Any tips for a new drop spindle spinner?

Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc.
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Do any of you have any tips or advice for a new spindle spinner???

Thanks for any response!!!

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This is fabulous:

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Just relax. I mean your back. I would find myself so engrossed in my spinning that I would not manage my posture and pay for it all night long. Of course that could apply to just about any activity.
Just a thought.

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Thanks for the tip and the site. I just got my spindles today and I am worried about trying it. Silly, eh? samm

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What worked for me was to park and draft first. it totally helped.
I started with a turkish spindle and hated it (still have not touched it since)…so I made my own and I still use it to this day.
once you do a few hundred skeins of park and draft you will be amazed how you just “get” it.

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Predraft your fiber first. It should slide out from the bunch easily. If it doesn’t you will end up getting very frustrated while trying to spin. Practice park n draft first, as whimzypinzy said. Once you learn to draft nicely, move on to drop spindling.

And don’t forget why it’s called a drop spindle. It will drop. Many times. Don’t give up. It’s kinda like learning to ride a bike. You’ll be awkward at first and get frustrated, but sooner or later, it will just click, and you’ll be making yarn. :slight_smile:

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lmao and still will once you know what you are doing, because on child will always run up to you with some issue and you take your mind away for a minute then you hear BOOM… the spindle hits the floor lol lol lol :doh: