Tuesday, September 14, 2021

In the beginning

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 In the beginning, I hoped others would read my explorations with wool and help me find the path. It did not happen. I have walked alone, as...
Monday, September 13, 2021

Academia fails to pay attention to details.

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A prominate English academic tried to replicate some of my fabrics, and did not achieve "weatherproof", and thereby assumes I am a...
Sunday, September 12, 2021

Sampling beyond Sheringham

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It was a change of perspective to be spinning to 80 wpi (20 warps per 1/4"), rather than 18.7 wpi trying to spin 5,600 ypp (10s).  An o...

Why I knit and spin

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Spinning and knitting is an ongoing  intellectual and physical challenge at many levels. Textile work has mental  and physical challenges th...

DRS Failure

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 In the spring of 1991, I was tasked with a regulatory compliance audit of the US Petroleum reserve in  Bakersfield, California. Mostly it w...
Sunday, September 05, 2021

Weatherproof socks

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 Someday, here in Ca it will rain again, and we may need weatherproof socks. (My friends and family  in New England, may have an ongoing int...
Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Spinning fine to replicate traditional yarns

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I acquired my copy of  Patterns for Guernseys, Jerseys, and Arans by Gladys Thompson  (GT), shortly after I posed the question of : "H...
Sunday, August 29, 2021

4-ply sock yarn knit on 1.3 mm needles

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 more on handspun  4-ply sock yarn, again the plies are ~11,200 ypp but this time they are only 12 tpi and 12 ply twist per inch  an unfinis...

The Historical president of 4-ply/2,500 ypp yarn being knit at 12 spi by 20 rpi

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 In making my 4-ply / 2,500 ypp yarn, I was thinking in terms of the classical 11,200 ypp sock yarns that were spin at 17 tpi. They must hav...

Old school sock fabric

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  It is not dry yet, so it still wants to curl. It is under the needles used to knit it. The inspiration is knitting done circa 1900 includi...
Saturday, August 28, 2021

Testing, 1, 2, 3, 4

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 Sure there was the 5-ply, 1,000 ypp gansey yarn. There was also a 4-ply, 2,500 ypp "gansey" yarn. The last commercial relics of t...
Friday, August 27, 2021

Plying for warmth and pretty stitches

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 Alden Amos liked 3-ply yarns because the 3 strands in the yarn fit together and made a strong, cohesive yarn. That is the view of a weaver ...
Tuesday, August 24, 2021

My Technique

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  Yesterday, I wrote a summary of my knitting techniques for fine yarns, and sent it off into the either. This morning it seemed  disgusting...
Monday, August 23, 2021

The nature of woolen and worsted spun yarns

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 Judith MacKenzie McCuin (and others) tell us that worsted spun yarns are finished when they leave the wheel, but woolen yarns need addition...

Weatherproof sock fabric

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I knit a good swatch from 3-ply, 1,680 ypp yarn on 1.3 mm needles at 12spi & 20 rpi, fulled it, napped it, oiled it, put it on the count...
Sunday, August 22, 2021

Knitting as adventure

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I like adventure.  I was a good rock climber. I was a good skier.   I include solving problems and finding solutions as adventure - finding ...
Saturday, August 21, 2021

Stitch markers

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 I love the idea of stitch markers.  Over the years, I have bought, made, used, and lost hundreds of stitch markers.  I just started the mos...
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Bobbles with flat tipped needles/knitting pins

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 I had not knit bobbles since I moved entirely to flat tipped knitting needles. Some lace stitches are difficult with flat tipped needles, s...
Tuesday, August 17, 2021

A super resource

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  Ganseys (northfolk.org) A great Resource! I note that these fine, tightly knit fabrics, were knit with minimal wearing ease - hence the st...
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Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Open Your Big Blue Book to Page 385!

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Yarn gauge.  It works!! It works best with worsted spun firm. Oh, Yes! And you MUST pack to refusal.  This is not some promotional craft cou...