tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post876088694201000763..comments2023-09-27T01:23:35.214-07:00Comments on Knitting Linguist - The Year of the Magpie: Yarn!Knitting Linguisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289230533275408343noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-27478838757724399712008-03-31T10:55:00.000-07:002008-03-31T10:55:00.000-07:00Thwacking helps the fiber bloom and felt a bit to ...Thwacking helps the fiber bloom and felt a bit to increase beauty and strength and also evens out irregularities. It is not always the best method of finishing - a longer wool spun worsted isn't going to necessarily respond the way a fine wool spun woolen. But it IS fun.<BR/><BR/>Great first yarn.Junohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817076179408532919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-49745527578829800272008-03-30T09:23:00.000-07:002008-03-30T09:23:00.000-07:00I am so excited for you...your wheel came and look...I am so excited for you...your wheel came and lookie what you made. It looks great. I don't think I could do that. Awesome stuff!Alishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07385181218337778128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-47628530970149549192008-03-27T22:27:00.000-07:002008-03-27T22:27:00.000-07:00I love your yarn! I really need to get spinning so...I love your yarn! I really need to get spinning some more. And if you think that's lumpy, you should see my first yarn...it makes yours look downright professional! I found that humming a slow, rhythmic song helps me keep the wheel going over the top of the turn; my foot has no trouble keeping time with a piece of music; the trick is just finding one with the right beat. Spirituals are usually the ones that fit my spinning rhythm best.EGunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941668303286640744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-71396238529848504632008-03-27T19:09:00.000-07:002008-03-27T19:09:00.000-07:00Beautiful! It all gets more even with practice, b...Beautiful! It all gets more even with practice, but your plying really does look quite consistent already. Thwacking supposedly helps redistribute the twist, but it also seems to make the fibers bloom a little more into a nice round even yarn.<BR/>Love the purple, and wisteria!Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08861297918893925879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-57850413615238317822008-03-24T13:23:00.000-07:002008-03-24T13:23:00.000-07:00LOVE.IT.What a great job...! and the color is amaz...LOVE.IT.<BR/>What a great job...! and the color is amazing...<BR/>(((hugs)))Nana Sadiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337300042637714815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-41974474305018772132008-03-24T11:16:00.000-07:002008-03-24T11:16:00.000-07:00The yarn you're producing is really beautiful! I l...The yarn you're producing is really beautiful! I love the little inconsistencies. If it came out 100% perfectly, there'd be no way to tell that it was made by hand with love and not by some machine. :) <BR/><BR/>Good work!Courtneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06684143805325866206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-87875755717907080622008-03-23T14:51:00.000-07:002008-03-23T14:51:00.000-07:00wow! both to the wheel and the yarn, and the garde...wow! both to the wheel and the yarn, and the garden, that is such a lovely colour and as you say - much of it is even. Well done! I found spindling first helped lots with the whole coordination thing. <BR/><BR/>I read that the beating evens out the twist, it forces it to equilibrate along the length of the skein. Its the sudden shock as it hits that makes it even. then there is a hot water-cold water dunk treatment that I have not tried that beds the fibers together and makes the yarn look more even. <BR/><BR/>lazy kate - google shoe box lazy kate, or home made lazy kate. Basically you poke a knitting needle thru a shoe box and suspend the bobbins on it, you should get 2-3 bobbins in a shoe box. There are even instructions out there about building a home made tensioned lazy kate so there is no back-winding as you ply.Stellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05073753506202447996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-67273640734306631512008-03-23T11:07:00.000-07:002008-03-23T11:07:00.000-07:00Those aren't inconsistencies - those are features!...Those aren't inconsistencies - those are features!<BR/><BR/>And the lovely yarn IS the perfect shade to be set to dye amid the wisteria. I wonder what color you'll be spinning as the seasons change. Do you think you can arrange to be so coordinated in the future? A precedent has now been set, you know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-86851087413841152622008-03-23T07:56:00.000-07:002008-03-23T07:56:00.000-07:00As Lincoln said, "It has been my experience that f...As Lincoln said, "It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues." I think this can be extended to yarn as well...your yarn with its vices is sure to be far more treasured than any flawless machine-made yarn. And as Anne points out, the purples are gorgeous!<BR/><BR/>Have you thought about using it for a boudoir pillow top or a small bag/purse? The former would let you keep it on display in your room and the latter would make it a useful item in which the variations would add interest.<BR/><BR/>Ciao, Twinset Jantwinsetjanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05905892377284887214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-10401939803372233202008-03-23T06:52:00.000-07:002008-03-23T06:52:00.000-07:00Looks great, I'm impressed!!! It must feel really...Looks great, I'm impressed!!! It must feel really good to have such concrete and visible product after all that work!Rachaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07532734471654743459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-19122776346547483752008-03-23T05:03:00.000-07:002008-03-23T05:03:00.000-07:00Wow. Congratulations! It looks good to me... what ...Wow. Congratulations! It looks good to me... what 'weight' do you think it to be?Mariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01500636360349398921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-45258692904480695072008-03-23T04:33:00.000-07:002008-03-23T04:33:00.000-07:00Wow! I'm impressed. DD - a beginner working on her...Wow! I'm impressed. DD - a beginner working on her first 'tops' - is still producing 'art' yarn!Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07760744006915967397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-23046875777797397562008-03-22T19:55:00.000-07:002008-03-22T19:55:00.000-07:00I think it looks really great for your first yarn ...I think it looks really great for your first yarn on your first wheel! I think the beating fluffs the fibers (I could be making that up, but I thought I read that on someone else's blog and of course I can't remember who)Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11858229995977474385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-13903697215080876662008-03-22T18:09:00.000-07:002008-03-22T18:09:00.000-07:00Yum! Look at all those gorgeous purples. I do love...Yum! Look at all those gorgeous purples. I do love wisteria (that was one of my favorite parts of Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees); it's lovely to see that it is spring somewhere.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06025212419444729424noreply@blogger.com