Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Spinning polwarth ~

As the thawing of the snow and ice continue, I am able to spin one more of my 1 ounce samples of polwarth. This is my last one, and once it "rests" I will practice Navajo plying once again. I hope that this plying technique will become easier and fluid, as for now I stop-and-start as I used to for drop spindling. I am enjoying the practice, and am looking forward to what to spin next, so I can practice Navajo plying again, and again, and again!

2 comments:

Geri said...

This video demonstrates a very good chain (Navajo) plying technique.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmlwtojLXI8

me said...

Thanks for the tip. I need to see what her fingers are doing, so I shall watch this. The youtubes I've watched do not show the fingers and how they take the single "up" or "down" into the loop, and how the loop gets incorporated into the twist going into the wheel...but I'm having a lot of fun with this technique, but I fear that I'm not doing it correctly!!! Thanks for your help!!!