reading all the e-mail about knittet lace, just this one
Regards Dorte from a snowy Denmark
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From: suzy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lace@arachne.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 2:52 AM
Subject: Re: [lace] wool lace weight thread
from suzy in tennessee,u.s.a
sorry robin! i meant to send it to lace, but didn't change the address
when i hit the reply button. i wish it would automatically put the
email address of lace in the to line for writing emails. it is
really confusing to remember!!
i think i will just use it to make some nice warm mittens
i'm a new member of the lace guild, so i'll be able to borrow a book or
two from them after the first of the year sometime.
--- Brenda Paternoster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, the Shetland Isles are to the north east of Scotland, about half
way between Scotland and Norway.
Lot's of
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Shetland wool, Shetland knitting patterns, and Shetland ring shawls
come from the Shetland Islands, home of Shetland ponies, in Great
Britain. Off Scotland, I believe, but possibly off northern England.
Hope you didn't hear my sharp intake of breath and
Yes, the Shetland Isles are to the north east of Scotland, about half
way between Scotland and Norway.
Lot's of knitting books have a chapter about Shetland lace, but there
aren't many just about lace knitting. Sarah Don's The Art of Shetland
Lace Bell Hyman Ltd 1980 is the one that first
eyes open wide OH NO You mean we won't be able to drive there from
Manchester on our next trip to England? I was looking forward so much to
visiting the Shetland Wool Brokers.
Just kidding!
Avital,
who's not trying to take the mickey out of you
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From:
you are welcome to take the mickey any time you like Avital, I have 2 boys at
home at the moment whose main pastime is just that sport - sigh. Seriously a
lovely island to visit would be Lindisfarne
http://www.lindisfarne.org.uk/
that is off the north east coast of England. No lace though.
@arachne.com
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 3:45 AM
Subject: Re: [lace] wool lace weight thread
Yes, the Shetland Isles are to the north east of Scotland, about half
way between Scotland and Norway.
Lot's of knitting books have a chapter about Shetland lace, but there
aren't many just about lace
Actually you CAN drive from England to Shetland! You just drive through
Scotland to Aberdeen and then take the P O ferry from there to Lerwick,
Shetland. The ferry takes 11 hours to get there! When I went there with a
friend, Sandy Millikin, we had a sleeping room which was located below the
deck
i think its best for me not to try to use the wool for lace thread,
even though a few people have made some nice scarves that way. it is
too fuzzy and the shrinking is not really permanent and it can be
streteched to its original size. i had planned to spin the wool myself
after i preshrunk it,
thanks for the info on the shetland shawls. the website is great!! i
think it is the same concept as the orengberg shawls but they use
realism type patterns like roses and ivy. the orenberg shawls only
have some where near 8 patterns they use in as many ways they can
rearrange them.
thank
warmer than wool, although it's wonderful, wonderful stuff. Alpaca,
for one, is something like 7 times warmer than wool (comes from a
member of the camelid family, originally from South America). There's
also llama(a relative of alpaca), vicuna (very difficult to get), and
the warmest of all,
online) on Shetland lace making.
--Sue in foggy Montana, going back to the lurking swamp ;o)
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From: suzy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lace@arachne.com
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] wool lace weight thread
--- Fran Higham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
Sue Clemenger wrote: and the warmest of all, quiviut, which is *very*
expensive, but a dream for warmth.
There was an interview on the radio this week with someone involved with the
Canadian Oxford Dictionary, and one of the questions asked was about Q
always being followed by U in words, and
As Robin kindly pointed out - you do need a U for later in the word Qiviut,
so I guess you can use it with the Q to make a more well known word.
Whether this has been included in the new English Oxford Dictionary or not,
but had been included in the Canadian version, along with a few other
24, 2005 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: [lace] wool lace weight thread
Sue Clemenger wrote: and the warmest of all, quiviut, which is *very*
expensive, but a dream for warmth.
There was an interview on the radio this week with someone involved with
the
Canadian Oxford Dictionary, and one
Christmas Eve-ish things in Missoula, MT
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From: bevw [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Sue Clemenger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] wool lace weight thread
Hi Sue (in that swamp of lurkdom - I love it)
Thank you for a nice precis
Suzi,
I would like to back up everything Tamara said.
A definition of what makes lace weight wool depends entirely on what scale
lace you are making. If you want a Torchon scarf made in wool, you'd probably
use an ordinary medium-weight knitting yarn and have the pricking adjusted to
suit
I'll add another comment to Tamara's and Jacquie's. Wool, even ring-
shawl weight, is usually a whole lot fuzzier than threads normally used
for bobbin, needle, or shuttle laces. This will greatly affect your
ability to move the threads past each other. It is that much harder to
accurately
i really didn't even search this on the internet yet, but how common is
it that you see wool being used for lace weight thread? what is the
finest you have seen wool lace weight sold?
also what is the best way to preshrink wool?
here is a way to unshrink a wool sweater:
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