At 07:58 AM 3/2/01 -0500, you wrote:
Dear All,
Interesting subjects lately, but let's get back to fiber...
Is Donna Herrick of This N That Farm (source of truly lovely Cormo fleeces)
still on the list, or does anyone have an email for her?
I searched on google, she came up immediately as
At 05:54 PM 3/2/01 -0500, you wrote:
Jenny,
Yes! There are great cormo sources in the US! One of the is Sue I Can't
Remember Her Last Name. Big help, eh? g I got her name from others on
this list. I'm sure they'll jump in and supply it again.
Her name is Sue Reuser, her web site is at
Howdy Fibernetters,
I finally had a significant amount of time to spend with the fiber tonight
(two whole consecutive hours!), and I'd like some feedback on what I
noticed.
I'm combing some Corriedale fleece that I washed probably about a year ago.
It's sticky, although it most definitely
Dear Fibernetters,
I've read the ongoing discussion of the recent Spin Off magazine with
interest. I'm glad to hear Amy or someone from SO is onboard and listening
in. I'd just like to add a few thoughts into the fray:
1) I thought the cover was a nice way to try and entice non-spinners who
I said:
3) I have a lot of respect for Rita Buchanan, but I was frankly
*disappointed* in her "you say worsted, I say woolen, let's call the whole
thing off" article, which smeared the distinction between two very
different
styles of spinning. ... I would expect a non-spinner to be
Hi,
Can those of you who do production spinning (or 5 hours of spinning every
day for days at a time) give me a hint on how to minimize fatigue?
I'm at some nutty stage in writing my doctoral thesis proposal where I have
to sit and read a lapful of papers every day. Inspired by RB's cotton
At 07:20 AM 5/6/01 -0400, you wrote:
June can you tell me where you purchased the Merino/Tencil Blend ?, Thanks,
Barry Travis, Arlington, VA
Some off of ebay (I'll look up the vendor name, if you want), but also some
from Kate Painter of Paradisefibers.com . I actually recommend you go to
Kate
At 02:17 PM 5/9/01 -0400, you wrote:
I normally lurk learn from reading the digests but this time I wanted to
ask advice on technique. I have a lovely natural black shetland fleece I
have decided to flick rather than card. I bought a flick at MSW and a diz.
Hi Julie
I use a diz to pull fiber
Hi Fibernetters,
I'm fondling some special naturally colored roving from falklandwool.com,
planning a Ron Schweitzer Fair Isle in my mind, and I started to wonder,
what exactly is Falkland wool? I see a lot of people advertising it,
something called Falkland roving shows up frequently on ebay,
Hi all,
For those of you who own an Ashford drum carder with fine cloth (72 ppi),
can you tell me how well it works on really fine wool? I'm talking fine
like Cormo, Polwarth, Merino, and Corriedale. Also, what about on
exotics - angora, alpaca, mohair, etc? Blending? I've searched the
Hey all,
Everyone's been real quiet about the new Spin-Off. I've been spinning silk
after reading Sara Lamb's article on it. I've really grokked spinning from
a bit of top folded over the finger - very cool!
After getting everyone's knickers in a twist over the article on woolen vs.
worsted,
At 06:20 PM 6/4/01 -0400, you wrote:
I was curious why they didn't even mention Clemes and Clemes in the article.
Do they not make them anymore?
CC have gone out of the spinning business a while ago. I think they now
make... well, it was either furniture or surfboards, I can't remember.
-j.
At 09:25 AM 6/5/01 -0400, you wrote:
June writes:
The way it works (er, the way I thought it works) is to heat the fat
until it melts, bind the fat of the sheep grease with the tail, the head
keeps it in the water, so as you rinse it out, the fat goes away instead
of redepositing.
That's more
At 11:23 PM 6/8/01 -0400, you wrote:
Dear Spinners/Washers of Wool,
Dawn cuts grease!!! It's been the most effective on really greasy wool or
mohair fiber that I've used.
I wash mine in net bags in the kitchen sink. I tried Dawn, upon the
recommendation of handspinners on many lists, and
At 01:36 PM 6/9/01 -0400, you wrote:
Soaps that have very little human interaction (dishwasher,
clotheswasher) do not suds up much.
But one of the reasons dishwasher soaps work is they have heavy duty
alkalines in them (to *dissolve* leftover food), which is very hard
on wool, and will
On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Elaine Benfatto wrote:
file... although I think it will be a long time before I forget the image of
little spherical cages formed by spermy-looking things that protect poor
frightened grease cells from water!
I was too tired to look for web pages after I wrote that
Hi folks,
I'm working on spinning up some Cormo for a sampler gossamer shawl, and I
am plying it with some gossamer silk (120/2). I am proud to say that my
combed Cormo (bought from Sue Reuser, btw) is spinning as fine as the
silk.
Anyway, I washed to reawaken/set the twist, and was met with
Hi everyone,
I went back to this summer's SpinOff issue today, and I re-read the article
by RB about using steam to set twist. She says that prolonged steam (30-60
min) can permanently set twist. By permanent, I think she means it won't
be undone by getting the yarn wet. This is in reference
At 07:43 AM 9/16/01 -0400, you wrote:
I would like to pose a question to the list. When knitting a sweater with
handspun llama or alpaca is it necessary to use a blend of alpaca/llama and
sheeps wool or can they stand alone? It seems I heard somewhere in the past
that these wools do not have
At 09:03 AM 9/11/01 -0400, Heather wrote:
[I said]
I was also toying with the idea of making a waterspun style yarn -
loosely softly spun big singles, washed and felted down to make a denser
worsted weight yarn. I have this fantasy that felted yarns will not
pill but still retain the
Hi Judy,
Somehow, in plying some beautiful white polworth, I have gotten
grease from my wheel in several spots. Does anyone have a suggestion
on how to remove it? I tried some commercial cleaner, which didn't
help.
Try dabbing some alcohol on it - ie isopropanol. But be sure to rinse
Elaine said:
We all have our skeins, socks, sweaters, and other items of handwork that we
made during those first painful days of shock following the attacks. I have
a pair of socks I'd been calling my Tragedy socks, because I'd made them at
the office while I was crying and following CNN for two
At 05:00 PM 10/22/01 -0400, you wrote:
who can usually tell a crab from a frog; crabs walk sideways,
and frogs leap.
'Oh crabs walk sideways, and lobsters walk straight, and we won't let you
have her for a mate.'
First person to tell me who sang that song, gets a special prize.
Smothers
Now I want to spin some yarn for
socks on my own. Can anyone tell me how to spin and treat the yarn
before and after knitting?
I'm in the middle of spinning yarn for my own socks. I've given my method
a lot of thought, but so far it is untested - so take the advice with a
little salt! I like
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Julie Pedersen wrote:
Back onto the topic, I was helping my husband last
night while he insulated the attic.
It's funny, but when I scanned this sentence, I thought you said you
helped your husband insult the attic.
thought, Oh, I should spin that... Well, it was
Hi,
I asked this question a few days ago on Techspin, apologies to those who
will be seeing this twice. I did not get any reply there, so I thought I'd
give it a try here.
I was wondering if anyone might have advice on degumming silk once it was
actually woven into a garment My pseudo-MIL
On Sun, 11 Nov 2001, Deborah Pulliam wrote:
Qiviut is supposed to be at least 8 times warmer than wool
[snip]
How do 'they' figure this out?
Just about all fibers have been tested and compared for warmth,
tensile strength, elasticity - just about any property you can think
of.
Warmth
Now, if only we could find something that would dry a skein quickly,
efficiently, and safely.
Food dehydrator.
-j.
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At 07:31 PM 1/4/02 -0600, Gail wrote:
I took a class from Judith McKenzie several years ago and she recommended
shocking your yarn before you make anything out of it.
I agree with that, but how many times should the yarn be shocked before the
majority of the shrink is taken care of? I still
What is your purpose in retaining the lock structure?
For combing (still my most favorite way of preparing wool for spinning) -
and blending colors.
If the lock structure is very important, then probably sausages are your
best bet.
Thanks, Holly. I may just take an ounce and see how well
Hey all,
For those of you who send out large amounts of wool out for processing, can
you give me some ideas? I have ~12 lbs of wool to send out to Zeilinger's
to be made into a mattress pad. This is 3 tall kitchen garbage bags
stuffed to explosion capacity. What's the cheapest way to send
http://www.dimensional.com/~gfwsheep/wool.shipping.html
Joanna - thank you for showing us this! Using your/Ron's method, I managed
to squeeze all three bags of fleece into a box that is about the size of
one bag... Incredible! I have then proceeded to hermetically seal the box
with tape,
At 10:08 AM 2/16/02 -0500, you wrote:
Anyone care to explain what Andean plying is? :)
A great website
http://users.mindex.com/sharon/andean/
-j.
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I guess I've plied more than the average amount of silk and I can tell
you for a fact that if the planets are misaligned at the start of the
plying, you are (blank) out of luck!
You said it, sistah! I was kind of tired when I started (after a 13 hr day
at work), and I thought that might be part
Before we get too far from this topic, could I ask, please, who carries the
double-ended bobbin winders (or single-ended, for that matter) and what the
price range might be? And which one(s) would you recommend?
Go to google and do a search for double ended bobbin winder and you'll
find a
Hi all,
Can someone do me a little favor? Can anyone tell me if the core diameter
of the LeClerc spools (the 8 oz capacity spools) are the same as the
LeClerc weaving shuttle bobbin? (If there is a vendor on this group who
sells them, please contact me - I'd like to place an order!)
TIA,
Hey all,
I asked on another list but did not get any satisfying leads - apologies to
those who might see this twice. I am looking for a roving or top that
contains mostly vm-free cotton, but also a little bit of silk and wool.
The major prepared fiber folks (Ashland Bay, Louet, etc.) do not
You may already be doing this. If not, try it. Thin down each of the
rovings by splitting and/or predrafting down close to the size of the final
yarn. Then take the 2 rovings and predraft them together so that they are
close to the final size of the yarn.
Right, I tried doing this
Hi everyone,
Just got back from MDSW where I met a number of familiar names and put faces
to them! :) I almost got away w/o spending the big bucks, but then a
Bosworth attache charka found its way into my hands, *sigh*. It is a thing
of beauty, but my spinning skills are the stuff of
Hi everyone,
Just got back from MDSW where I met a number of familiar names and put
faces to them! :) I almost got away w/o spending the big bucks, but then
a Bosworth attache charka found its way into my hands, *sigh*. It is a
thing of beauty, but my spinning skills are the stuff of
On Mon, 6 May 2002, Ron Parker wrote:
FiberNet has been at 910 or so - plus or minus a few - for years. It
seems to be some natural law that as many leave as arrive.
Interesting. Spinfree is currently at 868 members - and we are holding
steady for now, too. (However, SF is much younger
Sandi asked, What is Spinfree?
It's just another email list for handspinners. Not much traffic, but we're
about the same number of members (roughly) as Fibernet. I listmom that
group, the list owner is very busy and not usually around. It evolved
around the time the Spin-List turned into a
On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Holly wrote:
just looking for accurate information on the thickness of traditional
Shetland ring shawl yarn
There's a book recently discussed on the Knitlist called Heirloom
Knitting - a tome (~300 pages?) devoted to Shetland lace knitting. It
isn't available in the US
Hi,
Has Cooper wheels gone out of business? Their website, ztwist.com, is no
longer online. The archive of the web page on wayback indicates they are no
longer producing Saxonies as of Sept. 2001. Has the spinning wheel maker
gone on to something more... money making?
Just curious,
-j.
On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Carol Weymar wrote:
will cause the silk to be yellowish in color. Put the cocoons in a large
pot with enough water to cover them to at least a depth twice that of
the cocoons. Add 1/4 to 1/3 cup Ivory dish liquid. The addition of
sodium carbonate (washing soda) is
plastic one. I'd thought of trying the S'getti string, but I'd heard
that
the knots tend to come undone.
FWIW, I have had the same s'getti band on my Schacht for over a year now,
no problems. I got these instructions from Maury (I don't know his last
name!) who occasionally posts to
You can choose to be a man or woman shephard or one of two dogs. I've been
playing it at easy for 4 hours so far and all I can say is these sheep are
contrary.
My BF bought me this game, and OMG all I can say is it was VERY
FRUSTRATING. I played for about a half hour and found it so
Fibernetters,
Wheel lust has taken over again, at, what I might add, is probably the
worst financial time in my life. I'm thisclose to the end of my Ph.D., so
I decided to forego the student loans which make my life so pleasant
during my tenure in grad school. Someone on the housecleaning
Hi Kate,
Are the handcards and drumcarder a super fine cloth? Cotton needs a very
very fine card cloth to card well.
The handcards are cotton carders from Strauchfiber.com . I believe they are
255 ppi. The drum carder is also a Strauch creation at 128 ppi. I spent
more time attempting to
I apologize if someone has already posted this link - but for more info
about the cloak, see:
http://www.alleycatscratch.com/lotr/Things/FCloak.htm
-j.
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why i knit: what else would i do with all these long pointy sticks
Project gallery at http://noodle.pds.k12.nj.us/juneknits
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On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Judy Kugler wrote:
Does any one know of a supplier for drop spindles.
I need them for a second grade class.
You can make CD spindles for next to nothing - just need cd's, cup hooks,
dowels, and rubber grommets. (The vinyl tubing isn't necessary if you
have the right sized
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, nslutsky wrote:
tortie will have an upside down W stripe on it's forhead.
Upside down W aka M? :)
I'd also heard about calicos being only female, but I did once see a
tri-colored kitty with, er... huevos... Definitely not a girl.
Speaking of domestic pets, I'm getting
Hey all,
Someone emailed me earlier about a sweater she was working on, 100% wool
commercial yarn, and she mentioned that a cable wasn't holding its shape
and that the yarn lacked elasticity. That's probably the first time I've
ever heard someone say that about wool, it got me to thinking about
The yarn I was talking about is one of the Briggs and Little varieties -
100% nonsuperwash wool. I don't know if it's been tightly rolled or knit,
if the swatch is washed, etc., but the woman who emailed me is a very
experienced knitter and well known/respected designer, so I somehow doubt
user
Opossum is an American critter which you find in your trash can, and
whose normal, natural form of death is to be squashed on a road. I
don't think they are sold for dubbing. Actually, I had a couple as
pets, and they are cute in baby-hood, and Opossums in adultery.
In adultery? Hm, now
On Sun, 23 Mar 2003, Brucie Connell wrote:
I hate to be a wet blanket but I think the 3 flyer model looks clunky and
strange. And why have to spin on two separate flyers then ply on a
third. I really don't mind changing bobbins THAT much!
You expressed my thoughts precisely. Built in kate
Hey all,
How do you clean the sort of metal filing bits from a set of carders? I
combined some white cashmere and white wool and ended up with a light grey
rolag. The carders had no colored fiber in it before, so I'm thinking it
must be dust or metal particles or...?
TIA,
-j.
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why i knit:
On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Carol Myers wrote:
I had the same thing happen with a new drum carder. The first 2 or 3 bats
were light gray instead of white. I went ahead and spun and plied the Tunis
wool and washed the skein. It came out perfectly white.
Carol and Gail W. wrote with more or less the
Hi all,
I've been combing and spinning small lots of fiber this week (~40 g at a
time). I'd jar dyed locks, and they really picked the color up unevenly.
Instead of spinning by the lock - my original plan - I decided it had to
be blended. I precarded the locks and combed them. The first batch,
Hi everyone,
I'm so happy this week because my long-awaited Magnus Drudik wheel has
finally arrived. If you would like to see pictures, please take a peek at
my blog (URL below). It's perfectly lovely, I am so happy!
June
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why i knit: what else would i do with all these long pointy sticks
On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Ruthann McCaulley wrote:
When I taught Cathy, the most difficult thing was teaching her to use the
niddy noddy. Now I'm trying to figure out how to teach Phyllis by e-mail as
I intend to tuck a niddy noddy in with her spindle and fibers. Phyllis is
working with another
On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Gail White wrote:
Another way is to stick some in your bra and where it around for awhile.
How about knitting a small snug wrist warmer (something that will slide
around the wrist when worn, emulate how a sweater might feel)?
My most sensitive skin is actually right around
On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, MLuskin wrote:
more processing to make sachets, etc. Only problem is that as the
branches dry they will leave VM in the fleece, but that shouldn't be
hard to remove. Thanks!
You can probably wrap them in cheesecloth or muslin. That will allow the
scent to get through,
On Tue, 13 Apr 2004, Holly Shaltz wrote:
A singles with very little twist will always look underplied when plied
to a balance--stringy and unattractive. If the original twist is low
enough, even overplying it may still look stringy.
This is a good point. However, I try to spin the original
On Tue, 13 Apr 2004, Robin Hankinson wrote:
read somewhere that you shouldn't look at the yarn
until after it has wound on the bobbin (pull some away
Someone mentioned this yesterday (I think?), and I did another large batch
of plying last night to test it out. It's really weird, but here's
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, Holly Shaltz wrote:
Now, to June's original question of why her yarn looks like it has much
less plying twist when it's skeined from the side of the bobbin. I
don't have an answer :) I would like to see samples before I could say
anything definitive.
Ah, then pictures
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, Jim Martha McGrath wrote:
The website says Kiton Acid Dyes are traditionally fixed with Citric Acid
Crystals. Are these more cost effective than acetic acid/vinegar? I think
that is what a friend of mine uses.
I don't know about cost effective, but they sure as heck
Hi all,
I asked last week if people had experienced a loss of plying twist when
putting singles together. I thought that somewhere between when the yarn
was in my fingers and when it wound around the bobbin, I was losing twist.
I got some good suggestions (look at the yarn on the bobbin, not the
On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Cathy de Seton wrote:
June
Looked at pictures now wonder did we ever have the info about how you wash
the skeins after you have plied them?
I thought I mentioned it... Maybe not in the original post? (Can't
remember now.) I usually just soak in water and then drip dry
On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, M. Shirley Chong wrote:
Can you get photos with more resolution, showing what is happening at
the level of the individual fibres in your samples? That would be most
informative as to what is going on with the yarn.
I will try to do so the next time I ply, but my digital
--- Jane Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My goal is to
have folks get
their samples home without loosing the information
on the formula.
I've seen those long sample cards with holes along the
side - if they number the holes and then match it up
with a numbered formula sheet, that might
Hey all,
I have a real vague recollection of someone talking
about some kind of in-home water extractor for washing
wool. (My washing machine spin cycle is just not up
to snuff.)
Anyway, I tried the Fibernet archives but am coming up
empty. Googling only brings me to commercial laundry
sites,
--- Jane Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone have a good source for acetic acid- mail
order?
Check with photography suppliers - they use it in the
stop bath for developing prints.
Or consider using citric acid - all of the acid punch
w/o the knockout smell.
June
=
why i
Hi,
I posted this to another list and didn't get any
replies... Does anyone know what Norwegian wool is?
Is there some specific breed that is generally
attributed to that region (like Icelandic sheep to
Iceland)? I bought a few skeins of Heilo (Dale of
Norway), and they talk about it being
Hello all,
First, thanks to everyone who gave ideas about
Norwegian wool. Enlightening!
Now I am toying with the idea of purchasing a lace
spindle similar to
http://www.hatchtown.com/highws.html#LADY
What are people's experience with this kind of whorl?
I understand this style makes for
--- Jessica DeForest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi everyone, I wonder if anyone has suggestions on
the spinning methods that
improve yarn's elasticity.
You didn't describe how you were preparing or spinning
the fiber, so it's a little hard to guess randomly.
My first thought is that you are
--- Mirjam Bruck-Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Same Here i could not get it on my computer at all
but thank you for the
effort mirjam
http://www.artyarns.com/newsite/tutorials_main.htm,
I use Firefox as my browser, and it loads fine.
(Looove Firefox.)
As far as not-square modular
Hi all,
I bought a yardage winder from Nancy's KnitKnacks last
year, and I'm disappointed in its quality. For no
apparent reason that *I* can discern, the measuring
wheel doesn't always turn. I mean, I am even turning
the wheel with my finger, and it's no good. :(
Guess it's time to play with
--- Cj. Aberte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd suggest you go to the top of the heap with the
AVL
[snip]
It's 'spensive (last
time I looked around $500) but nothing touches it
Whoa - are you talking about this?
http://www.avlusa.com/accessories/yardage_counter.htm
That's $500?!?
If
--- Cj. Aberte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'll send you a pdf file attachment separately with
the directions and
illustrations separately.
Cj, this is great. Thanks so much!
I see that Harbor Freight has a mongo wheel:
http://tinyurl.com/brhf6
Might be worth considering if lengthy warps
So I've heard this rumor that one can actually use the
PG triple picker for fine wool. This is beyond me -
all I get are neps and noils. I can get beautiful
Romney batts with the picker and a Fricke/Strauch
Finest carder, but a MerinoXCorriedale is nothing but
bumps. Does anyone have any foolproof
moving teeth should brush the surface of the staples
oh so lightly.
Ah, this is something I haven't done. I'll adjust it
and give it a slower shot.
I've been trying to card more slowly, tricky b/c I
have an electric carder w/only 1 fast-ish speed. I've
resorted to turning the drum by hand or
--- Ron Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In other words, don't reply to
individuals when the topic is of general interest.
So far, only Cj (thank you Cj! I bow down before you!)
has replied.
If any private replies show up, I'll attempt to steer
them to Fibernet.
Thanks,
June
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why i knit:
Hi all,
I had a strange experience with a batch of yarn and
was wondering if I could get some feedback. I spun the
singles and made a balanced 2-ply yarn. The yarn is
multicolor heathered stuff, so I was able to readily
ensure that the fibers of the individual plies were
parallel to the yarn
McMorran Balance
I've owned several of them, and I find that the
balance arm breaks if you look at it sideways.
The fishing line counter does not work well in my
hands. It got to the point where I had tweezered out
every visible fiber from the inside mechanism, and it
still did not turn.
Hi all,
Was grinding my teeth and thought I'd holler here and
ask for help. I have a hank of 120/2 bombyx silk
thread that I'm trying to wind onto a bobbin. I have
it on a small metal swift. The silk will unwind
smoothly for a while and then get lost in a mass of
tangles. I've rounded the skein
Hi,
I was emailing with someone (who may be on this list?)
about her experiences with superwash sock yarn fulling
after ~10 cycles of wear. She said the yarn was
handpainted (thereby steamed for some unmeasured
period - in my experience, dyes need 30-40 min. in
steam to set), knit into socks, and
--- Grace L. Judson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Meanwhile, as a confirmed sock-knitter-aholic, I can
say that I have NEVER
had a problem with superwash sock yarn
felting/fulling.
I haven't, either, and I must have socks that are 6
years old that always go through several washes a
month.
some
--- gwens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is it possible that the yarn used for those socks
came from some older
stash - made before the yarn was 'improved'?
Anything is possible! I've pretty much told all I know
about what happened. I hadn't heard of superwash
suddenly fulling, and it concerned
Hi again,
I have now spent *hours* untangling this *%$^! skein
of 120/2 silk yarn and managed to save maybe 25 g. If
I ever buy this yarn again, I'm buying it in the form
where it's already wound on a cone.
The biggest problem is that I can't find the right end
to unwind. After some untangling,
--- Anita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm having the very devil of a time getting some dye
to set - stop crocking or bleeding. The fiber was
unsatisfactorily dyed with madder, spun and then
dyed with an acid dye.
My 3 experiences with madder dyeing (alum mordant),
plus emails with the
--- Anita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm pretty sure it's the acid - the madder was very
light. Does one cup of white vinegar to 12 quarts
of water sound correct? I don't want to damage the
yarn. TIA Anita
I don't know what dye you have or the weight of fiber,
so I'm not comfortable giving
If I use Stove's spinning approach, the tips will
come off. If I comb, do
I need to take them off? (I've heard yes and no. The
golden colour would
be welcome in the yarn.)
I like to precard locks before lashing them onto the
comb. The tips will come off at that stage. It makes
the combing go
--- Holly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dishwashing liquid is designed to
cut grease quickly, so it works well on wool without
the alkali damage.
I used to wash Merino and other high-grease fleeces in
Dawn dishwashing liquid, but after the first soak, so
much foam would form inside the mass of
--- Deborah Pulliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Has anyone tried weaving or knitting with yarn
spun from clean fiber but not
washed after spinning? Looking for a small shortcut
-
Not a wise shortcut, in my opinion, especially for
knitting. Washing
the yarn finishes it, allows it to bloom,
--- Anita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm thinking of investing in a set of sock blockers.
You could also make a set out of plastic-coated wire
hangers.
http://www.needletrax.com/blockers.htm
-j.
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Happy Birthday FiberNet!! I consider myself lucky
to have found it in
late 1996.
Ditto - but I joined in 1999, I think.
I'll be at MDSW on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday is
actually a meetup with friends from grad school (none
of whom are fiber folk), so Sunday
Someone asked me about goats yesterday, and I'd like
to find out if what I told her was accurate! :D
Is cashgora fiber from an angora crossed with cashmere
goat? (This is what I thought it was.)
But I also seem to remember hearing that is it coarser
fiber from a cashmere goat that didn't make
Hi all,
I remember an older SpinOff article, and I would like
read it again. It was about a woman with an old
bicycle that had been converted into a spinning wheel.
She had bartered a trade for someone to do the
conversion, and I think she knit a heavy sweater out
of a curly longwool fleece in
--- bj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
June
Summer 2000 pages 6 7 What is the SpinCycle
Took me awhile cuz Spin-Off had it listed wrong on
the index book!
Thank you thank you thank you!
June
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