Spinning

Sign in the Silver Room of The Silken Fold

The history of spinning has evolved over time and was originally done without tools. The thread was drawn out of a bundle of fibers and twisted between the palm of the hand and thigh of the leg. The length of the spun or twisted fibers was wound onto a short, straight stick. The process was then repeated. The hand spindle developed from this stick. Over time the stick was notched to hold the thread and a weight was added to give momentum to the stick as it whirled. The weight, known as a whorl, was made of clay, a round piece of wood, or a flat rock. Thus was born the hand spindle, also known as the drop spindle. 

While the drop spindle has also evolved into the spinning wheel, it is still a favorite tool of choice due to its simplistic nature and portability.

To begin the spinning process, you must be holding a drop spindle in one hand, and an unrefined textile in the other hand. The next step is to SPIN the textile until you have formed a skein.

Enjoy!

What You Need

• A spindle - Can be purchased at The Silken Fold
• An unrefined textile of some sort. - At the time of publication there is only arackus webbing. Hopefully there will be more added later. However it is very tricky to get a hold of. So make sure you make friends with a good tracker capable of HARVESTing the webbing from the ARACKUS.

Steps

1. With the webbing in one hand and the spindle in the other, SPIN your WEBBING.
2. It's going to take a few sessions of relatively long roundtimes to process your webbing.
3. Eventually it will shift into an aracki silk skein.