Hi, Grace... I've seen this as well and have played with it a bit. The main trick is keeping the singles apart as you roll them down your thigh. The only way I've been able to start the process is thigh-spin one single at a time for a few inches. Then I could hold these ends together between my left fingers and thumb. Keep the working ends of the singles separated slightly, and add more fiber to each. Run your palm down your thigh, twisting the fibers. You might have to do it more than once. Then pull slightly with your left hand, letting the singles ply themselves.
The usual disclaimers: I haven't done more than a few few of this with some relatively coarse wool, and my method certainly isn't perfected. Certainly is something to play with, though. Mary in Utah Quoting Fred and Grace Hatton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
There is a very brief mention in the most recent Spin Off of something I have seen on television in passing where in some tribal communities, people make rope by apparently spinning two strands of fiber by rubbing them down their thigh without a spindle.
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