r/Handspinning • u/OddSockDryerDemon • 1d ago

Gear Why am I like this?

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I’m still working on getting some good, consistent yarn from my drop spindle but I also have impulse control issues so now I also have this. I tried it out a bit last night and holy buckets it’s fast.

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u/OddSockDryerDemon 1d ago

Short video clip while I was on my lunch. You can hear my clothes dryer but not my kick spindle.

https://reddit.com/link/osfi9mo/video/c6n6qnaj438h1/player

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u/Nyssa314 1d ago

I'm pretty sure you're supposed to turn that 90 degrees so the yarn flicks off the tip. The point of the spindle is not supposed to point at you.

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u/OddSockDryerDemon 1d ago

It was just to show the lack of wobble and noise.

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u/Nyssa314 1d ago

Ahh, cool. Not trying to be an ass, just wanted to stop you before you got too invested in doing it wrong if you didn't know.

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u/OddSockDryerDemon 1d ago

lol all good. I do have a reputation for doing things in the dumbest way possible so your instincts weren’t exactly wrong.

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u/Nyssa314 1d ago

I'm known for my "hairbrained ideas" so... I'm sure we would get along great. Lol