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knitnpickinatune
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sherrie
Gardena
California
USA
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 Posted - Sep 07 2009 : 08:50:22 AM
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I gotta get back to learning how to spin-I have 2 drop spindles,and was working one of sheep fiber & I have another kit with alpaca. One is a top
whorl & the other is a bottom whorl. I do have a small backstrap loom that I make mandolin straps with (non adjustable)I have a Harrisvill lap loom and got an inkle loom about 2 months ago. Got a book on how to use it about a month ago,and after this payday I need to get thread to weave in it (didn't realise you can't do yarn on an inkle!) I've also woven Ipod holders & such.
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KarenP
True Blue Farmgirl
666 Posts
Karen
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
USA
666 Posts |
Posted - Sep 07 2009 : 12:33:59 PM
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Ok, I started to clean out the "junk" room to put the new (to me) loom in.
What kind of floor should I do?
The carpet HAS TO BE replaced, as the junk was hiding my soap "ACCIDENT" from a few years ago.
Should I just take out the carpet and pad and use carpet squares?
Would a vinyl floor be better?
Please give me some suggestions....
Thanks for any help you can offer...
KarenP
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knitnpickinatune
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Sherrie
Gardena
California
USA
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KarenP
True Blue Farmgirl
666 Posts
Karen
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
USA
666 Posts |
Posted - Sep 07 2009 : 5:35:10 PM
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Sherrie,
I will mainly do weaving in the room.
Thanks
KarenP
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knitnpickinatune
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Sherrie
Gardena
California
USA
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beekeepersgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1423 Posts
Luanne
Cresco
PA
USA
1423 Posts |
Posted - Sep 08 2009 : 05:26:14 AM
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Hi ladies!
I was given a Kromski Minstrel wheel as a gift because I wanted to learn to spin. There are no classes close to me that are in the evening (I work full time during the day), so I am trying to teach myself. Can anyone tell me why my yarn is "lumpy"? It looks like a Boucle when I get done!
Thanks!
Luanne
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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Ms.Lilly
True Blue Farmgirl
826 Posts
Lillian
Scotts Mills
OR
USA
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Posted - Sep 08 2009 : 07:50:51 AM
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OH Luanne, you lucky girl! I am saving my egg money to buy myself the Kromski Minstrel. It took me forever to find a spinning class here. After 9 months of searching I was able to find one. Now I am getting ready to take a second one. Do a search for local fiber shows. We have the Flock and Fiber show coming up and that is where I am taking mine. Enjoy your wheel.
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grace gerber
True Blue Farmgirl
2804 Posts
grace
larkspur
colorado
USA
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Posted - Sep 08 2009 : 8:20:27 PM
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When you say like a boucle are you saying that you have loops?? Or when you say you have lumps are you saying you have thick and think bumbs thru out the yarn? It makes a difference because if you are getting loops you are having too much tension on the take up and so you have trapped too much energy. If you have lumps it is a drafting problem which means if you prep the fiber into strips and then slow your treddling and moving your hands at an equal pace your yarn will smooth out. Also depending on what fiber you are spinning will assist me in figuring out how to correct the problem. With more info we can get that yarn to smooth out.
Grace Gerber
Larkspur Funny Farm and Fiber Art Studio
Where the spirits are high and the fiber is deep
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beekeepersgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1423 Posts
Luanne
Cresco
PA
USA
1423 Posts |
Posted - Sep 09 2009 : 04:12:55 AM
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Oh Grace - thank you so much!!! I'm not getting loops, so I think it must be a treddling problem. I still seem to have a problem coordinating my hands and feet. If I'm paying attention to drafting smoothly with my hands then my feet start going too fast. If I watch my feet I forget to pull the fiber smoothly. The fiber I'm spinning right now is Finn, given to me by my boyfriends cousin who raises them. Maybe I will just get better with more practice! Do you know of a good teaching book? I sure wish there was a spinning class close by that I could go to!
Thanks again for your help!
Luanne
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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grace gerber
True Blue Farmgirl
2804 Posts
grace
larkspur
colorado
USA
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Posted - Sep 09 2009 : 07:46:13 AM
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Well spinning books are like spinning wheels there are tons of them and it all depends on how you learn and you wheel. I would say go to the library and see what they have first. Also see if you have a local guild that might have a lending library. That way you can see many books and tapes to see what clicks. I have a lending library for local folks and that way the learning is free.
Here are a couple of suggestions to help. Make sure that your fiber is in nice combed batts or roving that will surely help in the drafting when you start. Then make sure that before you start your feet you do some predrafting which means pull gently the fibers so you get the fiber no thicker then a pencil to start, again this will help so your hands are not having to work so much with getting the fiber drafting correct. Then I given my student some music that is a slow beat that way they hear something that they will copy with their feet. Also, breathe - we all forget to do that when we are tense and then the body starts to panic and your feet get moving faster and well, there goes the mess.
If you are having trouble getting your hands and feet to work I give my student a ball of commercial yarn. Have them just practice with getting the feet to slow down and the hands to gentle move with the rhythm and before you know it your making perfect yarn (O.K. you are not but the mind/eye connection sees the yarn, feels the rhythm and remembers)Who says we can not be tricked??
I have taught well over a thousand students this method and it works. Which you where closer I would gladly sit down with you and assist. If I can be of further help just say so - I LOVE teaching spinning - it is my soul.
Grace Gerber
Larkspur Funny Farm and Fiber Art Studio
Where the spirits are high and the fiber is deep
http://www.larkspurfunnyfarm.etsy.com
http://larkspurfunnyfarm.blogspot.com
http://larkspurfunnyfarm.artfire.com
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beekeepersgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1423 Posts
Luanne
Cresco
PA
USA
1423 Posts |
Posted - Sep 09 2009 : 08:16:30 AM
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Hi Grace -
Thank you so much for all the help! I'm going to try all your suggestions and see what happens. I wish you were closer too - you sound like a wonderful teacher. I'll let you know how it goes!
Luanne
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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KarenP
True Blue Farmgirl
666 Posts
Karen
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
USA
666 Posts |
Posted - Sep 10 2009 : 4:35:21 PM
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Wow, I want to talk about nice people...
I contacted Sievers to see if there was a manual I could get for my (new to me)floor loom.
Cindra, emailed me back and send out a manual FREE OF CHARGE!
Now,I bought a USED loom (guessing 20 years old)from a private party near me.
Ant they send the manual at their expense!
Janet Meany also has been so helpful from The Weavers Friend (newsletter)
http://www.sieversschool.com/pages/about.html
http://www.weaversfriend.com/page1/page1.html
Weavers are great people!
KarenP
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