She is WRONG! It makes no difference - in addition to being wrong she is also
RUDE. Some believe that linen is better spun this way because of the way the
plant fibers grow, but with animal fibers it makes NO difference.
I would say her respect is not earned.
Brucie
On Mar 18, 2010, at 5:28
And the linen thing is also highly overrated!
I did a History of the Drawloom lecture at CW seminars in Tampa - while
doing research found a listing of over 50 pieces from 16th century and later
damasks - ALL of them had Z-spun linen, warp and weft!
Surely some other areas of the world used S
If a person states a premise but does not back it up with evidence, I am more
inclined to think the statement is hogwash. As a scientist, I like to see data
and draw my own conclusions, not blindly swallow forcefully stated
proclamations.
Also, a true teacher lives to educate others, not to
My newer books refer to Z spun S plied yarns as being normal which is an
indication of frequency, not correctness.
Mable Ross in her Encyclopedia of Handspinning, under Z-Twist on p. 214
states Commercial woollen-spun yarn, traditionally S-spun, is still
sometimes so spun.
I also checked my
