Scotch tension and golden fleece part 3

oh, forgotten. that;s what that fleeceScotch tension on Schacht Reeves. modified.
there was a bit of spinning and the original ST thread did wear out and the spring got caught-stretched. accidents happen at high plying speeds.

the spring is from ACE hardware, softest they had. the thread on ST is 20/2nm wool for what it worth. I like it. It seem to have finer tune for gossamer yarn spinning. nice and smooth. did not try plying in that configuration. the ST will wear out faster than cotton, granted. hey, I have a cone of that wool, not at any risk of running out :)


oh, forgotten, that's what that golden fleece does spin into.
excuse my dog hair in the picture, but I guess it worked for the comparison purposes, well, not intentionally :)

Spin for speed and zero cost spindle rig

going though that carded fleece as fast as possible, having the time...
neps and noels doe not allow lace at, so it becomes 3-ply gradient yarn. it looks like this way I can hide good amount of the fleece issues and pick the nastiest neps/noels to.
Did not want to spend a lot of time on spindle reeling-plying ball etc. therefore the spindle rig... best part about it it costs 0. spindle spun single matches wheel spun, it was done this way. Spindle stuff is good to go where I need more of this or that color building my gradient yarn. 3 main shades, 9 color changes total, very long gradient

 so.. that left pile is all spun into cobweb singles, almost, there are 2.5 pieces left in darkest gray. maybe tomorrow it will be ll over, done with that ... not favorede fleece finally.

and some cobweb single, from alpaca fleece. 

PS: next day update:)  I'm done with the "non av" fiber. done

PPS: washer ready to knit

More fleece spinning

here is some carded wool and Schacht Reeves 30'' Saxony wheel.  the fleece washed yesterday is in the background on the gray mat. the rest- carded stuff to go through. some of that last year fleece was ok to card, some - ...nepps, and Patrick Green carder is not the worst carder in the world by far, fine drum should work just fine on that fleece, and it did one some of it, but some, that had... let's put it this way... tips that were... chemically damaged (by whatever that sheep was rolling in etc, nastiest stuff I had to cut before washing). last time I bought the fleece as a group and I did not see the fine fleece that could be purchased. Lesson learned :). I did not want to even try to comb the stuff that had damaged fleece tips, I should have tossed it in the garden like my dear husband suggested :). makes me want to just rip though it on Reeves versus doing this

at least on reeves the wheel spins for me, less motion for the hands.