I know nothing about the workshop, but I highly recommend Peru! Particularly
once you leave Lima (although there are some incredible museums in the capital)
Robin
Lord, we ain’t what we want to be; we ain’t what we ought to be; we ain’t
what we gonna be, but, thank God, we ain’t what we was.
Helen~
I am the one who originally asked about Magnus Drudik wheels. Do you know if
he still takes orders, and if so, how does one get in touch with him?
~Robin
Lord, we ain’t what we want to be; we ain’t what we ought to be; we ain’t
what we gonna be, but, thank God, we ain’t what we was.
I have heard great things about Dudiks and might be interested in buying one
(in the next 15 months before I retire), but couldn't find a website.
Anyone got any info on how to get more info (or how to contact Magnus)? TIA~
Robin in the Fartland
Lord, we ain’t what we want to be; we ain’t
My view of the Hansen page has a sidebar with links that give all the info
Holly missed.
Lord, we ain’t what we want to be; we ain’t what we ought to be; we ain’t
what we gonna be, but, thank God, we ain’t what we was.
Martin Luther King, quoting a preacher and former slave.
Well behaved
Well, I'm still alive and lurking, though that's old news. But I do like to
touch base every once awhile. If I ever make it to Sweden I want to be sure
Ron still remembers who I am!
As long as I keep teaching I don't have much time for anything else, although I
always have 5 or 6 knitting
Where does one find Revenge Pantry Moth Traps?
Lord, we ain’t what we want to be; we ain’t what we ought to be; we ain’t
what we gonna be, but, thank God, we ain’t what we was.
Martin Luther King, quoting a preacher and former slave.
Well behaved women seldom make history.
Laurel Thatcher
I agree w/ Michelle in that the seller is not
providing merchandise as it was advertised. However,
I also think that expecting much for $15 is
unrealistic. Even at $5/oz that works out to $40. I
paid $25 for 4 oz. dyed alpace about 10 years ago (and
it was lovely stuff).
I am really leary of
The bump was lighter than 8 oz. when I received it.
I chalked it up to the 'approx.' half pound
description. I didn't expect to wind up with almost
less than 2 oz. due to the VM.
OK, now I'm confused. You said you ended up with 4.46
oz yarn on the bobbin. How is this almost less than
2 oz?
This is a mis-translation of Las Hilanderas, which
means (unsurprisingly) The Spinners. It is an error
which has irritated me for years, although since it's
also known as The Fable of Arachne it is not totally
pervasive. but it doesnt help when so many people
already think I weave yarn on my
D2~
'The Weavers' on his painting, was probably a bit of
artist's license.
He didn't title it The Weavers. He spoke Spanish. He
titled it Las Hilanderas. If he had wanted to call it
the weavers he would have said Las Tejedoras.
Although back then most weavers in Spain were men and
it would
Layl in SE Arizona where it has been drizzling rain
and cold for most of the week.
Define cold, asks Robin, who lived in SE Arizona for
21 years, but who has been in Swampeast MO for an
amazing 22 years.
And, just to keep things fibrous, I learned to spin on
nameless wool roving sold to me by
DD
Try looking up England, different regions, in any
geographical reference. I have found numerous
references to the Downs, including quite a few hits by
Googling.
Well behaved women seldom make history.
(Laurel Thatcher Ulrich)
KARL ROVE, Bush's long-time political guru and White
There really is no excuse for fake fibers :)
I spin, use natural fibers, I knit, I use lots of
homespun, lots of natural fibers. I agree that
petroleum products are using up a non-renewable
resource and that we need to think about what we do,
what we use, whom we vote for to represent our
I now have the skin in a plastic bag outside on the
balcony at 80C
(460F) at the moment on a foggy morning after a cool
night with nearly freezing temperatures, waiting to
be treated further on.
The mind boggles. I am one of those ignorant
Americans (I'm not being sarcastic; I am genuinely
I wasn't irritated. I was confused. And having read
your explanation I also feel a bit foolish, since it
now seems obvious.
Well behaved women seldom make history.
(Laurel Thatcher Ulrich)
KARL ROVE, Bush's long-time political guru and White House advisor:
As people do better, they
You might want to try making a short ruana (very easy,
essentailly just a rectangle for the back and two
rectangles for the 2 fronts, though of course you can
shape them more; knit straight garter or stockinnete
or any pattern you want). I'm at school grading
papers--yes, I know it's
Hmmm... Sheepies in Cow Town. Are they travelling incognito?
Well behaved women seldom make history.
(Laurel Thatcher Ulrich)
KARL ROVE, Bush's long-time political guru and White House advisor:
As people do better, they start voting like Republicans...
...unless they have too much
Well, I live in Pocahontas, MO, population 127. I'm
quite sure the local cows outnumber us primates.
There are also some sheep and, nearby tho' not in
Poky, there is the occasional llama. No alpaca as far
as I know. I too enjoy the environs, and we're close
enough to where we work (Cape
June said : I use Firefox as my browser, and it loads
fine.
(Looove Firefox.)
I also have and love Firefox, not least because it is
far less susceptible to spyware and viruses.
Well behaved women seldom make history.
(Laurel Thatcher Ulrich)
KARL ROVE, Bush's long-time political
I get lovely polwart through Rovings in Canada. They
are the NA distributers for Wendy...Dennis(?) in
Australia, from whom I bought my first polwarth some
years ago. Don't know off-hand their url, but you can
google them.
=
Well behaved women seldom make history.
(Laurel
I'm not particularly efficient when it comes to making
use of my time, and anyone who looks at my various
desks knows that I am not perfectly organized. I do
have a job. There are those who would say it's a 40
hr a weeker w/ summers off. It's closer to a 70 hr/wk
with me taking students abroad
It's interesting to me that, during a period when the
list has seemed extraordinarily quiet to me, a topic
that inspires people to post is the relevance and/or
quality of fiber magazines. I have some of the same
reactions that others have already expressed.
I no longer subscribe to anything
I try to keep my posts fiber related--as to my
signature, what was that 1st Amendment again?
=
Well behaved women seldom make history.
(Laurel Thatcher Ulrich)
KARL ROVE, Bush's long-time political guru and White House advisor:
As people do better, they start voting like
Robin: As far as I'm concerned, you should keep your
signature any way
you
want to. Readers are free to stop reading at the end
of your
fiber-related
post if they wish but they should respect your freedom
to use your
signature line as you wish. Mary
Thanks Mary. I had no plans to
do let us know the progress - how it pans out -
Well the grant is for next year, but I'll keep you
posted. At 7:10 this morning the librarian cornered
me and told me she had made a teeny mistake with her
numbers. I thought the next thing would be that
instead of $3500 for the year I would have
Deborah Pulliam suggested:
Start with the decent stuff, not just Red Heart or
equivalent - that
way, when they finish, they can have something
they're proud of, and
will happily wear.
Unfortunately, almost half of my budget has to be
spent locally (with the purchase order written today,
the
My high school librarian got a 3 year grant this year
which is funding a variety of before and after-school
non-traditional instructional opportunities for kids.
I had an idea for a Philosophers' Club (anyone
familiar with Christopher Philips' work?) but after
talking with her I discarded the
have you ever noticed the phenomenon I originally
described, where the plied yarn looks correctly
balanced before it's fed onto the bobbin, but after
winding off onto a niddy, it looks really untwisted?
I used to have this happen a lot, years ago, until I
read somewhere that you shouldn't look at
I'm not sure how long I've been around. Not since the
dial-up days, but perhaps 97? or maybe 98? Used to
post a lot, but don't have time or energy these days
(don't do as much spinning or knitting as I'd like
either, but those are still my main therapies for
combatting stress. I like my job,
Ilona
where the leaves had fallen, but autuumn goes on with
a bright
sunshine at
warm 550F (should be 130C, shouldn't it?)
I was too stressed out to respond to this at the time
[figured she'd already burned up anyway 8)] but the
post cheered me up. Then Ron's post made me laugh out
loud...
Holly~
Do you wear your socks every day (the same pair)? I'm
not arguing that your socks wear well, but it's
misleading to say you wear them every day for five
months if in fact you have (for example) 7 pairs that
you wash once a week. Also, again not disputing that
your soft yarn wears well,
I apparently didn't get the original post on quipus,
but Urton has a couple of books out:
The Social Life of Numbers, in which he talks about
his research and theories, and Narrative Threads,
which he co-edits w/ Jeffrey Quilter, a selection of
writings by various researchers. Fascinating
I apologize. I was reading messages from two lists:
No apology necessary--I was just curious. And now
I've learned something new!
=
Well behaved women seldom make history.
(Laurel Thatcher Ulrich)
Those of us who spent time in the agricultural sector and in the heartland, we
What's dubbing (Aside from the foreign film industry)?
=
Well behaved women seldom make history.
(Laurel Thatcher Ulrich)
Those of us who spent time in the agricultural sector and in the heartland, we
understand how unfair the death penalty is. (George W. Bush, Omaha, Neb., Feb.
I would not think that the number of people all over
the USA who carve guards would be in the hundreds of
thousand.
What kind of guards are we talking about here?
Crossing Guards? Museum Guards? I'm betting Prison
Guards--maybe this hobby was proposed as a part of
inmate rehabilitation.
Ron said:
maybe even licking lichens isn't essential
Frankly I've never even considered licking a lichen.
I'm guessing you meant that even lichen lichens isn't essential?
=
Well behaved women seldom make history.
(Laurel Thatcher Ulrich)
Those of us who spent time in the
Ilona said:
It would be great for a lions-mane, for
it's
red, orange, lilac and brown - only the green and blue
ones wouldn't
fit. :o)
Well, for Carnaval a lion might opt to dye his locks.
=
Well behaved women seldom make history.
(Laurel Thatcher Ulrich)
Those of us who spent
Ron said:
That was the almost forgotten That Old Bag right? I
think I had an old 78 of it that was stepped on by an
aging gringo who was trying to
avoid a horse.
Hmmm, I don't think it was the horse--which had
lunched on the bag--itself he was trying to avoid. I
was thinking of the song
Ron said:
OK, I know, your great grandmother
had one given to her by Emilano Zapata that you still
use every day.
Pancho Villa actually. Emiliano was too far south for
a genteel old lady like Grandmamá to get to. She was a
left-handed knitter who moonlighted (moonlit?) for the
forerunners of
Jekka mentions a bias sweater knit in the round. MMM
Makes my mouth water (or something equivalent--makes
my fiber frizz?) Wonder where I can find the book.
In the discussion of books I haven't seen Kaffe
Fassett's name mentioned. Glorious Knits changed my
life, my knitting life, at least.
Yatahei? Echos of my childhood near Gallup NM!
=
Well behaved women seldom make history.
(Laurel Thatcher Ulrich)
Those of us who spent time in the agricultural sector and in the heartland, we
understand how unfair the death penalty is. (George W. Bush, Omaha, Neb., Feb. 28,
As far as I can tell only one person was offended by
Ruthann's comment. I for one get very tired of the
self righteous rants of some people; fortunately, my
email server affords me the option of blocking their
posts. I invite others who also have that option to
take advantage of it.
I cannot
Sue~
I don't think that Sara was flaming you; rather she seemed to be commenting
on whoever you were quoting at the guild meeting. That wasn't clear to me
either until I had read all of her post. Whether or not her phrasing was
tactful (considering that you didn't seem offended by the meeting and
Anyone out there?
*
*
Robin S. Hankinson
Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning? George W. Bush,
Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000
Those of us who
At 08:46 PM 5/15/2001 -0700, Tricia wrote:
I never got the idea that Ron was admonishing Elaine...
Dee Dee could chill out.
AMEN SISTER!
Robin S. Hankinson
Well behaved women seldom make history. (Laurel Thatcher Ulrich)
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I've used a flick carder often enough to loosen up the tips and, if
necessary, the butts of locks of wool. I've also used a diz w/ my viking
combs. But I don't know of a method that involves both a flicker and a
diz. One of many many things I don't know about... So I'm interested in
answers as
At 11:45 AM 4/10/01 -0500, you wrote:
What is a 3-needle bind off?
Binding off both needles at the same time:
Needles have same number of stitches. Take a third needle and insert it
into the first stitch on the front needle and then into the first stitch of
the back needle; knit both as one
Marjorie~
This isn't off topic, surely. I think you're describing Kitchener's stitch
(it has another name as well, but I'm old and forgetful). Yes, I've used
it for seams successfully, altho' I've never joined shoulders with it, but
I don't see why not, as long as you're careful with the
I don't have enough sheep
to afford a guard dog or lama but would like to offer a lama a good home?
While shepherding can be a very Zen thing to do, I doubt if a Lama would
make much of a guard animal. Too meditative, not to mention tolerant of
other species. And the robes would probably
Will you be bringing your MWL flock (what's the correct term? We have a
gaggle of geese, a murder of crows, perhaps a chainsaw of wooly lizards?)
to any fiber festivals this year? I'll be driving west in July and would
happily make a detour to expand my knowledge of fiber-producing livestock.
Ron wrote
I think the total of FM email (19%) is a bit high for a fiber list.
I think that there is plenty of information available elsewhere.
I don't disagree. However, when you figure that in a week there were only
38 posts total, and without the posts on HM there would only have been
14 out of 38 does not add up to 19 percent; it's closer to 37%. Or am I
losing my mind? However, I still have no objection to the posts on HM.
*
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Robin S.
Socks are intrinsically easy: a tube with a bend in it; all you really need
are clear instructions for making the bend.
If you make tube socks you don't even have to worry about the bend. The
first 3 pairs of socks I made were from the spiral tube socks in Spin-Off's
Socks booklet. I'm
This is--you got it!--a test.
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