Spin the Yarn You Need Exercises
Always begin by spinning your default for a few minutes to find your rhythm.
Assume that you are spinning your default unless otherwise stated.
When sampling, spin several feet of yarn before you take a sample, to ensure that you’ve found your rhythm.
Worsted Play
Spin a yarn on every whorl ratio without changing any other factors.
Adjust the tension knob and spin a yarn on low, medium, and high tension.
Using a commercially prepared wool top, use your thumb to manage twist as you spin across the top of the top.
Draft deeper into your draft zone - begin by spinning near the very tips of the fiber, then gradually move the fingers of your working hand deeper into the wool to draw out more wool.
Try making a thick and thin yarn using this technique
Start with an empty flyer. Cross-lace your flyer and try to spin an extremely fine yarn.
Maintaining the default speed of your treadle, increase your draft speed.
Woolen Draft - without making other adjustment, change how fast you draw back your fiber in your longdraw.
Plying - sample plying your default yarn to different amounts of twist.
