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after two good lessons from experienced spinners, both of whom showed me but did not tell me, saying it’s in my hands, not my brain (as if i already didn’t know--that!)--and when i ask a question tell me to relax, as if a simple question was a sign of agitation!  i need answers to them in order to proceed,  is all, so i’m going to have to find a book and teach myself, i guess.  my hands do not know what to do unless initially told by my brain, and i don’t understand what it is that i’m supposed to be seeing.  so? book.  traditional learning method for me.

i can’t even tell if i’m overtwisting because of too little take up, or for some other reason.  i keep spinning and spinning again the same two feet of yarn.  i can’t tell when, or even if, it’s winding on, or how it should, or anything else.  book.  and this new place to keep track.

i wonder what book?

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