tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post592805830141435029..comments2024-03-11T11:38:56.028-07:00Comments on A Fisherman Knits: The Craft is TextilesAaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-43536393316939312202014-06-03T14:19:14.054-07:002014-06-03T14:19:14.054-07:00My logic is that craftsmen are always seeking ways...My logic is that craftsmen are always seeking ways to produce a better product at a lower cost. If you use the same tools and products as everyone else, then your product will be no better than any other product on the market. Every first class craftsman that I know makes some of their own tools.<br /><br />When I was in art school, we were told to spend 20% of our time making tools and developing and learning new techniques. This is not new with me.<br /><br />Artists mix paint to make colors that they do not buy. When an artist mixes paint, they are making their own media. Do you buy 1,000 colors of oil paint, or do you mix colors to get the desired effect? Or, do you buy some basic colors and black and white and mix the color and intensity that you need? Did yo ever hear of an "artist's palette" for mixing color? And you change the consistency of the paints as needed. That is making your own media. Are you going to tell me that you have NEVER taken a pair of scissors to a paint brush!!! That is modifying the tools and media to fit the need. It is the tradition of art.<br />Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-22317559797637304742014-05-31T17:39:35.431-07:002014-05-31T17:39:35.431-07:00Anyone can also buy oil paints, watercolors, charc...Anyone can also buy oil paints, watercolors, charcoal, pencils. So, by your logic, any artist who doesn't create his or her own media is less than an artist who does?<br /><br />Or does this somehow only apply to textiles?<br /><br />Great works have been made with limited means, and trash has been made at great expense. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-52441300680958780702014-05-02T09:03:26.142-07:002014-05-02T09:03:26.142-07:00And, they have been spinning fine cotton textiles ...And, they have been spinning fine cotton textiles for more than 5,000 years. The Egyptians that could spin single strand linen threads imported such such cotton fabrics. I note that in one of my posts.<br /><br />However, the point stands. We (modern hand spinners) have forgotten how to produce wool shirting grade cloth by hand. <br /><br />Many different groups produce various heavier wool fabrics. However we have forgotten how to do fine wool fabrics.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-77090040258636837772014-05-01T18:05:17.351-07:002014-05-01T18:05:17.351-07:00Look up "khadi," you idiot. Every other ...Look up "khadi," you idiot. Every other village in India makes handspun, hand woven fabrics finer than you can imagine. Your ignorance only proves... your ignorance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-70542462244753166912014-04-30T13:19:59.941-07:002014-04-30T13:19:59.941-07:00Aaron,
I don't know every modern spinner. Many...Aaron,<br />I don't know every modern spinner. Many of us spin fine singles. Stop making statements that cover "every" spinner. You don't spin for everyone nor does every spinner have the desire to spin as you do. In short, leave behind statements that encompass everyone. <br /><br />Marlowe Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-37902432861570126312014-04-29T14:14:11.665-07:002014-04-29T14:14:11.665-07:00Aaron, I am a little confused about one point. If...Aaron, I am a little confused about one point. If a person understands both yarn and textiles well enough to know what sort of yarn to spin for a given textile, couldn't that person just as easily formulate the perfect textile for a given yarn? <br /><br />Surely SOME yarn sitting in yarn shops is exceptional, even if it is not appropriate for your personal needs. As you so frequently point out, very few people seem interested in producing the types of textiles that interest you, so it is hardly surprising that there is very little demand for those yarns. People who value different qualities in their yarn might have better success at locating examples that suit their needs. Stephen Hardingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-70257645679578347972014-04-29T10:28:00.023-07:002014-04-29T10:28:00.023-07:00My first warp was mill spin 5,600 ypp 2-py. It pro...My first warp was mill spin 5,600 ypp 2-py. It produces a nice firm, dense fabric. However, it is mill spun and nothing special. The goal with the loom is hand spun, hand woven shirting. <br /><br />However, I am having problems with warp abrasion. I tried sizing and that did not solve the problem.<br /><br />One reason for going to CNCH was to talk to AVL Wizards to see if they had any suggestions. It is a problem that I will solve before I warp with hand spun. One suggested a possible problem with the reed and an inspection of the reed suggests this may in fact be the problem. There was much contention over reeds when I bought the loom, and the weaver that had been using this loom (for years and years) insisted that I switch out reeds and leave the reed that had been in this loom. I complied as this reed is AVL, and the other reed was brand X.<br /><br />On inspection with a linen tester, this reed does show deposits holding lint from yarns that I never used. Thus, it looks like some long ago weaver got gunk in this reed, and as a beginner, I never noticed. The reed is now soaking in WD40. It is SS, so I do not think there is actual rust in there, just little hard chunks of junk. And, I think the beater was aligned for the other reed, and I need to change the beater alignment by 1/4" or so.<br /><br />Considering the success that I am having with spinning, I am not too worried about the weaving. The accelerator and the tension box Lazy Kate would not have come about if the loom was working correctly and I was spending all my time climbing the weaving learning curve. I am ever so happy with my progress in the last 6 months.<br /><br />It is not a bad thing to put my time where I am getting good results. Six months ago, I could not have predicted my progress in spinningAaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-26283871521676428242014-04-28T12:17:52.343-07:002014-04-28T12:17:52.343-07:00I agree with you. Do not say you have taken the cl...I agree with you. Do not say you have taken the class, show me the yarn. Spinning is all about making yarn after all. Surely a skilled professional, with the correct tools can make far superior yarn to any machine. I think this is the case. <br /><br />In fact, I find that as I want to spin faster and finer, many "standard model" wheels don't stand up to the task. The flyers are not balanced, nor are the bobbins. They have not been optimised properly.<br />It also frustrates me that many wheels have faster whorls, but that very few come with smaller bobbins as the speed increases. <br /><br />I read your blog with a lot of interest, and I think it's awful that other spinners simply brush off your claims and techniques. After all, if it didn't work, you wouldn't be using the techniques or the equipment you do. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-74991865525829138942014-04-27T17:33:20.342-07:002014-04-27T17:33:20.342-07:00Where's your cloth, Aaron? Where's your pr...Where's your cloth, Aaron? Where's your product? I can see other spinners' and weavers' beautiful work online; I post mine. In fact, mine goes on display. I get paid to create it, sheep to fabric. <br /><br />Where is yours?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com