spinning
And so, having played with a few different fibres to get the feel of things, it’s time to put these bad boys through their paces. A hand distaff full of alpaca should do nicely. I did a load of this while testing and got over two hour’s worth of spinning from it, a whole distaff will last a while!
I have had my new wool combs for less than 24 hours and they have already tasted flesh. (It was entirely user error, but they didn’t miss their chance to show me who’s boss in this relationship.)
It’s OK, I still love them. They’re still less violent than the chickens.
Quite aside from how convenient it is, turns out spindle spinning is a great chance for me to practice good posture. Shoulders down, elbows in, butt tucked - all the stuff the physio yells at me to do. Perhaps I need to keep my spindle at my writing desk rather than my knitting, for thinking breaks.