>Good Morning, > >I have spun and knit a couple of shawls. the wool was from my Shetland >sheep and I knit them on 00 needles so I guess that makes them Shetland >shawls That thing with passing them through a wedding ring. the picture I >have seen in one of the books either that lady had the smallest hands ( to >make the ring look large in proportion) or the woman whose ring it was had >very large hands, If everything were in proper proportion I would guess the >ring was a small curtain ring say 1.5 inch diameter. So I sort of wonder >about that part of the story. > >I don't see how one wool fiber a yarn makes. Lets face it, the sheer >physics of spinning say that is impossible. How would the next fiber attach >you going to stop and tie every one. I don't think so. I sort of played >around with it one day and with my highest ratio whorl, the finest part of >the fleece and the lowest draw i could get; I still could only get the yarn >to hold together with about ten fibers. I have thought I would like to try >it with a long angora bunny fleece. > >Interesting topic. At least to me. I seem to remember an article in >Spin-Off a few yeas ago. I think Rita Buchanan's husband maybe. Any one >remember? > >Annemarie
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