New Textiles 2010

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Spinning is a process that require multiple simultaneous actions (keeping tension here and there, unraveling here, rolling there..) and in order to make yarn of with any degree of control, consistency and speed, a spinner need to execute the set of actions smoothly and with ease .

This was my first attempt at spinning yarn. It consists of a single material: orange wool. The the varying diameter along its length is result of poor control over spinning techniques and some impatience.

This is my second yarn making attempt. Again I used a orange yarn, I also mixed some angelica fiber into the orange yarn(because the angelica fiber is sparkly and pretty). I learned from my first yarn attempt to practice technique by making a thicker (therefore more manageable to spin) yarn.

I unravelled a sweater a while ago, and make a ball of untwisted orange cotton yarn. Using the untwisted orange cotton yarn filament, I made a new yarn that is two ply, twisted, and mixed with angelica fibers.

Yarn#4 is like Yarn#3, with the addition of conductive threads.

Extra Credit:

• diameter: 3000 μm - 15000 μm (yikes!)
• length: 34 inches
• ply: 2
• fiber length: 6 in.
• twist direction: CCW
• twist per inch: 5
• conductivity: NA
• diameter:
• length:
• ply: 2
• fiber length:
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• twist per inch:
• conductivity:

• diameter: ~10000 μm
• length: 26 in
• ply: 2
• fiber length: ~6in, ~4in
• twist direction: CCW
• twist per inch: 3
• conductivity: NA

• diameter: 5000 μm
• length: 17 in
• ply: 2
• fiber length: (using filament: ~ 35 in)
• twist direction: CCW
• twist per inch: 5
• conductivity: NA

• diameter: 5000 μm
• length: 29 in
• ply: 4 (two ply filament sweater yarn, two ply conductive thread)
• fiber length: (using filament: ~60 in each)
• twist direction: CCW
• twist per inch: 5
• conductivity: ~ 10 ohms per inch ≈ conductivity of the conductive thread

denier or tex yarn size tenacity elongation elastic recovery absorbency

diameter: 3000 μm - 15000 μm (yikes!) ply: 2 twist direction: CCW twist per inch: 5 conductivity: NA

diameter: ply: 2 twist direction: twist per inch: conductivity:

diameter: ply: 2 twist direction: twist per inch: conductivity:

diameter: ply: 2 twist direction: twist per inch: conductivity:

diameter: ply: 2 twist direction: twist per inch: conductivity:

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'The tools needed are few and basic,

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http://web.mit.edu/yang2/www/newTextiles/yarns/1.jpg Spinning yarn is both a simple and complex thing to do.

The tools needed are few and basic, you just need a small spindle, a small piece of string, and some staples or filaments to spin (in my try, wool).

The complexity come from the act of making yarn itself. Spinning is a process that require multiple simultaneous actions (keeping tension here and there, unraveling here, rolling there..) and in order to make yarn of with any degree of control, consistency and speed, a spinner need to execute the set of actions with easily and smoothly.

Hand spinning is definitely a craft. A skill that you can improve on through practice.

Spinning yarn is both asimple and complex thing to do.

The tools needed are few and basic:

• a small spindle
• a small piece of string
• staples or filaments to spin (in my try, wool)

Yang's Yarns

diameter (micrometers) total length of yarn (meters or yards) ply fiber length (millimeters) twist direction twist (turns per inch) conductivity (ohms per centimeter or ohms per inch)

denier or tex yarn size tenacity elongation elastic recovery absorbency

Yarn#3: Reused + Mixed

Yarn#4: Reused , conductive, and doubly Mixed

Yarn#1: Orange thin and poofy

Yarn#4: Doubly Mixed, conductive, and reused

Yang's Yarns

Yarn#1: orange thin and poofy

Yarn#2: Thick and mixed overall

Yarn#3: Mixed and reused

Yarn#4: Double Mixed, conductive, and reused

++Yang's Yarns++

+Yarn#1: + orange thin and poofy

+Yarn#2: + Thick and mixed overall

+Yarn#3: + Mixed and reused

+Yarn#4: + Double Mixed, conductive, and reused