Cross Lacing on a Spinning Wheel

[@munchmary]

Thank you! I bought an Irish tension spinning wheel without realizing it. I was recently taught to spin on a double drive and couldn’t get the right grip on my new wheel. This really helps!

[@Textile_Dude]

@@munchmary Awesome. Glad to hear it.

[@Clubkidknitter]

Absolutely AMAZING video. I learned a LOT! Thank you!

[@sheepspinning]

Thank you for this suggestion, my wheel was pulling in so fast so I just stopped using it. Now I will try it again using the cross lacing

[@Textile_Dude]

Glad to hear it. It totally works. In fact if you do too many zig zags it gets to the point it wont draw at all!

[@howlingwind1937]

Thank you for your video, I know it's an oldish one. I've never heard or seen cross lacing before, I would have thought the yarn would get all tangled or something, I'm going to try cross lacing for myself, thank you. Cheers from Tasmania!

[@Textile_Dude]

Glad to help.

[@howlingwind1937]

@@Textile_Dude 💜Thank you.

[@junjisvibes]

Thank you for the video, it’s super helpful! I just purchased a Louet s71 and it’s also bobbin-led. I was wondering, how do you cross-lace when the singles are coming closer to the orifice as you fill the bobbin?

[@Textile_Dude]

You will find that as the bobbin fills, it will pull less and less. Something to do with the leverage. By the time the bobbin is that full you probably will not have to cross lace at all

[@karensmith8300]

Thank you for the video - it's given me hope that I can solve this exact problem with my Ashford jumbo e-spinner. I prefer to spin fine yarns and my wonderful husband bought me the jumbo e-spinner for my birthday thinking that bigger would be better! Sadly not so. I don't want to sell it but I'm also not interested in big art yarns so am trying to work out how to spin finer yarns on it. I have the orifice reducer but it's just too powerful for the finer yarns. Have you tried this method on an e-spinner or do you have any advice about it?

[@Textile_Dude]

Sorry, no experience or advice about if this will work on an e spinner

[@PatrickShanahan-ei2bf]

Very helpful dude. I'm a beginner using a louet 10 and have processed alpaca to s pin. I'm having trouble with take up and excessive spinning but finding some helpful videos all of a sudden. How thin should the spun yarn look on the bobbin? My large hands are used to knitting with bulky yarns and I think I'm trying to spin the alpaca to large as a result. Any tips would be appreciated as I'm learning on you tube exclusively. Your friend in crafting. Spokane, wa. Oh and merry Christmas 🎅.

[@Textile_Dude]

It depends a little on if you are going to 2 ply or 3 ply. I usually spin a little thicker than the wire of a paperclip and definitely thinner than the with of the lead in a wooden pencil. That gives me about a "DK" thickness of 3 ply yarn.

[@nancylindsay4255]

I wonder if cross-lacing would also allow more length for the twist to even out before being wound on the bobbin.

[@Textile_Dude]

That's an interesting thought. I'm not sure.

[@IetsieKlein]

I'm wondering on the effect the friction has on the yarn already on the bobbin - if it's a non supperwash fiber, doesn't it tend to want to felt the threads already on the bobbin? Thanks for sharing! I have not considered this option before!

[@Textile_Dude]

Not that I have noticed. I am spinning shetland Batts and other than basic washing not much else has been done to it.