> When the rows are staggered, they are called "pitch" and when > they are just one behind the next they are "rows" if I am recalling > correctly. > My Viking combs are two rows, as opposed to two-pitch. My > English combs are five-pitch. I actually comb the Icelandic with one of the combs > fixed to the table with a comb-pad I use and the second comb > "working." I then pull the top off as I described in my first reply. Andrea in NY
Oh my... thank you. I swear that sometimes the hardest part of learning to spin is learning the vocabulary. By the by, I'm trying to do all of my fiber work in an historical context, based on artefact finds. I'd have to check the books at home, but the only artefact finds of combs that date to the viking era indicate rows, not pitches. Given their condition and reconstruction 'though, it can hardly be definitive. Karen To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
