{"id":330,"date":"2017-09-03T00:18:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T00:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?page_id=330"},"modified":"2022-05-04T08:55:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T08:55:31","slug":"stylus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/?page_id=330","title":{"rendered":"Stylus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Again Majacraft have made something that is just that little bit different. The Majacraft Stylus is a new way of looking at traditional spinning with a spindle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3041\" src=\"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/stylus_yarn_2022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/stylus_yarn_2022.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/stylus_yarn_2022-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/stylus_yarn_2022-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The major benefit of a Stylus is that it allows you to put a lot of twist into a yarn so is particularly suited to lace weight yarns. The outcome of this huge amount of twist means that it is possible to spin a lot of yarn much more quickly than with a traditional flyer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3035\" src=\"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/stylus_set_2022.jpg\" alt=\"Stylus set\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/stylus_set_2022.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/stylus_set_2022-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/stylus_set_2022-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><br \/>\n<b><\/b><i><\/i><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>The stylus will work perfectly well immediately on your wheel but to really take advantage of the features, we recommend using a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/?page_id=326\">fast pulley<\/a> or alternatively a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/?page_id=334\">high speed head<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Spinning with a stylus is only truly realised on a Majacraft wheel. Because spindle spinning requires frequent starting, stopping, reversing and restarting, Majacraft wheels with their ease of treadling and precise control over direction really shine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3039\" src=\"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/stylus_wheel_1_2022.jpg\" alt=\"Stylus on wheel\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/stylus_wheel_1_2022.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/stylus_wheel_1_2022-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/stylus_wheel_1_2022-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In our Resources area of the site, we have a tutorial on how to use the Stylus. To go directly to the tutorials, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/?page_id=358\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Again Majacraft have made something that is just that little bit different. The Majacraft Stylus is a new way of looking at traditional spinning with a spindle. The major benefit of a Stylus is that it allows you to put a lot of twist into [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":318,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/330"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3043,"href":"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/330\/revisions\/3043"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}