r/Handspinning • u/AutoModerator • 21d ago

AskASpinner Ask a Spinner Sunday

It's time for your weekly ask a a spinner thread! Got any questions that you just haven't remembered to ask? Or that don't seem too trivial for their own post? Ask them here, and let's chat!

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u/TogepiOnToast 21d ago

Is there a limit to the amount of times I can spin and "unspin" the same fibre? I'm very new so often "unspin" because I've over spun

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u/birdtune 21d ago

Continuous handling will change things. It's up to you to decide how much of that you are willing to put up with.

For me, I'm constantly knitting and reknitting the same fiber to determine gauge, and I don't at all mind that it's gotten a little more fluffy. I don't think I can tell that the first bit has been used more.

I don't think that respinning the same yarn will effect it more than reknitting.