User:Sterric/MakingIsConnecting/MakingYarn

Here I will be posting my Yarn making process.

Preperations

So before I could get started with making Yarn I had to do research on what kind of material I want to use. Luckily while doing my general research after the history of yarn I already found quite a list of possible materials. However a quick vissit to the Fabric station for a more indept explenation helped me understand the nature why only certain materials are possible for making yarn. The key lays in fibre. The Fibre that I want to use needs have a rough scaley surface that makes it possible for it to intertwine with itself. Things like synthethics lack this property and thus are not suited for making yarn by hand. Considering I really want to get down to the basics by starting at the beginning of stitching, I first decided I want to work with rough sheep whool. Now to really get a sense of what this means my first idea was to track down a sheep farm and find out if I could shave a sheep myself for my own whool. Short Answer: No. Long answer: Sheep shaving is actually a craft itself as you have to shave an animal that does not want to be shaved. Unskillful hands could hurt the animal. Also it's the wrong season to shave sheep.

So I decided to opt out for rough unwashed, unpainted sheep whool. However it turns out that that isn't a possibility either. In the fabric station there is a strict ban on unwashed furst as they could bring moths with them. They had this plague before, and they don't want it again.

So wild ideas aside I decided to just make do with the unpainted prewashed whool they already have available at the fabric station, if just for learning the basic technique. However I will note that once I do learn the basic techniques of spinning whool that I might go out again and look for other materials to make the yarn with.

Step 1: Learning the basics

Today I focussed completely on gaining the skills required to make yarn.

Step 2: Experimenting with structure/material

Experimentation with structure of yarn.