{"id":1542,"date":"2018-08-11T16:50:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-11T14:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/?p=1542"},"modified":"2018-08-12T16:51:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T14:51:00","slug":"save-the-thrums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/save-the-thrums\/","title":{"rendered":"Save the thrums!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have participated in another competition. It is the same as I participated in at a <a href=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wool-fair-and-fair-wool\/\">wool fair last year<\/a>.\u00a0The competition is called &#8216;Spin your prettiest yarn&#8217; and the challenge is to spin any kind of yarn from Swedish wool, and ad something recycled. Last year I came in second with my pigtail yarn <a href=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/the-sheep-the-chicken-the-pig-and-the-lion\/\">The sheep, the chicken, the pig and the lion<\/a>, where the recycled material was chicken feathers. In the 2018 competition, I want to save the thrums. I didn&#8217;t win anything, but I had a great time spinning the yarn.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N3WP8WOItuQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Save the thrums!<\/h1>\n<p>In this year&#8217;s competition my recycled material is weaving thrums. At least I think that&#8217;s what they are called. I&#8217;m talking about the last piece of the warp when you cut the weave off the loom. When you cut, there are warp threads left tied to the warp beam that are too short to do anything with. They have a special name in Swedish \u2013 effsingar, also meaning something that is cut off (I&#8217;ve never heard it being used that way, though). When I have finished a weave on my rigid heddle loom and cut it off, the thrums are about 40 cm long. My heart cries when I cut these handspun pieces of magic off and just leave them (I have never been able to throw them away). But for this project, they will bring some bling to my prettiest yarn.<\/p>\n<h1>Making the yarn<\/h1>\n<p>I used a beautiful grey fleece of a finewool\/rya mix that I had combed. I spun the yarn on a supported spindle and chain plied it in sections, a method called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZxNMqyIDNPc&amp;t=17s\">ply on the fly<\/a>. But before I let the twist into the loop, I inserted \u00a0a two inch piece of thrum in the loop. The thrums came from my <a href=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/the-blanka-pillowcase\/\">first<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/the-non-blanka-pillowcase\/\">second<\/a> pillow cases and a <a href=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/woven-blanket\/\">blanket<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Plying on the fly on a supported spindle is a focus-demanding business. I actually feel a bit like a spider, handling the spindle, three strands of yarn and the butterflied yarn supply. Ad to that a gazillion 2-inch pieces of thrums to fiddle into the loop of the chain ply and you may agree with me.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1677\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1677\" style=\"width: 1366px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1677\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/save-the-thrums\/skarmavbild-2018-07-24-kl-16-22-11\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sk%C3%A4rmavbild-2018-07-24-kl.-16.22.11.png?fit=1366%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1366,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sk\u00e4rmavbild 2018-07-24 kl. 16.22.11\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sk%C3%A4rmavbild-2018-07-24-kl.-16.22.11.png?fit=525%2C369&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1677 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sk%C3%A4rmavbild-2018-07-24-kl.-16.22.11.png?resize=525%2C369&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Close-up of a person plying on a supported spindle.\" width=\"525\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sk%C3%A4rmavbild-2018-07-24-kl.-16.22.11.png?w=1366&amp;ssl=1 1366w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sk%C3%A4rmavbild-2018-07-24-kl.-16.22.11.png?resize=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sk%C3%A4rmavbild-2018-07-24-kl.-16.22.11.png?resize=768%2C540&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sk%C3%A4rmavbild-2018-07-24-kl.-16.22.11.png?resize=1024%2C720&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plying on the fly takes focus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The yarn had to weigh at least 50 grams, so I had to spin 50 grams on one single spindle. It worked, but it was quite tough the last 10 grams.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1676\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1676\" style=\"width: 3024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1676\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/save-the-thrums\/slanda\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sl%C3%A4nda.jpg?fit=3024%2C4032&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3024,4032\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1529614246&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sl\u00e4nda\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sl%C3%A4nda.jpg?fit=525%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1676 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sl%C3%A4nda.jpg?resize=525%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A spindle full of dark grey yarn.\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sl%C3%A4nda.jpg?w=3024&amp;ssl=1 3024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sl%C3%A4nda.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sl%C3%A4nda.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sl%C3%A4nda.jpg?w=1050&amp;ssl=1 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sl%C3%A4nda.jpg?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">50 g of yarn on a 23 g spindle (Malcolm Fielding).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After I had finished the spinning, I made a simple knot on each thrum. At this stage, a lot of them wiggled their way out of the loop. I started making knots \u00a0at the tie end of the skein and followed the yarn all the way through the skein. I came up with this method after I had shot the clip for the video. Since I had basically the same loop length on every loop, I could easily find where a thrum was missing this way. The knots were a bit slippery since the thrums were naturally warp-straight.<\/p>\n<p>After washing the yarn the knots were a bit more friendly towards their destiny as knots and stayed where I had put them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1675\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1675\" style=\"width: 4032px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1675\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/save-the-thrums\/fardig-harva\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/F%C3%A4rdig-h%C3%A4rva.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1529855133&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"F\u00e4rdig h\u00e4rva\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/F%C3%A4rdig-h%C3%A4rva.jpg?fit=525%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1675 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/F%C3%A4rdig-h%C3%A4rva.jpg?resize=525%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A skein of dark grey yarn. It has little coloured knots on it and blue flowers.\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/F%C3%A4rdig-h%C3%A4rva.jpg?w=4032&amp;ssl=1 4032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/F%C3%A4rdig-h%C3%A4rva.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/F%C3%A4rdig-h%C3%A4rva.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/F%C3%A4rdig-h%C3%A4rva.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/F%C3%A4rdig-h%C3%A4rva.jpg?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A finished yarn with saved thrums<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>FYI: Strong fibers spun and plied on the fly can generate a mean paper cut.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1674\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1674\" style=\"width: 4032px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1674\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/save-the-thrums\/provlapp2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Provlapp2.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1529954024&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Provlapp2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Provlapp2.jpg?fit=525%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1674 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Provlapp2.jpg?resize=525%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A knitted swatch of dark grey yarn with coloured knots in it.\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Provlapp2.jpg?w=4032&amp;ssl=1 4032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Provlapp2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Provlapp2.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Provlapp2.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Provlapp2.jpg?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Save the thrums swatch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Happy spinning!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have participated in another competition. It is the same as I participated in at a wool fair last year.\u00a0The competition is called &#8216;Spin your prettiest yarn&#8217; and the challenge is to spin any kind of yarn from Swedish wool, and ad something recycled. Last year I came in second with my pigtail yarn The &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/save-the-thrums\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Save the thrums!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[77,36],"tags":[62,47,55,17,31,23],"class_list":["post-1542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spinning-techniques","category-videos","tag-ply-on-the-fly","tag-plying","tag-spinning-competitions","tag-supported-spindle","tag-sustainability","tag-weaving"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Save the thrums! - Josefin Waltin spinner<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this blog post I describe how I prepared and spun a yarn for the spinning competition &#039;Spin your prettiest yarn&#039;. 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