Monday, April 30, 2018

lace yarn

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With all the news about Russia these days I got to thinking again about Orenburg Lace. Prices seem to be way down, which tells me things a...
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Sunday, April 29, 2018

Knitting is hard work, use good yarn to make the product worthwhile

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Somebody said “Shetland wool”, and the first thing I thought of was jumper yarn as in: ( https://www.thewoollythistle.com/collections/2-p...
Saturday, April 21, 2018

Gansey Needles Revisited

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I went to 18”, pointy gansey needles because that was the conventional wisdom on what was used to   knit fine ganseys, and I wanted very ...
Thursday, April 19, 2018

Swaving

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Swaving was the last knitting technique that I learned. One way or another, knitting is a process of using levers to move loops o...
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Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Introduction to gansey needles.

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I had heard that for real gansey knitting one needed real gansey needles.   (Pointy steel needles 18” long.) I made myself gansey needle...
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Summary of knitting sheath technique as I understand it today

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 Time to upgrade socks The right socks for the coming storm. Blunt 9" US1 needles using commercial worsted weight yarn. ...
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Friday, June 30, 2017

Reasonable productivity of hand spinners.

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Spinning for knitting, I spun "firm" yarns.  Mostly, I spun 5,600 ypp worsted, at a rate of ~ 560 yards per hour.  Allowing just ...
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the Old Dye

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3,000-year-old textiles are earliest evidence of chemical dyeing in the Levant Discovery provides insight into society and copper produc...
Friday, March 17, 2017

Worsted vs woolen

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"They" say that a difference between woolen and worsted, is that worsted is finished when it is spun,  while woolen requires addi...
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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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