Re: favorite place to spin

Kiwi, I would like to try spinning in the grease but I have no carder or anything. Can I use purchase raw fleece and just spin it? Yes this is how I do it basically although I also often flick card the staples open as it makes it flow better. If it the fleece wasn't overly dirty or mucky

Re: Favorite places to spin

Belinda wrote: I tried spinning one that wasn't real clean once and thought that the people who talked about doing it were nuts! Then I coated my sheep. The fleece is a joy to spin. If I have a particularily poor fleece like this I will cut of all the dirty tips with my trusty pair of

Re: sweater

Judy, here some links to free patterns online...no affiliation http://knitting.about.com/library/blswepic.htm - with photos http://knitting.about.com/library/blswenopic.htm - without photos To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set

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ideas on what to use to cut yarn on planes

Hi all, I have a bit of a strange question, but I bet that it's one that many of us will be dealing with in the months and years to come... I want to be clear that I am not complaining about the security increase at all, I just need some help with creative problem solving and I have seen

Re: ideas on what to use to cut yarn on planes

I flew recently and nail clippers are not allowed, they will be thrown away. This applies to domestic and international. Don't know about sewing needles. -- Sharon in eastern PA From: Corie Gochicoa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have you heard whether finger nail clippers would be allowed? I'm even

Country Spinner

Hi all, I am enjoying reading about where people like to spin. Spinning and relaxation definately go hand in hand. I have an Ashford Traveler which I have spun on for many years. I have reached the point where I really wish I didn't have to splice and weave ends when I knit. So I'm

Re: ideas on what to use to cut yarn on planes

I just booked a flight yesterday. In addition to scissors and knitting needles, I have a friend who had her fingernail clippers and eyelash curlers confiscated. AS a habitual airport knitter, I am a bit flustered. I hoping a drop spindle will be OK. As for cutting yarn without an implement,

Re: ideas on what to use to cut yarn on planes

Corie, Check with your local quilt shop, I have a thimble with a small blade on the side which cuts thread nicely, it should be sharp enough for needlepoint thread. Anita in SE Indiana To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail

ideas on cutting fibers safely

OK, folks, please stop flaming me privately! I tried to make clear that I am NOT complaining about security increases, and I am trying to find a way to work within them. I want for everyone to be safe, and I do NOT want to cause problems. Several years ago I took at look at the scissors I

Re: ideas on what to use to cut yarn on planes

Ginnie, They confiscated eyelash curlers??? What are they afraid of that one might curl them too much?? I am all for security, but that is a little ridiculous, don't you think? If the airline industry is going to survive, they better start using come common sense. Unfortunately, I can see

Re: ideas on what to use to cut yarn on planes

If writing to a person privately with the sincere suggestion to find an alternate activity and stating that perhaps she if concentrating rather heavily on her problem that seems to me rather trivial in the grand scheme of survival is flaming, so be it. It has become fashionable to dwell on one's

flying fiber

Well, it would be helpful to know before we get on the plane what of our knitting/fiber equipment is likely to be confiscated. Has anyone actually had knitting needles taken away? I wonder if they could object to the old nylon circulars. Abby To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re:bulking merino - air line knitting

From what I've experienced over the years, yarns that have been set in any way by washing/wetting after spinning do not ply as well as those that you ply directly after spinningand I;ve tried it with Merino to get a very uneven and unbalanced ply. I would suggest plying begfore wetting. If

Re: Spinning through Tragedy

Subject: Re: Spinning through Tragedy Elaine wrote: I was showing my Tragedy Socks to my mother at dinner last night. They'd been stranded in New Mexico since the attack and only just got home. So I showed her my socks and the beginning of a baby sweater, and she pulled out a -whole

Thread cutters

Hi Corie, Clover makes a necklace type thing that's a round medallion with little notches around the edges for cutting thread/yarn. It works really well. I got mine for about $7.00 in the notions dept. at Michael's - before 9/11. It looks like jewelry and has no points or blades - should

Thread cutters

Clover makes a little round metal disk, about 1 across, with little teeny tiny blades set down within the disk--I cannot see how one could cut oneself, even accidentally, with it. It may be considered okay by security personnel; I simply don't know. Mine hangs on a chain around my neck when I

a wonderful idea for cutting yarn safely

I wanted to share an idea that was sent to me directly that I thought was wonderful... Using the cutter on a dental floss holder... I have just tried it out, and it works beautifully on both cotton and wool, up to worsted weight. I have my doubts that bulky would work very well, but it

Re: ideas on what to use to cut yarn on planes

On another list, someone said that Clover makes a thread cutter that can't possibly be used for anything except cutting thread and, more important, looks like a pendant. Make sure that you check with *all* the airlines, going and coming, about whether they will discard your needles. And don't

Re: air line knitting

I am flying on Continental from Tampa through Houston to Albuquerque tomorrow (Saturday). I am planning to carry roving with a small wooden spindle and a small wooden niddy-noddy, and a knitting project which consists of a completed shawl upon which I am knitting an edging with 6 birch double

Re: Country Spinner

I have a country spinner. It is an older model (has an upright bar in center front and the treadle on the right side of that, which is inconvenient - what good is the big treadle if you can't get both your feet on it?). I like the huge capacity and the huge orifice that doesn't require a hook.

Re: Country Spinner

I recently realized that I also wanted a wheel with greater capacity for plying - also, the 2 wheels I had weren't as portable as I wanted - so portability was desirable. Contemplated the Country Spinner. Did research, called around, and finally ended up getting a Louet with two jumbo bobbins

Re: ideas on what to use to cut yarn on planes

Fingernail clippers aren't allowed? I guess I lack imagination, but I can't think of a way to use them to hijack a plane. I figured that knitting needles would be out when they said no plastic table knives would be allowed. Knitting needles could be a danger and it bothered me before that

Sweater

Hi Judy, You might want to check out the raglan, top-down sweater on http://www.woolworks.org/patterns/raglan.html This sweater is designed to use any yarn! Susan Glass Judy Kugler wrote: I have some wonderful fiber I would like to knit into a sweater for myself. Does anyone have an easy

HELP! Martha Stewart

Dear Fibernetters, I understand that not long ago Martha Stewart did a show on felting. PLEASE, somebody who saw that show write to me privately. I'm getting some emails from some very confused new felters and I can't make out out what mysterious thing was done on the show to create such

Re: ideas on what to use to cut yarn on planes

Corie Gochicoa wrote: I have been told that the crack down will be extreme, so I am trying to think creatively. I have been told that nail files are prohibited, obviously any knives or scissors. I know from past experience that keys don't work well on needlepoint yarn- it's too strong.

Flying needles.....

Just got the Patternworks catalog...how about the bright casein needles on the front??? Made out of a milk proteinwould they break if someone tried to use as a 'weapon'? They wouldn't set off any metal detectors. chris Lubinski Christycairn Terriers Shetland sheep at Whoamule Farm on

thank you

wonderful things can happen if you ask for help, all fixed. Thank you list MOM Judy HARMONY HOLLER FARM Custom wool processing for handspinners [EMAIL PROTECTED] To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail

Re: ideas on what to use to cut yarn on planes

I suspect that Ben Franklin would laugh at the thought that banning eyelash curlers on airplanes I suspect that most of the talk about banning certain items, including eyelash curlers, belongs under 'urban legend' or 'let's see how ridiculous something has to be, before people start questioning

Re: chowder to dye for

DeeDee, Up the coast a few hours and a million miles away, it is the same. ;) And last night, we checked over teh fireplace to ensure flue stability, put the living room furniture in out 'winter' configuration And I spent quite a lot of time staring at my wool collection going...pur

chowder to dye for

Here in CA, yes in SoCal, the weather is starting to turn. Sweats are needed in the morning, going to shorts in the afternoon, back to sweats as the sun goes down. There's a definite nip in the air. I have this overwhelming urge to make clam chowder. I also have this overwhelming urge to start

Re: chowder to dye for

lot of time staring at my wool collection going...pur e..gold Ohh! Ohh! That's another thing! My usual colors are the blues, purples, etc. I did a fiber exchange with some wonderful list person. It included some Romney roving dyed in the most beautiful, subtle colors of gold, brown, slate

Thank you Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart did a show on felting. PLEASE, somebody who saw that show write to me privately. I'm getting some emails from some very confused new felters This topic is apparently of interest to many Fiber Netters that, with a few minutes to spare, I went to the Martha Stewart Living site

SOAR grease stain

Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions for getting grease out of spun yarn. I finally discovered the source of the problem. Apparently some grease had gotten into the orifice of my wheel. Darned if I know how that happened! And what worked in getting it out of the yarn was Zout,

Re: ideas on what to use to cut yarn on planes

With the current crack down on security at airports, I expect to no longer be able to carry my pair of tiny scissors on a plane to cut yarn. I would get a pair of inexpensive scissors that close up for travel. At check in, show the baggage people what you have and be up front. If they take

RE: plying wheel

I too wanted a wheel to ply 2 bobbins of an Ashford Traditional onto. What I did was get the jumbo flyer for my traddy. There was enough room on the jumbo flyer for turning one more smaller groove for a faster ratio (12-1?) for plying. To give the drive band enough grab to pull that big flyer

Re: ideas on what to use to cut yarn on planes

Since this thought troubles so many of you ,, here is my solution , Buy a a seam ripper , it is a very tiny thread cutter used by seamsters to cut seams , it is small cuts only threads. mirjam To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set

Re: ideas on what to use to cut yarn on planes

Hi Corie - No you aren't alone in using fiber and projects to make yourself more comfortable in an uncomfortable situation. I like to knit when I'm nervous. It calms me - as does spinning. I had to fly home as soon airplane restrictions were listed. Boy, what a long flight - plane searches,