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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #4186 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
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Not me. I suck at them. But I like to hang around.
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #4252 is a reply to message #4057 ] |
Sun, 09 November 2008 01:53 |
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| jmeadows wrote on Fri, 07 November 2008 22:20 |
| Charismitaine wrote on Fri, 07 November 2008 21:09 |
And HERE IT IS!
TA-DA!
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Gorgeous! Good work!
Your first yarn is bound to be thick and thin. Keep going! I think the ideal yarn weight for that spindle will probably be a tad thinner than what you've got on the spindle already. That will keep it spinning longer.
As for reattaching your roving, that's another thing you'll get with practice. You'll find it wants to grab onto itself. Have you ever done a spit splice in knitting? It's the same sort of thing, but without the spit or the rubbing or anything. 
Lovely work!
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Thanks!
And nooooo, I have not heard of this spit splice before, and I have to say that it kind of sounds gross o_0
So, my current problem is the already spun yarn coming up and curling around the hook when I spin out my spindle. Is it just that the spindle is full, or am I doing something wrong?
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #4255 is a reply to message #4252 ] |
Sun, 09 November 2008 03:21 |
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| Charismitaine wrote on Sun, 09 November 2008 01:53 |
Thanks!
And nooooo, I have not heard of this spit splice before, and I have to say that it kind of sounds gross o_0
So, my current problem is the already spun yarn coming up and curling around the hook when I spin out my spindle. Is it just that the spindle is full, or am I doing something wrong?
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The idea of a spit splice is to felt the two ends together - liquid, friction, and heat - but you can dip the ends in water if you don't want to spit on your knitting. 
You mean the yarn is slipping over the whorl (you're using the top whorl, right?) and generally being a pain? It *could* mean you're full, but you could also try a couple other things:
1. wrap the yarn around the hook twice to secure it before you start spinning
2. If your spindle has a notch in the whorl, make sure your yarn is catching in it - that way it won't slip around the whorl
3. wrap lower on the shaft before bringing the yarn over the whorl. Don't ask me why this works. It just does.
(If you have a webcam and want to do internet lessons sometime, let me know. Maybe we can figure out how to solve problems like that. )
Smooshes!
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #4327 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Sun, 09 November 2008 19:13 |
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Yeah, I have yet to attempt the bottom whorl...
It looks like double-wrapping the hook does the trick! Unfortunately I don't have a notch, though. I think it will also help if I draft the next batch to be half as thick....But first I have to get this stuff off the spindle! If I don't come back, my yarn ate me.......
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #4334 is a reply to message #4327 ] |
Sun, 09 November 2008 19:27 |
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| Charismitaine wrote on Sun, 09 November 2008 19:13 |
Yeah, I have yet to attempt the bottom whorl...
It looks like double-wrapping the hook does the trick! Unfortunately I don't have a notch, though. I think it will also help if I draft the next batch to be half as thick....But first I have to get this stuff off the spindle! If I don't come back, my yarn ate me.......
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When you start your next cop (what the yarn on the spindle is called) on the top whorl, don't take the first bit of yarn off the hook. You know how you fold a pieces of wool over, start spinning...? Leave that piece on the hook. Bring it down to the base of the hook. Wrap it over the whorl, then start wrapping the yarn around the shaft. When you start spinning the next length of yarn, you can catch it on that piece of yarn, which will act as a notch.
That's how I do all my top whorls. I don't want to have to cut notches in any of my pretty whorls.
Smooshes!
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #4359 is a reply to message #4331 ] |
Sun, 09 November 2008 20:11 |
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| Laura wrote on Mon, 10 November 2008 02:21 |
OK, Ravelry is swallowing my life...but what an amazing resource! I discovered the vegan knitting group, which is helpful because my pregnant sister is vegan, and I want to try my hand at baby clothes! I made an acrylic blanket, but something that is actually on the little guy should really be a natural fiber, I think. I just remember those safety videos that we watched in high school chemistry class where they lit a polyester shirt on fire and it melted.
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Eeek! Surely cotton. I know vegans often have silk issues (torturing silk worms) but there are a ton of other plant fibres around: linen knits up beautifully, bamboo too, so much more: Jodi was just showing me (on Flickr) a corn based fibre.
(And Ravelry is yet another time sink).
“I have always imagined heaven to be a kind of library.” –Jorge Luis Borges
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #4371 is a reply to message #4363 ] |
Sun, 09 November 2008 20:28 |
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| blondviolinist wrote on Sun, 09 November 2008 20:20 |
You have to be careful with some "plant-based" fibres, though. Sometimes the end-result of a supposedly plant-based fibre is something that has a much greater chemical resemblance to petroleum-based fibres than anything else. (I.e., the stuff will still melt into a puddle of plastic instead of burning to ash.) I know there have been some Ravelry threads on the Yarn board within the past month or so about this subject.
(Hmm... my computer thinks I should stick to the American spelling of fibre... silly computer.)
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Yes, like...bamboo, I think. There was a discussion on a spinning board that it's not really a *green* fiber since there's so much processing involved.
Smooshes!
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #4380 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Sun, 09 November 2008 20:57 |
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Eek! OK I suppose I'm looking for where natural intersects with plant-based. I know that cotton and linen are options, but I can't get over cotton's reputation as "the death fabric." I'd like to make something for the winter months, as he's due in January.
I know my brother in law wears hemp sweaters...maybe hemp? Argh.
ETA: My sister has noted that the problem she has with wool is just that there is so little information on the treatment of the sheep/llamas/alpacas/what have you and that some sources had implied that the shearing process can sometimes be rough and not done in a natural/seasonal manner. What's frustrating about this is that it's SO HARD to google this information, because I'm pretty sure that humanely treated animal wool would be acceptable (pretty sure she'd prefer they didn't end up as mutton, either, but HOW on earth can I verify that?)
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Known on both Ravelry and LibraryThing as thelorelei.
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #4430 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Mon, 10 November 2008 00:10 |
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I've finished the Blue Scarf! I would love to have made it about five inches longer than it is but I ran out of yarn and since I got this yarn ten years ago I don't think there's much hope of matching it so I just ended it. I still need to block it, but it's done.
"The center of every man's existence is a dream. Death, disease, insanity, are merely material accidents, like a toothache or a twisted ankle. That these brutal forces always besiege and often capture the citadel does not prove that they are the citadel."
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #4431 is a reply to message #4334 ] |
Mon, 10 November 2008 00:22 |
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When you start your next cop (what the yarn on the spindle is called) on the top whorl, don't take the first bit of yarn off the hook. You know how you fold a pieces of wool over, start spinning...? Leave that piece on the hook. Bring it down to the base of the hook. Wrap it over the whorl, then start wrapping the yarn around the shaft. When you start spinning the next length of yarn, you can catch it on that piece of yarn, which will act as a notch.
That's how I do all my top whorls. I don't want to have to cut notches in any of my pretty whorls. [/quote]
Oooooh, clever! That should do the trick!
...Cotton has a reputation?
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #4620 is a reply to message #4454 ] |
Mon, 10 November 2008 21:01 |
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Aaaaah. Living in Texas as I do, breathability is more of a factor than warmth for me, and I love cotton!
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #4726 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Tue, 11 November 2008 17:50 |
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See? Where else could I go to hear yarn called "chubbier?"
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #4761 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Tue, 11 November 2008 19:32 |
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I think I'm gonna try my hand at cabling soon. One of the women at church is a proficient knitter and says she'll help me figure it out. I found what looks to me to be a very simple cabling pattern... Now I just need more yarn and to actually get together with her.
Also, two of the girls in my class have asked me if I would knit them a scarf - I told them to supply me with yarn and I think they both want the pattern of the Blue Scarf. So yay! Hopefully I'll get some yarn from them tonight. I also warned them that I may not get the scarves back to them before this semester is over(or Christmas, even), and they both seemed fine with that as well...
If only my other set of needles would come I'd be able to work on several projects with similar size needles at once...
"The center of every man's existence is a dream. Death, disease, insanity, are merely material accidents, like a toothache or a twisted ankle. That these brutal forces always besiege and often capture the citadel does not prove that they are the citadel."
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #4765 is a reply to message #4764 ] |
Tue, 11 November 2008 19:45 |
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Well, yes but I want to knit all these things at the same time. I don't like having to wait to do any of them! And many of them I want to get done before Christmas... I am clearly far too ambitious for my own good.
See, I understand about half of what you've said about cabling but then my brain becomes obtuse and refuses to understand the rest of it. I get the part about Putting them Elsewhere and then Doing More Stuff Over Here and then Bringing them Back, it's the how that actually works that I don't get. It's gonna take sitting down with Susanna and trying it for me to really understand it, I think.
I don't have a cable needle or a kilt brooch. Would it be conceivable to use one of the dpns instead? Or ought I to find something that closes on the ends?
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"The center of every man's existence is a dream. Death, disease, insanity, are merely material accidents, like a toothache or a twisted ankle. That these brutal forces always besiege and often capture the citadel does not prove that they are the citadel."
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #4789 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Tue, 11 November 2008 20:52 |
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Ooh! Wonderful!
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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