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Spinning the March Non-Wool Club- Spoilers

10/3/2019

 
If you've not received your club parcel yet you may want to skip this post and come back later when your fibre has arrived. 
There are lots of new fibres in the club parcels, so It bought some video clips to give you some ideas on where to start would be helpful. 
If you want to see step by step instructions on how to attach a leader to your bobbin with a loop at the end then the blogpost is here. 
I recommend starting with the Tussah Silk. I like spinning it with a short forward draw from the end of the top, that way you get a super shiny yarn. The other way to try spinning silk is from the fold. You can use a short forward draw as before, or try doing a point of twist draw.
Viscose is shiny fibre like the silk, but much more slippery.  Try spinning the silk first! 
You can use a short forward draw to keep it smooth and sleek, or you can spin it from the fold. 
For the Baby Camel, check the staple length, that's what will catch you out after spinning 2 long staple fibres. ​You can spin it with a short forward draw, and it will also work well as a thicker yarn. Don't be afraid to use a good amount of twist with this short stapled fibre. It will also suit being spun from the fold, and this would probably be the method I'd pick to spin this fibre. ​
And here are the fibres in the parcels this month. 
Tussah Silk in the Antilles and Violet, Viscose in Fog and Shell, and Undyed Baby Camel. 
The club is full for this 3 month block, but I will be doing it again in the summer, and spare fibre from the parcels will go on sale in the shop in 1 months time. 

Tussah Silk is one of the more textured form of silk, if you're interested in knowing more about silk then I wrote a summary here a while ago. Viscose is an extruded cellulose fibre, it's also sometimes called Rayon. Celulose fibres are dissolved using chemicals, and are then extruded out in to very fine filaments that make up the fibre. This Viscose is made in China, but is purchased through a supplier who is committed ti ensuring environmental good practise. Both fibres were dyed to Okeo-Tex 100 standard in Italy.  Baby Camel comes from the undercoat of young camels, and is incredibly warm and fluffy, most of the fibre comes from the Bactrian Camel (the one with 2 humps), and is sourced from China, Tibet and Mongolia. 
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