In a message dated 3/6/99 2:29:12 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<< I am interested in how your LNS taught you how to twist your floss. Is it
similar to the way Waterlilies and Floss overdyed is done? Do you cut the
floss into certain lengths first? >>
Basically it's about the same as Caron does their twist. I snip the tag
carefully off the end, then find the ends and take whatever I need for the
project from one or the other. When I'm done, I reloop everything into one big
loop, put a finger at the inside of the loop on both ends, and twist each
finger's side in the opposite direction six or seven times. Then I bring the
finger ends together. Most times, the skein will naturally fall in half, when
it doesn't, I rearrange it, and it retwists itself the proper way. Then I use
the short piece with the tag still attached to tie the ends together again.
Not quite as neat as the original Caron, but it still holds up well. :)
I am told that, for a larger project when you know you'll be using a lot of a
skein, the best way to handle a Caron skein is to untwist the skein and clip
thru all the threads at both ends (it gives you an assortment of ~12 inch
lengths) I've never actually done this, because once cut, it can't be
retwisted.
Carolyn in So. Calif.
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