Spinning true woolen using the long-draw drafting technique

[@basilrose]

This is the best long draw tutorial I've ever found, thank you for explaining each step so clearly! ❤

[@SneepSnorpworm]

I came here, with a head full of problems and left, with a heart full of love Thank you

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Thank you! 🥰

[@thequietcorneraknittingspi5029]

I just adore you and your channel 🥰 Thanks for creating such lovely and gentle content! I love knitting and spinning along with you ❤️

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Thank you Vanessa! I feel exactly the same way about your beautiful podcast. I hope you, your hubby, and your bunny 🐰 are doing well 💕.

[@YarnNYarns]

You made that look so easy. And wow that yarn looked just gorgeous. Thank you for the rolag moustache at the end that made me chuckle. And Peaches pose at the end, she was really making the most of the limelight :D

[@SoulfulSpinning]

It’s funny how she looks right in the camera. But of course I think she is secretly a person!

[@pascalegravel9394]

Your videos are so soothing and your teachings helpful! Thank you again! 😊

[@abittwisted]

Time to up my game with the long draw. Looks like what I need. Looks smooth and easy.

[@lisarametta9977]

Your podcast has quickly become my favorite for Spinning 🐑😊! Thank you for sharing your lovely peaceful way of creating beauty .

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Thank you, Lisa. So kind of you to say!

[@karlapreas4039]

Goofball!! That Rolag moustache was hilarious. Thanks for making longdraw look easy to a begining spinner. Something to strive for.

[@katjafarbenfroh8646]

wonderful to watch your spinning, thank you.

[@CriaAndKiddFW]

I love that you kept your rolags light and fluffy. I have the hardest time with the tight rolled ones I see in other spinning videos. Shetland is one of my favorite fibers! Thanks for the video.

[@gfitz6001]

Cria and Kidd : I’m curious as to why Shetland is one of your favorite fibers? I’m spinning Shetland on my drop spindle and I cannot get it smooth. I’m drafting as best I can, yet I don’t have a consistent thickness.

[@michelleandrews8190]

Thank you for this video. It was very helpful as I am still trying to figure out the long draw method. Your videos are always so peaceful and delightful to watch.

[@lollygolden3822]

I used to live in aurora, I’ll. I loved your video and am just new to spinning. I’ve knit and quilted and now my focus is rug Hooking. I’m doing hand spuns for rugs. I wish I was into spinning when I was there. I’m also an avid reader and your Louise Penny books sound like a treat. Thank you for your wonderful vlog.

[@anjagrebe8330]

Thank you very much. I love all of your Videos and I am very inspired by you, your wool and your spindles.

[@joannabateman]

Incredibly helpful and demystifying! Thank you for sharing this. I have many hours more practice ahead of me! ❤

[@pathowes32]

Very nice spinning. Hi Peaches🐾🐾

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Thanks Pat! I don’t know what I’d do without my girl. 🐾 💜.

[@jenniferbrighty5120]

Hi Lisa, Thankyou for another great relaxing video/podcast. This is another one that's just come up on my feed. I absolutely love watching & learning from you. Tiday is the first time that ive actually managed to ge a fairly consistent yarn. Hooe i manage to do it again tomorrow. Have ordered 2 more Spindles, though i think it will take me a while to have has many that you have. Now i know why we need more than 2 or 3. Take care, stay safe. Happy Spinning. Lots of love Jen xxxx

[@carolharper268]

I’ve just started to do long draw woollen spin and love how quickly it works. It’s lovely to see how you do it too very relaxing, thank you. X

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Carol Harper I agree! Once you start making yarn with longdraw, the worsted draw seems so much slower. At least that’s what I have found. Thanks for watching!

[@jenm4721]

That is beautiful yarn!

[@tianaslade2910]

Beautiful video! Can’t wait to try this❤️

[@terryandrews49]

Lovely relaxed demonstration of English long draw . I was a fairly experienced spinner when I taught my self Long Draw some 50 or more years ago. I spent a whole afternoon watching a very experienced long draw spinner, at a country show. It is very difficult for most people to change from short draw spinning, as everything is counter intuitive. but it is so easy and relaxing when you fall in and get the hang of it. Soft hands and well prepared rolags are the key. Trying it with tops or drum carded wool is not good enough, but I have re-carded both with out a problem and it gives a good starting point. It helps to have a wheel like yours with a slow foot action and a light but quick in feed. Though slow, rhythmical and relaxing It produces yarn far faster than any other method. Compared to American long draw which is really spinning from the end of the rolag, in a more or less continuous process that produces a semi worsted yarn. the English version is composed of several distinct stages.... The build up of a little spin. The draw out of a two inch or so bight of the rolag, with a controlled entry of the spin as the yarn is stretched and forms. A hold until the necessary spin has entered the yarn. And the rapid but controlled infeed of the yarn onto the bobbin. this produces a very soft and uniform woollen yarn. It is the same technique that later came to be used on the spinning mule, which replicated its staged process. It is good to see that people are still learning or teaching themselves to do it.

[@SoulfulSpinning]

It is so good hearing from an experienced longdraw spinner. You gave a very succinct and clear explanation of the method. I often spin American longdraw with drum carded prep, so I see now that is really semi worsted rather than true woolen. True woolen spinning from rolags Is such a fast method and produces a very uniform yarn like you said with practice. I have very little patience for the short forward inch worm style. Thank you so much for your feedback!

[@deblucero4685]

Love your video. Just got brave enough to try long draw this year and it has quickly become my favorite way of spinning. Still learning and have to keep checking I am getting enough twist,

[@danielletrottier6699]

Thank you for sharing, I will try it !

[@Gigiknittingandmore]

I have enjoyed my journey with you and hope for more. I’m from Pontiac Il 90 miles south of Chicago. I ha e been crocheting and knitting since I was 8 years old my grand mother taught me. I just took up looming and bobbin lace I. 2015. Spinning has become my Patton this years. With the purchase of some drop spinals. I recently got a lendrum dt and I am loving the adventure with your help. Thank you. Brigette

[@Gigiknittingandmore]

Your silly adventures are wonderful

[@martinbutler7067]

Magnificent, thanks

[@jessicawright1656]

I'm so happy that I found your show. I find it soothing. Thanks for taking the time to share. I have been spinning for roughly 26 years and I have yet to master the long draw. You make it look so easy.

[@SoulfulSpinning]

I wish I had discovered spinning earlier. So wonderful you have had your spinning a long time. I think it was easier for me to learn long draw because I had not been spinning very long when I tried it so the worsted method was not ingrained in my muscle memory. I find it almost impossible to spin worsted on my wheel. The video I linked in the description box was really helpful and Josefin Waltin has a wonderful demo of the technique here as well:kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoaxaKiEd96FmcU Thank you so much for taking the time to comment!

[@lw9248]

You are spectacular!!! Your videos are excellent and very engaging. You are a wealth of information. I just found you last night and then binge watched most of your videos all night long. I did not sleep!!! You are amazing and a joy to watch. You just popped up on my you tube feed and today after no sleep I am excited and inspired to spin. I am a spindle only gal so I would like to see park and draft methods for a Turkish spindle and supported ones as well. Park and draft is easier on my shoulders and I like to sit and spin. Have you heard of Spindolyns by Cady May? They are amazing spinning tools similar to a kick spindle but used in the hands. You would love them!!!!

[@KimmieHD]

I’m workin my way through your videos and this is one of my favorite. I love seeing you in action. It’s like I’m spinning right along with a fellow spinner.

[@SoulfulSpinning]

That’s awesome 😊. Yes, I’m spinning right along with you!

[@locarolala]

Really lovely work! thanks for sharing!

[@MikeyJehtee]

Beautiful video. A new spinner like myself, really appreciates an explanation along with a well placed visual. Thank you.

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Michael Thiel Thanks you so much for your feedback. Happy spinning!

[@barbarahudak8496]

It’s so nice to see a video from you again!

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Thank you Barbara. I have a sister names Barbara 😀.

[@jennywren2395]

What a lovely interlude to my day, I could watch you for hours, you have such a love and reverence for fleece. I heard you say in another cast that you were a yarn sniffer, so 'am I, there is nothing like burying your face in fleece and having a good sniff. I used to love the smell of our woolshed when I was on the farm, most people found it overwhelming and couldn't tolerate it. You are so graceful when spinning English Long Draw.. Thank you. Jenny(NZ)

[@ellenchappell1574]

So relaxing watching you spin. I am using an Ashford Joy right now and I love my “Daisy.” But someday.....would love to have a big old wheel like yours. The sound it makes is so wonderful.

[@SoulfulSpinning]

The knocking sound is intermittent and really bothered me for a long time. Now I just accept it as a quirk of the wheel, so worth it as it’s perfect for fast long draw. Your Ashford will be the same!

[@sandym6682]

I bought an Ashford Traveler wheel last year and have yet to try it out. But after watching you do it so easily I might just take her for a spin real soon!! I really enjoy your videos.

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Hi Sandy, that’s a lovely wheel. I bought my first wheel before I knew how to spin! Have fun 💕.

[@amybondanella9340]

I’m a newer spinner and haven’t tried long draw yet. But I have some super special local Shetland that I’m saving just for when I get good at that. I’d love to see a video where your whole body and the wheel show. I’m tall and often have a hard time finding the right position and posture to be comfortable long term. I have noticed now that I have my Lendrum DT that i have more endurance. It must be a better height and angle for me. I adore your channel and your gentle way. I’ve learned so much from you in the few videos I’ve watched!

[@SoulfulSpinning]

I was just thinking about that as I was recording myself spinning for my last video. I usually focus on close ups of my hands. I will try to get a larger view next time. I am 5 feet 7 inches so not too tall. I do find my Lendrum DT to be very comfortable. Have fun with your Shetland wool!

[@ImGinaMarie]

love yr wheel

[@haileyparlette8083]

Okay, now I have to go pull out my wheel.... Beautiful video. Woolen looks so relaxing, never figured it out. I've only ever made semi-woolen yarn. Rolags off a blending board and spun with the iron fist of worsted spinning. Don't trust myself enough to let the spin work back into a large chunk of fiber like that.

[@SoulfulSpinning]

hi Hailey, I noticed my rolags off a blending board lack the loft of the hand carded variety. I need to work on my worsted spin! But woolen to me is so relaxing and fast. Take care and happy spinning!

[@hollyscott8772]

Thanks for the beautiful diversion, Lisa. I love your podcast and needed it today. Governor Cuomo just announced we would not be going back to school this year and it's my retirement year. I am saddened to think I will not be able to say goodbye.

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Hi Holly, I am so sorry your last year is ending like this. I am retiring in 2022. Hopefully all this will be behind us then. I was just talking to one of my seniors. He’s really down about prom and all the end of year festivities. Now I wonder about the start come August. I am so glad you enjoyed the video. 💕

[@lisaw1175]

i like your mood of the video, calm and soothing. I live in Singapore and spin merino , BFL yarn and no chance to come across raw fibre. Nice to learn from you.

[@ImGinaMarie]

I forgot to ask in my other post, is the finished yarn 2 ply?

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Yes! Thanks for watching. 💕

[@manicspinner1959]

what's the fiber? what breed? it's lovely!

[@SoulfulSpinning]

It is Shetland...a favorite 💙.