Spinning from the Cloud: Talking about Clouds of Fiber, and Alpaca 

❣️😸 tense spinning is a recipe for rope😹❣️

💜so happy you found joy with my video💜

Very pleased that you enjoyed it😊

I’m so glad you enjoyed the video. I love the small carders and hope they will work for you too❣️

I am so glad you found me😊 I will now be working my way through your videos ❤️ Just from the thumbnails, I expect to really enjoy them.

@@UnwindingwithFiberandFabric I will be working my way through yours as well.

Greetings 😊 and best wishes with your spinning 💜 I was just spinning from the cloud yesterday. For me, it is the most relaxing way to spin. I hope you find it enjoyable❣️

@@UnwindingwithFiberandFabric Thank you : )

I am so glad you found my video and enjoyed it❤️ Spinning from the cloud is my favorite way to spin - I love spinning right from the lock, but find that the cloud gives me just a bit more “fluffy” and less worsted end product. Happy spinning!

Glad you found it of value :)

Welcome to my channel ❣️ An espinner is on my wish list for the future 😊 Currently my hands and arms give me more trouble than my legs so I keep treadling. You are so fortunate to have a nearby mill. I don’t mind hand carding or blending but having it mill spun would be nice especially for blending alpaca ❤️ I still have not fallen in love with that fiber even though I have a huge amount of it😹

@@UnwindingwithFiberandFabric I have fibromyalgia but my leg was a medical mishap 😡 I was losing dexterity in my fingers but the fibre arts has helped regain feeling! Just don’t overdo it eg!!

Fibromyalgia is one of the things that is messing with my hands and feet. Spinning has been so important to helping me regain the mobility that I had lost before figuring out what was going on. Old Injury to my back and hip sometimes makes treadling painful so I just have to be careful. The Kromski Polonaise has a very large treadle footman that I have seen a spinner use with both feet resting side by side. I keep wondering if that might be a better treadle technique but have never found one to test. Espinner will probably be my next wheel purchase though. The compact nature will be better if my mobility ever worsens again.

Was interrupted while replying🙃 So sorry that you had to deal with a medical mishap 😢 that had to have been such a tough blow. While I can’t relate to that experience, I can understand the frustration that comes when the medical community lets us down. I am so atypical that I nearly died because I didn’t present “normal” symptoms when I was pregnant. I never present normal symptoms with any of my conditions- usually have to get pretty sick before the doctors stop expecting “normal”.

@@UnwindingwithFiberandFabric oh gosh tell me about it! I have weird allergies so never “normal” (e.g. they say; “no one is allergic to rice… so you can’t be!!”) they try and fit your square peg into their round hole 🤦‍♀️ Yes, it took me 2y fight with authorities to get some kind of compensation… I get NZ 2.40 per day! At least I can still walk. I hope your symptoms have stabilised… - crafting is a healer ❤️

Welcome😊 Glad you enjoyed the video❣️

I am happy you enjoyed the video ❤️

So glad you found my channel and best wishes with your spinning ❣️ I’ve tried to make playlists to help viewers find the different content😸

I wanted to mention, you might find the videos I uploaded in July 2023 interesting. I was uploading the during the annual Tour de Fleece event. This year I discussed a different spinning topic each day. I also shared some of my favorite spinning resources. 💜Happy Spinning

It is always lovely to connect with other spinners😊 I love how spinning can be very technical or very basic with great end results either way. It is such a personal process, but one that is so easily shared with others❤️ I so glad you found this video❤️ I hope you enjoy more of them.

@@UnwindingwithFiberandFabric I'm working my way through several videos by different crafters. I built my own wheel, and several modifications later, can actually make a knit-able or loosely weave-able yarn. I'm getting better at consistency, but my singles still unravel under tension. Working on that. Plies hold better, especially chain (or Navajo-although my navajo weaving friend says it's not a method they have ever used) 3-ply.

Sounds like you are really getting into the craft 😊 loose yarn is certainly easier to use than overspun - at least when it comes to a plied yarn. If you are a weaver and are looking for a good way to weave with singles, try sourcing a mid to long staple length fiber. They make for better weaving singles than short fibers since they won’t have as frequent of joined ends. My first success was with a Lincoln cross that I spun from the lock. The singles held up really well on the loom (my daughter was the weaver). Consider fibers that are courser as well and use them for utility projects. One of my recent videos talks about a number of utility spins/projects I have had fun with. It is a good way to practice, build skills, and have fun. Then as your skills build, return to fine fibers for weaving. Of course for weft, just about any of your spins can be fun yarn to add into a project 😊

@@UnwindingwithFiberandFabric I've found that there's really no bad yarn, just certain ones work better than others in certain projects. I find a use for everything I make, even if I have to change projects cuz what I made won't do what I intended when I started😁. I'm pretty much stuck with whatever fiber comes my way. I learned to spin because I couldn't afford to buy yarn anymore. At the moment I have llama & alpaca, for the price of shearing them, and I sheared a poor sheep who's previous owner got sick and couldn't do it last year, so she had 2 years of fleece and it's pretty bad. I don't even know what breed she is, but she's much happier without that 150 lbs of hair. It won't be that heavy once I clean it up, the weight is mostly dirt and skirting, but it will be Spinnable when I get done. It seems to be a fairly long staple, but I won't know for sure til I have it cleaned some. It's a project for sure, but I'm hoping it will make a good blanket or shawl or something. Even if I have to felt it, I should get something usable.

@@MsLadyhorse oooh mystery sheep wool with long growth - that sounds like a wonderful adventure ahead of you 🙂 Plus the llama and alpaca would certainly be wonderful fibers to spin for many applications. Sounds like you have quite an excellent fiber stash that will keep you spinning and skill building for some time to come ❤