The fiber that you’re making the yarn also changes how the spindle reacts. Yarn: the yarn that your spinning affects your spindle as it is loaded onto the shaft the weight, balance of energy, and the shape all change. Wider whorls spin slower creating twist slower. The closer the weight is to the shaft the faster it will spin, the fast the twist will move into the yarn, the faster the resistance is created in the yarn, the sooner the spindle will stop because of the twist built up in the fiber. Mass Distribution how the whorls shaped in proportion to the shaft affects its speed. Low whorl= less wobble which leads to rapid slowdown, a low whorl is more forgiving to flaws in the structure of the spindle, such as warp in the woods or a less balanced weight in the whorl. The mass is closer to the ground and gravity is helping to keep the balance of the spindle, so it can keep rotating on a single point. ![]() Low whorl spindles are less likely to be affected by outside forces like wind. Mass Distribution: how the spindle is shaped, where the weight/mass is affects how it works. It also is an element of Mass Distribution… ![]() Shape changes where you grab, how you add energy flick your spindle or make it work. Shape: How you hold it, affects how you use it. You could spin with a square whorl on your spindle or even with a single glass bead like the Romans did. This doesn’t mean that a spindle has to be round but rather that the weight is evenly distributed around the axis or the shaft when turning. Paduak Turkish Drop Spindle from Riley Wool and Fiber Artīalance: Spindles need to have balance so they maintain the energy as long as possible.
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