Monday, February 06, 2017

Deconstructing commercial multi-ply yarn into singles

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Alden shows how do do this with spinning wheel, yarn reel, and custom tools. It can also be done with a spinning wheel, raddle (or tensio...
Thursday, December 22, 2016

Jersey, the center of the world

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Some of you have thought and likely still think that I was/am  "possessed" by the idea of  Jersey and Guernsey being the home of ...
Tuesday, November 29, 2016

The Intentional Baker-

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My grandfather was a diversified farmer with a thousand acres of wheat. All summer long, he had a large farm crew, and he made sure they we...
Saturday, October 15, 2016

Sleying the big one

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I had been looking for hooks for threading finer reeds and heddles.  I was not happy with the tools in the shops, and did not seen anythi...
Thursday, October 13, 2016

Spinzilla

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I spun a few thousand yards of lace weight warp, some worsted, and more woolen. Every blinking bobbin that will fit on my bobbin rack is fu...
Saturday, October 08, 2016

Some are a little deaf in their greek ears.

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Hear is a an aid to Translating the greek; Google  "classic greek sculpture discovery", select images, and study them until y...
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Thursday, October 06, 2016

95%

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See  http://www.aidan-campbell.co.uk/PDFs/Authentic%20or%20just%20Accurate.pdf
Wednesday, October 05, 2016

Fiber from the mill

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Some experimentation tells me that much of my objections to fiber prepared in commercial mills is substantially caused by the use tension...
Tuesday, October 04, 2016

Bronze

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The Victorians depreciated the technical knowledge of earlier cultures, and this prejudice continues. See for example the tone of : ...
Friday, September 30, 2016

Phase 3

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Phase 1 was spinning for knitting.  Phase 2 was learning to spin fast and fine. Phase 3 is spinning for weaving. The new guild season has...
Monday, September 26, 2016

Measure!

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I get teased and chided on for using the traditional spinner's measures.  In  particular, measuring grist by stating the number of ...
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Sunday, September 25, 2016

Wool Warp that works.

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Easy! More twist!  With enough twist, you are less likely to need sizing. So, I spin worsted 10s, @ 9 tpi, and it gets plied up into vari...

Look, and read on

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Costco also sold The New Ivy Brand Vintage Classics with packaging stating that it was hand spun, hand woven. Later, Costco  also did s...
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Friday, September 23, 2016

More spinning bobbins

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Alden really did tell me very emphaticly, several times that whorls, flyer and bobbin should be have  "board cut grain".  That di...
Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Space Cloth

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Just when you think you have seen everything! 'Space cloth' to revolutionise textiles industry A designer and researcher has...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Old cotton cloth

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Oldest textile dyed indigo blue found A George Washington University researcher has identified a 6,200-year-old indigo-blue fabric fr...
Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Goldfishy

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Costco had several styles of men's shirts made by The New Ivy Brand: All had prominent packaging stating they were hand spun and han...
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Monday, September 12, 2016

Jerseys and Guernseys

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See Patterns for Guernseys, Jerseys and Arans  by Gladys Thompson, Page 5, line 12. See L'Ouvre by E. Zola.  It seems that "Ouvr...
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Tuesday, September 06, 2016

Dreaming

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All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was...
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Saturday, September 03, 2016

Sponges

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A while back, the Captain of the tall ship Alma, kept a place at Lake Berryessa, and he was a generous host.  However, over the door was a ...
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