a photo and spin at the same time ...
But here you can see how I spun with the spindle.


Weighing the wool when it was all spun.


Winding it into a hank using two chairs.


I counted all rounds using cotton crochet yarn which I crossed after each 10 rounds. So I know I had about 450 rounds total.


Washing


Drying and keeping it stretched with a jerrycan of water as weight


Measuring the length of the hank (in centimeters, cm).
This size, half the length of the hank, is 73 centimeters. So the hank is 146 cm.
450 rounds x 146 cm = 65700 cm.
1 yard is 91,44 cm. I need 400 yards, that's 36576 cm. So I did spin plenty of yards! It's about 718,5 yards.


Here's one more photo of the end product.

"Also, just as you want men to do to you, do the same way to them" (Luke 6:31)

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Spinning is a new skill for me, I used a drop spindle and watched a bunch of videos but I still park it. My favorite part is taking the yarn off the spindle.

I used 2 chairs as a hank (thank you Inge!) Every 10 was wrapped with some cotton scraps.

My total was 19 groups of 10 plus 8 = 198 at 73" = 14,454" ÷ 12" = 1,204.5' ÷ 3 = 401.5 yds

I barely squeaked by! I must spin thicker 🤷‍♀️

Then the wool was washed and blocked with a wooden spoon and my heavy duty rolling pin.
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wool I'm starting with pic 1
wool I'm starting with pic 1
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wool I'm starting with pic 2
wool I'm starting with pic 2
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action shot with drop spindle
action shot with drop spindle
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winding on the chair hank
winding on the chair hank
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10 rounds in a group
10 rounds in a group
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19 groups plus 8
19 groups plus 8
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73" = 1 round
73" = 1 round
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washing wool
washing wool
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blocking with wooden spoon and rolling pin
blocking with wooden spoon and rolling pin
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completed!!
completed!!

"The winter will ask what we did all summer" - Henry David Thoreau

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I spun a large quantity of wool singles for a weaving project that I've finally finished!

Photos are the wool rolags from my wool prep BB, which I then spun on my upright wheel to a target of 14 ends per cm. The singles were then wound into skeins on my yarn swift; using the swift's diameter, I estimated each skein was around 500m (~1500m in total). The skeins were then boiled in 4L of water and 1tbsp of crushed flaxseed to act as sizing and hung to dry under tension using what I had to hand (a large spring we picked up at the scrap yard, and an F-clamp).

I realised partway through the weaving project that I hadn't taken a photo of the weight of the skeins of wool! To make up for this, I've included a photo of the finished singles being woven my warp-weighted loom and the weight of the finished textile (exactly 8 oz!) - as this necessarily doesn't include the thrums I've cut off the piece or extra wool yarn, it's obvious I spun in excess of this quantity. I hope these additional photos are acceptable evidence!
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Rolags from the prepare wool BB
Rolags from the prepare wool BB
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Spinning the white wool, winding off the brown wool
Spinning the white wool, winding off the brown wool
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Hanging to dry under tension
Hanging to dry under tension
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Finished yarn on the loom; finished textile weighing 8oz (exclusive of loom waste)
Finished yarn on the loom; finished textile weighing 8oz (exclusive of loom waste)

He whai take kore noa anō te kupu mēnā mā nga mahi a te tangata ia e kōrero / His words are nothing if his works say otherwise

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