People often tell spinners to cherish their first lumpy bumpy yarns because it will hard to get it lumpy later on.... Well you should definitely cherish your first yarn, it's your first! But here's a way to get lumpy bumpy yarn any time you want! It helps to learn this technique using the park and draft method, but with practice you can do it on the fly as well. You'll notice that more twist goes into the thin parts than the fat parts as you go, but your yarn should not fall apart if you follow these directions, because each fat part will be a little smaller than the staple length of the fiber.

enlarge photo	1. Strip off a thin section from your roving or top. The thickness you choose to make your strip determines how fat your fattest bump will be.
enlarge photo	2. spin a small amount of starter yarn, putting extra twist in, park the spindle and pinch off the twist.
enlarge photo	3. Using your bottom hand, pinch the entire thickness of the fiber strip right above the twist.
enlarge photo	4. gently pull until you see the fiber become dangerously thin... that kind of thin that makes your heart do a little flip flop.
enlarge photo	5. Before completely pulling the fiber apart, release the twist from your bottom hand pinch and allow it to run up past the fat part you've been pinching and into that dangerously skinny area.... Voila! You have a fat bump and a skinny thread!
enlarge photo	6. Now put a little extra twist, grab the entire thickness again as in step 3 and repeat. With practice your bumps will be evenly spaced at a little bit longer than your fiber staple. As you get faster you can move from the park and draft method to suspended spinning.
enlarge photo	7. If your bumps are evenly spaced you can ply them together, by matching up the fat bits with the skinny bits.
enlarge photo	8. And there it is... flame yarn.
If your lumps aren't evenly spaced, or you just want a different look you can try making bumpy candy cane yarn.
enlarge photo	Either spin a fat single, or use the lumpy bumpy flame technique to spin a single. Spin a fine thread. Ply them together. Candy Cane!