Jane Read <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Instead the shop manager offered me some >unbanded "disks" of wool. "This is what we use" she said. Now her english >was a million times better than my icelandic, but our conversation was >rather broken and I'm not sure that I got the rest of what she said right. >The disks consist of a single ply of wool that is untwisted, and the >threads need to be plyed to obtain the weight I need (3ply). I thought she >said it can be done as I knitted, with the three individual strands drawn >through the centre of the three disks.
What an odd coincidence! Jane, I can't answer your question about plying, but I just returned to the library a book on knitting by Meg Swanson, the daughter of Elizabeth Zimmerman, who imported, sold, and used these "plates" of wool roving. Apparently they knitted from them unspun. I am having a bit of brain fog, and can't remember the title of the book! ** Embarrassed report, after trip to library: the title is (ARGH) "Knitting". Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA alwen at i2k dot com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
