Long Draw Spinning – Thick-and-Thin Art Yarn

Today I’m spinning a very chunky, thick-and-thin art yarn, using long draw technique. It’s a beautiful sunny winter’s day, so I’ve dragged onto the porch, the old Indian Head spinning wheel, This Indian head spinning wheel is mounted on a cast iron treadle, making it very heavy, but it does have the largest orifice of all the spinning wheels I have ever seen, which makes it perfect for creating chunky art yarns.

This is pure llama fibre that I have carded to give it is some elasticity and dyed a gorgeous shocking pink colour. The dyed locks have been carded again with some raw fibre from one of our llamas. This is a wonderful yarn for mega knitting.

I apologise for keeping my head down, but the sun is so bright today, glaring off the snow, that I can barely see anything when I look up, I’m not complaining about the sunshine though!