Karen writes: <<More projects featured that show a real life to the end result >>
Yes, that's something I forgot to mention. So many projects in Spin-Off seem to not have stood the test of time. Meaning, will the yarns used actually stand up to the wear and tear of normal use of the final product? The socks in the last issue are a case in point. I find it doubtful the yarn (which was NOT a cable yarn as was claimed, though certainly an interesting technique deserving of more than the short paragraph it got) would stand up in the foot of a sock, so it's probably a good thing the article contained an incredibly long pattern for a refootable sock :) Nothing whatsoever meant in a negative way to the maker of the yarn and sock, if she happens to be on this list or later see this post. I've made any number of handspun socks myself that didn't stand up to use, before stumbling on the 'secret' for good sock yarn that really will stand up to long use. See my website, <http://www.hjsstudio.com/sockyarn.html>, or for those who don't want to bother, try medium wools with 15% by weight of mohair blended in, and spin 3-ply yarns. Works! :) Sometimes any old yarn will work well in a project. Sometimes that isn't the case. Spin-Off doesn't seem to care about the difference, or even know there is a difference. I wish they would occasionally revisit old articles and do a review so to speak of the yarns in them, to see how they stood up to use. I only know of one project that was ever revisited, and that was because it was a fantastic wool lace shawl that got attacked by moths. Holly To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
