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>How far do you travel to get TW supplies (same town/nearby city/same
>country/internationally)? Approximately how far(distance or
>time-wise)?
All of the above.... I'm lucky enough to have a few yarn/fiber stores
on a 30 mile radius from my house. Plus whenever I travel I try to
find yarn/fiber stores. I have travelled as much as 5hrs (Maryland
Sheep and Wool Festival) due to my interest on sheep and fibers. I
have also asked a friend to pick and pay for a bunch of silk yarn
while she travelled to London.
>Do you use mail order? (And does this mean by Internet or by phone?)
Yes. Both net (primarily e-bay) and phone orders.
>DO you make what you need(spinning yarns/making cards, etc.)?
Yes, again both as I love to spin as much and sometimes more than
Twing... Plus I do indulge on my interest for woodworking and enjoy
building weaving equipment.
>If you don't have a local yarn shop, have you found any other sort
>of shop with supplies)?
Walmart, Michaels, and fabric stores carry crochet cotton and 6
strand embroidery floss as well as silk sewing thread. Needlepoint
stores sometimes carry 12 strand silk floss. I have experimented
with all of them as tw warp.
>Do you wait till local/regional conferences and buy in bulk there?
No. Buying in bulk usually means I'll get sick and tired of the
string and I never know what I'll want to weave next year, err next
decade, since it seems I have enough string to last me for about 5
years...
But as the saying says. The one who dies with the most
string, wins :-)
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Carla Calvi
Durham, NC
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