Hi Sue years ago when my Mum was knitting mohair she had this problem. A solution she used was to put the yarn in the freezer for an hour before she knitted with it.... kept the 'fluff' stuck to the ball instead of the air! Might work for you....
Sue in East Yorkshire where it's still chilly and windy today On 28 Apr 2013, at 10:17, Sue wrote: > When i typed this yesterday I meant to ask a question. After being a knitter > on and off for almost 60 years I am now finding the wool is throwing off tiny > fibres which are making me cough badly so I have had to resort to wearing a > cotton headscarf round my nose and mouth to keep it out (what an image for a > sunday morning, LOL) > Has any other lacemaker/knitter out there found similar problems? This > doesn't seem to be a problem with my lace when I am using natural cottons and > silk threads only. At the moment its ok as the weather is currently cold > enough for me to enjoy the benefits of being covered more and warmer but I am > hoping we have some better in the coming weeks. One more reason to get this > finished and back to my lacemaking I think, LOL. I am now beginning to > really miss it and need to get back into some. As its less than a month > this must be an addiction, :-) To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
