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Hi Holly, My tops are very simple - shaped like a tank top. I knit them. If you are interested in seeing a photo of one, e-mail me off list and I will send you a photo. Katy Katy Blanchard Urban Eagle Design www.urbaneagle.com Youngsville, New Mexico On Jan 6, 2010, at 5:02 PM, Holly Shaltz wrote: Katy writes: I have a couple of nice fleece to spin but what I really need to get to is a bunch of silk/merino that needs spinning and dyeing so I can make some spring weight tops, etc. It's not my most fun thing to spin but it does make a wonderful yarn and fabric. Do share more info about these tops! Are they knit or woven or ??? How are they shaped? Holly __.. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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It's been really fun to see and read all the activity on the fibernet list lately. I'm gearing up to get heavily into spinning mode. I have a couple of nice fleece to spin but what I really need to get to is a bunch of silk/merino that needs spinning and dyeing so I can make some spring weight tops, etc. It's not my most fun thing to spin but it does make a wonderful yarn and fabric. The other big thing I'm doing is New Mexico Fiber Artisans - I'm the director and we're gearing up for Convergence. Our web site is up (www.nmfiberartisans.org) and we're getting ready to get a printed directory done just in time to hand out in July. We're a relatively new organization but our goal is to be the source for information on all things fiber in New Mexico. It's pretty exciting! So I hope to see a lot of you in Albuquerque in July! Katy Blanchard Urban Eagle Design www.urbaneagle.com Youngsville, New Mexico On Jan 3, 2010, at 7:06 AM, Ronald Parker wrote: Hi Fibernetters A Happy New Fiber Year to you all. What's new out there? What hat you've been up to? Ron your c- list Mom with Susanne Ron rbpar...@swipnet.se [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Katy writes: I have a couple of nice fleece to spin but what I really need to get to is a bunch of silk/merino that needs spinning and dyeing so I can make some spring weight tops, etc. It's not my most fun thing to spin but it does make a wonderful yarn and fabric. Do share more info about these tops! Are they knit or woven or ??? How are they shaped? Now that I've lost weight and am a woman's size medium again, I'm looking forward to making clothing for myself from handspun :) And trying to reconfigure the fair isle sweater coat of handspun Shetland that was too big *before* I lost weight! I'm thinking a sort of ruana-ish thing... Holly
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Well- After a bout of cancer last year that through a major wench in the works, I am finishing the final project for my second masters (Public Administration) and getting back to my loom. :-) I've got about 10 projects in various stages of planning, mainly shawls, but a couple of baby blankets, a set of placemats and a table runner for my Mother, and finishing up a project for a belly band for a yurt that I got half-way done over a year ago. Looking forward to Convergence, which is actually within driving distance this year and finally, mourning the demise of the only yarn store in the area, Unraveled in Los Cruces, NM. They are liquidating now and closing their doors at the end of the month sigh. John Sandstrom El Paso, TX PS. I'm now cancer free. _ From: fibernet@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fiber...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ronald Parker Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 7:06 AM To: fibernet@yahoogroups.com Subject: [fibernet] What's new? Hi Fibernetters A Happy New Fiber Year to you all. What's new out there? What hat you've been up to? Ron your c- list Mom with Susanne Ron rbpar...@swipnet. mailto:rbparker%40swipnet.se se [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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PS. I'm now cancer free. That's really good news John! Gwen S. -- reply to: gwe...@xmission.com
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Alive but buried in snow and cold in the swamps of NE Illinois. Weaving and spinning and training dogs. Just got the latest project off the loom and wet finished. Now I need to hem everything. Ellen Bloomfield Wool, silk, and a whole lot of doghair ellen...@sheltielovers.net Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless
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We're visiting NYC - there's a fantastic Bauhaus exhibit at the MOMA until Jan. 25 and a whole Guggenheim full of Kandinsky's work until Jan. 13 - and after all that color theory, I dreamed all night Josef Hoffmann (Wiener Werkstaette) in black/white/silver. Tonight we have tickets to the Met (Turandot) and then its back to the frozen Tundra of Wisconsin. Sara von Tresckow THE WOOLGATHERERS LTD wo...@powercom.net http://www.woolgatherers.com
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Happy New Year all, I have been weaving up a storm inspired by the 60 Scarves for 60 Years publication. I wove 3 scarves based on one of the examples using my alpaca spun at the new spinning mill established in town. This was their first alpaca and it came out beautifully. One owner has raised 6 kids and started her second career to set up and run an industrial mill. I am currently in the process of warping for fabric for a kimono jacket inspired by another scarf in the book. Hi Ron! Brucie [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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On Jan 3, 2010, at 8:23 PM, Robin Hankinson wrote: 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! How could I not? Hi to you. Ron As long as I keep teaching I don't have much time for anything else, although I always have 5 or 6 knitting projects going (counting those that have been stalled for years). I hadn't spun in at least 3 years, but got inspired this fall and have spun some romney and some lovely Colour Harmonies silk. Not sure what they'll be yet. I made a baby hat for a friend of my #2 daughter's and a scarf out of older handspun for the boyfriend of my oldest daughter. I was in the process of knitting another scarf for daughter #3's boyfriend, but they broke up, so it's been ignored for awhile while I made another experimental scarf and started yet another experiment, with sort of a jacquard pattern I devised (I'm sure it's been invented multiple times by multiple knitters more talented than I). And now I'm in my classroom, theoretically working. Back to the students tomorrow; I'm sure they are at least as excited as I am. I am so ready to retire...in every aspect except the financial. Here's hoping for a year with a bit more peace and a bit more love~ Robin in Swampeast Missouri, with only a dusting of snow and temps in the 20s. 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 Ulrich A message archive and photo page are maintained. Commercial selling and spam are not allowed. Members are allowed to offer personal items for giving away or selling. See http://hem.bredband.net/ronpar/fninfo.html for more details. Yahoo! Groups Links Ron rbpar...@swipnet.se A message archive and photo page are maintained. Commercial selling and spam are not allowed. Members are allowed to offer personal items for giving away or selling. See http://hem.bredband.net/ronpar/fninfo.html for more details. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fibernet/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fibernet/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: fibernet-dig...@yahoogroups.com fibernet-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: fibernet-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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Well, I'm trying to get motivated to beam my daughter's coat warp :) I got it all spun, sized, wound into balls, wound the warp, put it on the trapeze - it's ready to beam, but I just haven't had the energy or something. And I'm still working on the weft - precarding about another pound of wool, drumcarding each batt twice. The final carding will make layered batts out of all the different blues, but that has to wait until I beam, thread, and tie on that warp and use up one bobbin of weft yarn to make sure I know how much to card and spin. She wanted some very specific yarns - 20 wpi, 20 degree twist angle (which I *really* didn't enjoy spinning, sizing, or winding into a warp! :) Natural black for the warp - a mix of Perendale, Shetland, Romney, and BL I had available. Lovely wools, but too much twist to suit my style, so it was a bit tedious to spin. The weft is a mix of lustrous medium-type wools - Cotswold and a shiny Romney for the most part, dyed in a range of darkish blues. These wools are wavy rather than crimpy, so the yarn is more dense, so contrary to my experience, I have had to prepare more wool for the weft than for the warp. She chose a plaited twill threading that doesn't have a lot of patterning, so it will read as texture close up and practically just a heathery color from any distance. She doesn't like to stand out :) Well, maybe telling people about this project will get me moving on it! In other news, I'm finally gonna be a grandma this year! DS and DIL made the announcement Christmas Day, after 5 1/2 years of marriage :) The baby is due in August, they live in TX, and DIL is convinced she's allergic to wool, so I guess I'll be looking for cotton baby yarns. I have some cotton baby blankets I've woven stashed for this purpose. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season, and can look forward to a healthy and happy 2010! Holly
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Well now there is 3 feet of snow on the ground I am finally getting moved into my winter space. I finally got all the workshop tools moved out so I can move my wool in. The next step is to get the sled and move everything from the uninsulated summer trailer to the heated winter space. The last couple of years I moved into the living room which is limiting for me and a pain for everyone else. I hope to try out some new techniques Ann Shepherds' Spring Farm North Gower, On Canada http://www.shepherdsspringfarm.ca/ _ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Well, we had our Rose Bowl Parade. The weather was gorgeous. Seventy-two degrees, w/a slight breeze. I can just see the people who live in snow states, and who saw the Parade, getting ready to move to sunny CA. Please bear in mind that sometimes the solid earth provides feet massages for happy cows and sheep. :) On the fiber side, I'm just finishing a pair of socks I started in the last decade. I have some merino/sea cell fiber out, for the next pair of socks. Some mohair that needs to be washed and spun up. The wool room is full of fiber that needs to find a new home. -- wrnk d2
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My wrist is finally back to nearly normal after surgery this fall so all projects have been on hold while my wrist heals. I've knitted some easy scarves for Christmas presents and now have a commission for a pair of felted slippers. Don't like to knit to order but guess I'll do this one then done. I have a project on the loom that has been sitting there half threaded for six months that my wrist wouldn't let me finish. I guess I need to get back to that. A complex table runner of alternating bands of huck lace and turned overshot. Sure hope it comes out as I had planned but I'm not sure where I left off now. Threaded three warp threads per dent, it will be hard to count! I always have something on the big wheel and the travel wheel probably has something simple on it from the sheep show season. I always take my travel wheel to the shows and spin in the barn after I finish showing. Helps sell my fleeces as well as entertain the public. I take something that doesn't matter much because I get talking to people and don't pay close attention to my spinning. I'll have to check to see what I left on that wheel. The big wheel has some silk/angora/ rambouillet blend from Crystal Creek that I love. I need to get that finished so I can knit that shawl that I've been eyeing. Other than that, I'm out in the sheep pens getting ready for lambing that should start next week. With about 40 ewes due to lamb this season, Ill be a bit busy for a while. Most of my girls are well trained to lamb in daylight but every once in a while, one rebels and lambs at night. THat and my day job keep my on my toes. Robin Snyder, spinner, weaver, shepherd Border Collie Rescue - California www.bcrescue.net San Diego County, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
