tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post8404160461343259980..comments2024-03-11T11:38:56.028-07:00Comments on A Fisherman Knits: Aaron KnitsAaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-35069150814840524342016-08-10T17:10:48.821-07:002016-08-10T17:10:48.821-07:00Spend a winter in Wisconsin or Wyoming; and you wi...Spend a winter in Wisconsin or Wyoming; and you will understand Great Britain is pleasantly balmy (also known as a "marine" climate).<br /><br />see: <br />http://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/featurednews/title_528495_en.html<br />https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160711121339.htm<br />http://people.eng.unimelb.edu.au/mpeel/Koppen/World_Koppen_Map.png<br />http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/maps/jpg/EUR_THEM_Climate.jpg<br /><br />Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-54455402113554154202016-08-08T06:55:21.412-07:002016-08-08T06:55:21.412-07:00England, even Great Britain, or the United Kingdom...England, even Great Britain, or the United Kingdom is NOT balmy, there might be a few days that, just might be considered such, but it is definitely neither sub-tropical or balmy .<br />Please cite sources and references for these ideaskingstonmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03574015053838801357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-48697320999027786592016-08-06T14:07:09.616-07:002016-08-06T14:07:09.616-07:00The other night, some friends were telling us a lo...The other night, some friends were telling us a long history of Russian/USSR consumer goods, and it gave me perspective for what modern Russians might consider good knitting. And, of course;<br /> "What do you call a babuska trying to finish her knitting before the snow flies?" <br />Rushen Russian. (with apologies to Theodore Bikel)<br /><br />Anyway, did I have yarn that would knit up warmer than the old LB FW and be suitable for Siberia in the winter? Some swatches of the LB Wool-Ease warned me that it (2-ply, 288 ypp) was not going to get me there. I had already tested all the common commercial 2 and 3-ply yarns in the grist range 500 yp and up, and knew those yarns were not a reasonable path. That left only, high ply yarns with low ply twist. I had already done various 10-strand cabled yarns (at 500 ypp) and knew cables had other virtues. <br /><br />Yes, 10-ply yarns with low ply twist, are a warmer solution. Yes, small drifts in single weight can be a large problem, but if you can get your single's grist consistent, then 10-ply (or 14-ply) is the fast and easy way to knit very warm fabrics.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-83160463166386668062016-08-06T13:01:44.280-07:002016-08-06T13:01:44.280-07:00Unknown;
While I freely admit that the coldest pla...Unknown;<br />While I freely admit that the coldest place on Earth, is a stone hut, with a thatched roof, with only peat fire. My wife and I walked Hadrian's Wall. There were a few days of rain, but it did not freeze as it hit the ground, coating everything with ice. No, England is balmy.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-86720530306863474162016-08-06T12:52:56.919-07:002016-08-06T12:52:56.919-07:00It was a "quicky", blocked in the cake u...It was a "quicky", blocked in the cake using a microwave. Steam blocking on a reel does a better job, but blocking in the cake is good enough for stuff just intended to keep me warm in the snow. Also, that swatch was not blocked after knitting. <br /><br />I must have missed your pix of your hand spun and hand plied 5-ply, 10-ply and 14-ply yarns, all knit up to show that they do not bias. Ah, bu that would assume that you could even spin such singles!!! This is another example of those that cannot do, criticise.<br /><br />Now! Get your act together and prove your worth by telling us how to make better yarn. We know that this yarn needs to be blocked after knitting, How do we spin/ply 10-ply and 14-ply yarns that do not need to be blocked after knitting?? If you are such a great craftsman, give us a hint, give us a tip!Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-22697024188614911022016-08-06T12:29:49.159-07:002016-08-06T12:29:49.159-07:00WMO notes that Cornwall is now "subtropical&q...WMO notes that Cornwall is now "subtropical".<br /><br />On the other hand, England has always been balmy compared to places like Greenland.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-494433672000801902016-08-01T19:26:22.687-07:002016-08-01T19:26:22.687-07:00Does the fact that the fabric biases quite strongl...Does the fact that the fabric biases quite strongly make it warmer?A Fisherman Lieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09039553553098891721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-78985856686836567302016-07-31T14:12:02.796-07:002016-07-31T14:12:02.796-07:00I can't seem to leave my name so I will tell y...I can't seem to leave my name so I will tell you anyway. I don't like to leave anonymous comments. Arthur Balfour of Woking Surrey. <br /><br />I must ask have you ever spent time in England? It is hardly balmy. It's wet and cold and grey most of the time and for about 3 weeks we have something called summer when it can be warmish and damp. Always damp, its an island you know. And by England do you meant the United Kingdom or just England? You might like to read a fellow countryman of yours Bill Bryson. He has some pretty good information about the whole place. Even has facts and figures. You might like it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17914332984672877660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-19554095261442599222016-07-31T08:52:08.538-07:002016-07-31T08:52:08.538-07:00I say "bad weather" is any weather that ...I say "bad weather" is any weather that kills people. <br /><br />I have spent the winter living in places where a cup of tea left by the bed overnight would freeze. (In the Berkshires.) That was normal, not a problem. It is just a matter of always finishing the tea so it does not freeze and break the cup. I spent a winter living over the Coastwise Packet, on Martha's Vineyard in a room that had no heat what so ever. (Temp in my room was the same as the temp outside. When was the last time you washed up 32F temps?) <br /><br />Tell me when you spent 2 weeks outside in continuously subzero temperatures. Tell us about washing you hair in those conditions : ) No heated cars, no warm bathrooms, cooking and eating outside, and sleeping outside. (I have. Chestnut forestry research in Adirondack park.) So subtract the time you spent in heated structures, warm cars, warm trains, and other warm places you were during those 2 weeks of below zero temps, and tell us when you spent 2 weeks in continuously below zero temps. I think that if you are in a warm car or warm structure, or even a good snow cave, then the temp outside does not matter much. Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-42144569333971068952016-07-31T07:26:47.999-07:002016-07-31T07:26:47.999-07:00Kent/Seattle=> same weather. Neither has -40 te...Kent/Seattle=> same weather. Neither has -40 temps, but they sell gear for recreational hiking/camping/skiing in cold weather. <br /><br />However, if you are maintaining infrastructure or drilling ice cores on a ice sheet somewhere, and working outside regardless of the weather, try gear from Grainger Industrial. There is a branch just 7 km from my house. There is also a branch in Seattle.<br /><br />Movie sets shut down in bad weather. Infrastructure repair goes on regardless of the weather. Square rigged ships had to sail through the storms, and men had to be in the rigging in all weather.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-7613572488929837892016-07-31T00:59:40.539-07:002016-07-31T00:59:40.539-07:00REI was founded in Seattle, not Kent.REI was founded in Seattle, not Kent.willowgreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02679542844834065844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-65887639023186790362016-07-30T14:14:36.831-07:002016-07-30T14:14:36.831-07:00California. Extreme weather. HAhahahahaha!
Extr...California. Extreme weather. HAhahahahaha!<br /><br />Extremely hot? Yes. Death Valley can be extremely hot. Extremely cold? Nope. Not even close. I grew up in California in a ski resort. Compared to Wisconsin temperatures - two weeks of sub-zero temperatures, WITHOUT WIND CHILL, are NORMAL in this part of the country - California winter weather is balmy, even in the Bay Area. You aren't fooling anyone, Aaron. Holin K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01385935923575279959noreply@blogger.com