{"id":1623,"date":"2018-07-08T11:19:54","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T09:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/?p=1623"},"modified":"2019-01-30T18:53:34","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T17:53:34","slug":"spinning-english-longdraw-with-a-quill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/spinning-english-longdraw-with-a-quill\/","title":{"rendered":"Spinning English longdraw with a quill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If one day I get the opportunity and the space, I want to get my hands on a walking wheel. To be able to spin majestically while having the freedom of standing and moving around is very appealing to me. When I recently found a wheel \u2013 tiny however \u2013 with an optional quill, I knew I needed it. You can read more about how the wheel came to me <a href=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/unboxing-day\/\">here<\/a>. This post is about spinning English longdraw with a quill.<\/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\/xK-ncR1yjnw?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>Quill wheels<\/h1>\n<p>Spinning with a quill \u2013 or stylus \u2013 \u00a0is a very old technique. \u00a0The first spinning wheel after the spindle was the great wheel (or walking wheel). It had a quill where the more modern spinning wheel has a bobbin and flyer. They were also hand operated, as opposed to the more modern (and time saving) treadle driven.<\/p>\n<p>With a great wheel you have the perfect opportunity to spin soft and warm yarns with lovely longdraws. As far as I understand it, medieval spinners were allowed to spin weft on the wheel. The strength of the weft yarn wasn&#8217;t as crucial sa the warp yarn. The warp had to be spun with a spindle to be strong and even enough.<\/p>\n<p>Watching the quill on my wheel gives me a hint to how Sleeping beauty supposedly hurt herself \u2013 this quill is dead sharp. While I did get stung by it several times I did not fall asleep, though. I am pretty sure Sleeping beauty didn&#8217;t fall asleep either. She just faked it to be able to shut the door behind her and spin in peace. No friggin&#8217; princes necessary.<\/p>\n<h1>Spinning with a quill<\/h1>\n<p>The movements of spinning with a quill are so beautiful, like a choreographed dance. Apart from the general feeling of spinning with a quill, there are other benefits as well. Since there are no hooks or orifice, you can spin yarn of any thickness on a quill. You can go crazy with bulky art yarns with whatever you want to attach to it. Perhaps I should give that pigtail yarn with washers that I have been dreaming about a try? Gotta unsharpened that quill first, though.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1632\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1632\" style=\"width: 644px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1632\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/spinning-english-longdraw-with-a-quill\/img_3248\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3248.jpg?fit=644%2C615&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"644,615\" 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=\"IMG_3248\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3248.jpg?fit=525%2C501&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1632 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3248.jpg?resize=525%2C501&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Close-up of a small spinning wheel with a quill.\" width=\"525\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3248.jpg?w=644&amp;ssl=1 644w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3248.jpg?resize=300%2C286&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deadly sharp quill with ugly plastic straw.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Spinning with a quill feels very free. There are no hooks to fuss with and there is a simplicity to it when there is less material between me and the wound up yarn. Also, you never have to deal with tension.<\/p>\n<p>Although I try to avoid plastic, I have added an ugly plastic drinking straw to my quill. This is to (hopefully) make it easier to slide the cop off the quill when I am finished.<\/p>\n<h1>English long draw<\/h1>\n<p>This past Christmas I <a href=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/english-long-draw\/\">blogged about the English longdraw<\/a> and promised you a video with it. I also promised you I would do it with white yarn. This yarn is brown. I will make another video with English longdraw with bobbin and flyer. With white wool. Have faith!<\/p>\n<p>Watching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7BJB2-U7eYU&amp;t=1s&amp;frags=pl%2Cwn\">Norman Kennedy spin on a walking wheel<\/a>\u00a0gives me goosebumps. Spinning with English longdraw gives the yarn a quality that I believe is more consistent than the American longdraw (which is my &#8216;regular&#8217; longdraw). The English longdraw is a double drafted draw and very similar to the technique I use when I spin on a Navajo spindle. You can see the Navajo spindle technique in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MLk3GmZuB9E&amp;t=14s\">this video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>The technique: Basics<\/h2>\n<p>In the December <a href=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/english-long-draw\/\">blog post<\/a>\u00a0you can read more about the technique. Let&#8217;s go through the technique again, step by step:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pinch the yarn with your spinning hand.<\/li>\n<li>Gather twist by treadling and keeping the spinning hand still.<\/li>\n<li>Unpinch and draw with the fiber hand<\/li>\n<li>add some more twist by\u00a0treadling and keeping the fiber hand still.<\/li>\n<li>wind on to the quill<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Intermediate<\/h2>\n<p>This was the rough sketch. Let&#8217;s dig a bit deeper:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pinch the yarn with your spinning hand.<\/li>\n<li>Gather twist by treadling and keeping the spinning hand still. <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em>Make sure you have a bit of an angle on the yarn (in relation to the direction of the quill).<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Unpinch and draw with the fiber hand. <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em>Keep the angle.<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em>Hold the fiber very lightly and release evenly. This is the single draft.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>add some more twist by\u00a0treadling and keeping the fiber hand still. <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em>This is the double draft.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>wind on to the quill. <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em>This is where you need to change the angle, just as you would on a supported spindle or Navajo spindle. Grab the yarn with your spinning hand. Pull a little\u00a0to release the yarn from the tip and wind on to the bottom of the quill. This is a quite fast motion.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Advanced<\/h2>\n<p>If we look at rhythm and consistency we can go even deeper:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pinch the yarn with your spinning hand.<\/li>\n<li>Gather twist by treadling and keeping the spinning hand still. <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em>Make sure you have a bit of an angle on the yarn (in relation to the direction of the quill). <\/em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Count your treadles here.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Unpinch and draw with the fiber hand. Keep the angle. <i style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Hold the fiber very lightly and release evenly. This is the single draft. \u00a0<\/i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Try to make the release chunks even across the yarn.<\/span><i style=\"color: #3366ff;\">\u00a0<\/i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Count\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">again here\u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li>add some more twist by\u00a0treadling and keeping the fiber hand still. <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em>This is the double draft. <\/em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2026and here.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>wind on to the quill. <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em>This is where you need to change the angle to 90 degrees, just as you would on a supported spindle or Navajo spindle. Grab the yarn with your spinning hand. Pull a little to release the yarn from the tip and wind on to the bottom of the quill. This is a quite fast motion.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By counting the treadles you can get more consistency in the yarn. In the video I treadled eight single treadles for gathering twist and another eight to ten for drawing and adding twist.<\/p>\n<p>The beauty of spinning is that you get so much practice, you just repeat the motions again and again. Suddenly, it&#8217;s just there, incorporated in your hands and movements and your body knows just what to do.<\/p>\n<h1>The video<\/h1>\n<p>This time I shot the video at the allotment. I have done some outdoor videos and clips with my stationary wheel and my portable wheel, but it isn&#8217;t very easy.\u00a0That&#8217;s what a tiny wheel is for! I just threw the bag over my shoulder and left!<\/p>\n<p>Since good quality carding is s such a vital part of spinning longdraw, I decided to keep the carding part unedited in the clip. Skip it if you don&#8217;t need it.<\/p>\n<p>I ordered the double treadle version of the spinning wheel. However, I find it smoother and less noisy when I spin it as a single treadle. I chose to spin with a single treadle in this video. An interesting article in the latest issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/plymagazine.com\/product\/flyer-led-summer-18\/\">PLY magazine<\/a>\u00a0covers single treadle spinning and I am eager to investigate this more.<\/p>\n<p>I know I promised you white wool, but this was what I had at the moment. I hope my light coloured clothes compensate a little.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1624\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1624\" style=\"width: 882px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1624\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/spinning-english-longdraw-with-a-quill\/img_3247\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3247.jpg?fit=882%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"882,750\" 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=\"IMG_3247\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3247.jpg?fit=525%2C446&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1624 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3247.jpg?resize=525%2C446&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A person spinning on a small spinning wheel with a quill.\" width=\"525\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3247.jpg?w=882&amp;ssl=1 882w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3247.jpg?resize=300%2C255&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3247.jpg?resize=768%2C653&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The free and unencumbered long draw with a quill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From the yearnings for a giant walking wheel to a teeny tiny portable wheel via the quill. I don&#8217;t get to walk while spinning, but then again, I couldn&#8217;t bring a walking wheel to the woods either. And whichever wheel or other spinning tool I use, I get to spin.<\/p>\n<p>Happy spinning!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You can follow me on several social media:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCLBBuYv4kff8RQ_oY-PNEqg?view_as=subscriber\">youtube channel<\/a> is where I release a lot of my videos. Subscribe to be sure not to miss anything!<\/li>\n<li>This <a href=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/blog\/\">blog<\/a> is my main channel. This is where I write posts about spinning, but also where I explain a bit more about videos I release. Sometimes I make videos that are on the blog only. You can subscribe or get an rss feed to be sure not to miss any posts.<\/li>\n<li>I have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/josefinwaltinspinner\/\">facebook page<\/a> where I link to all my blog posts, you are welcome to follow.<\/li>\n<li>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/josefinwaltinspinner\/posts\">Patreon<\/a> you can get early access to new videos. You can read more about my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/josefinwaltinspinner\/overview\">Patreon page<\/a> here.<\/li>\n<li>Follow me on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/josefinwaltin\/\">Instagram.<\/a>\u00a0 I announce new blog posts and post lots of woolliness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If one day I get the opportunity and the space, I want to get my hands on a walking wheel. To be able to spin majestically while having the freedom of standing and moving around is very appealing to me. 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