Nutty4Knitting's Blog (12)

I'm having trouble getting any decent pictures to put into this post, so I've decided to just write the info, and then sometime later if I can get the pics to come out, I'll add them in.  (I think I can do that?!) 

Anyway, the idea here, was for me to put into one place all I know about singles, plies and setting as it pertains to singles.  If I 'dump' all I know, then I think it's easier for everyone to digest that info, collate it with what they know that isn't here, then we can…

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And a couple of wonderful sights, as well.

This is the mountain we see to the northwest out our livingroom window every day.  Several views of it are in Cowgirl's album, but I thought this one was 'a little different' enough to share it with you.

 

 

This next photo was taken out…

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Some time ago some of us were talking about the advantages of having a Wooly Winder for a spinning wheel. The main ones being you don't have to handle the yarn and move it from hook to hook on your flyer, and you have an evenly wound bobbin. [This may have taken place on a discussion that has been deleted since I'm not finding it to link to it. =( ]

It would be great to have the advantages of this…

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Many weeks ago, too many to count, I mentioned some dyeing experiments The Tribe and I had done with drink mixes for a wider variety of colors. Brights are nice, but sometimes we want other colors and I didn't want to use chemical dyes since the children are usually helpers in the process some where along the way. Kool-Aid and the generic counterparts are bad enough. =)



I posted some photos on the "Roving To Dye For" thread. I'm putting them up here also, along with the recipes and… Continue

KnitWhich? asked, in a comment she made on my last blog post, whether the difference between 'woolen spun' and 'worsted spun' was only in the way the fiber was prepared, or if there was a difference in the spinning process, also. You can read her exact words here. I started to answer that question in a comment of my own on the same blog… Continue

I only realized today, as I was reading angelkahru's new discussion in the Spin Along that many of the friends in that group are VERY new to spinning. No one should ever think that their question is dumb. The only dumb question is the one you don't ask, because if you don't know the facts, and you want to know them, right now, then you have to ask. So...I decided… Continue

Well, Peggy (with the help of a few others like Susan and Christina) really turned the heat up under me with all those lovely rovings being dyed. Then I joined in on the Gallery of Sock Blanks discussion, and that was the end of me!! LOL Continue

I'm doing pretty well on this program so far. I did miss one day last week, but it is canning season here so I don't feel too bad about that. The girls do most of the canning work, but that is only because they don't have the clout with the little ones. That means I'm on duty keeping hands out of the raspberries (or whatever), making sure they are out of the way when the jars come out of the canner and especially keeping them from touching the jars and breaking the seals. Not to mention the… Continue

Over in the discussion "What benefits has spinning (& the KP Community) brought to YOU?" Evelyn left a beautiful blessing at the end of her one of her comments. [Wanted to put a link here but I'm not sure it worked. :( ]

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I decided I'm going to write my program down in a clear, concise manner and include pictures. I figure this will help in at least two ways. 1) I will have a reference to go to so I'm not tempted to cheat, and 2) sharing with all of you will encourage me to stick with it. So, here goes...… Continue

I live WAY out of town. My LYS is 40 miles away. Since I don't drive, [I know, unheard of in this day and age, but true.] I don't have much contact with other fiber enthusiasts. I only joined the KP community a few days ago but I'm already having lots of fun, and looking forward to the connections.… Continue