I Bought an Antique Spinning Wheel to Spin My Own Thread

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Get 30 days of Headspace for free: https://headspace-web.app.link/e/Bernadette30 Use code: BERNADETTE30 Thanks to @JillianEve for helping me on this adventure! Go check out her channel for more wonderful spinning content. ⤠ START YOUR HAND SEWING JOURNEY ⤟ 📚 BOOK: “Make, Sew and Mend: Traditional Techniques to Sustainably Maintain and Refashion Your Clothes” https://linktr.ee/makesewandmend 🧵 SKILLSHARE CLASS: “Hand Sewing Basics: Working Wonders with Fabric, Needle & Thread”. To sign up for a free trial and take the class, visit https://skl.sh/bernadettebanner1 ⤠ NEVER MISS AN UPDATE ⤟ 📜 (FREE) NEWSLETTER http://www.bernadettebanner.co.uk/newsletter 📸 INSTAGRAM @bernadettebanner http://www.instagram.com/bernadettebanner ♥️ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/bernadettebanner RESEARCH ASSISTANT | Heathcliff McLean (they/them) IG @mxheathcliff https://www.instagram.com/mxheathcliff/ EDITOR | @DannyBanner IG @danbanstudio https://www.instagram.com/danbanstudio/ This channel is made possible through the generous support of Patreon members. On behalf of myself and the team: thank you! ✨ ⤠ SOUNDTRACK ⤟ “A Celtic Blessing” by Bonnie Grace “One Quirky Mystery” by CJ0 “The Setting Sun” by Shimmer “I Dream in Three” by JCar “Dawning Sprite” by Lincoln David “Tales from the Past” by Adam Saban “Evelyn” by CJ0 “Powerfully Meek” by Awyr “Taking the North” by Cody Martin “Ceridig’s Heart” by CJ0 “Serenade For Sleepy Lover” by Cast of Characters 0:00 - Intro 0:22 - Apparently spinning flax is crazy, but so am I 1:47 - Making a Distaff 2:33 - Meditation Time With Mini Bernadette (ad break) 4:07 - Let's Get Spinning! (setting up the machine) 5:07 - Testing Out the Treadle 6:47 - The Sounds of History 7:26 - Attempt 1 (Bernadette boards the struggle bus) 8:17 - Help from Heathcliff 8:59 - Attempt 2 (struggle bus travels to shame town) 9:40 - Attempt 3 (vindication-ville) 12:40 - Switching Flax Weights 13:28 - Day 2 (thicc thread content) 14:47 - Phoning a Friend (ft. expert advice from Jilian Eve) 19:12 - Sleeping Beauty & Her Spinning Wheel Spindle 20:12 - The Similarities Between Guinea Pig Parenthood & Spinning 22:10 - Day 10: How It Started vs. How It's Going 22:56 - Double Ply Time 23:42 - We Have (rather chonky) Thread!! 24:24 - Testing Out Handmade Thread 26:10 - Reflections and Closing Remarks 27:28 - piggies and thicc thread