Midwest Specialty

2002-09-03 Thread Dee Dee Greer
contact Dawn Curley with any donations you might have. There's only one month until the show and we hope to have a great entry. Thanks Dee Dee Greer = Magic Commands: to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto

Midwest Specialty-Important Correction

2002-08-19 Thread Dee Dee Greer
is 847-364-7600. Hope this hasn't caused any inconvenience to those of you trying to make an early reservation. Dee Dee Greer = Magic Commands: to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET

Re: Midwest Specialty

2002-08-19 Thread Dee Dee Greer
Kris The premium list are not out yet, but they will be mailed to members of the Midwest Region soon. Kathy Gentil is the show secretary at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you need one sent to you. = Magic Commands: to stop receiving mail for awhile,

Midwest Specialty

2002-08-15 Thread Dee Dee Greer
Ok everyone. My last post generated lots of excitement about the October 4- 6th Midwest Specialty. Dawn Curley has asked that everyone who can donate just one thing to the Auction. This is our big show for the year and the committee is working hard to make it WONDERFUL. Please contact Dawn

Midwest Specialty

2002-08-15 Thread Dee Dee Greer
OOPs. I left Dawn's last name out. It's Dawn Curley. Thanks again. = Magic Commands: to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here:

Re: spinner who knits question

2001-11-25 Thread Dee Dee Williams
1. POK - Principles of Knitting (yeah... i kno OOP, but still by far the finest overall...) I borrowed this from my Guild library. I think if I had this book, the rest would be sold. It is a little difficult to read in bed, though. As I get more and more sleepy, the book starts to slant in

spinner who knits question

2001-11-24 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Hi, I have a question for all of you who may knit your handspun. Or who gasp buy yarn to knit g. I'm 'whelmed by the amount of knitting books available. I want them all! I've decided to limit myself to socks, shawls, scarves, and maybe hats. And mittens and gloves. And afghans. Maybe. Emphasis

Re: tendonitis limits spinning and knitting

2001-11-24 Thread Dee Dee Williams
I was recently diagnosed with bilateral Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. I found a book at the BSG, called 'End Your Carpal Tunnel Pain Without Surgery', by Kate Montgomery. ISBN 1-55853-591-8. I purchased it from a spinner and woodworker. She thought the exercises were so great, that she's had the book

Re: spinning dog hair

2001-11-19 Thread Dee Dee Williams
ust a question: I seem to remember a few months ago, there was some legislation proposed concerning the (sale?) and use of dog hair. Is it legal to sell dog hair (in the US)? That was legislation involving the sale of dog pelts in the U.S. Not the fur/hair. wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily

Re: Acquiring Chiengora (Newfoundland for Preference)

2001-11-14 Thread Dee Dee Williams
They will likely be more than happy to heap bags and bags of clippings/combings upon you. I did this. Not all groomers know that all you want is the combings. I got bags of stuff that was fit only for the trash containers. I got all the dirty smelly stuff, and none of the clean fluff that

Jacob Sheep

2001-11-13 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Meridian Road Studio Jacob Sheep Robin, We were up in Morro Bay for a week. The motel left us a local paper to read. There, on the front page, was a picture of the many types of animals one couple have on their farm. I should add that Morro Bay is a very small town, surrounded by Cal Poly

Re: Anyone had contact with Yolo Wools recently?

2001-11-12 Thread Dee Dee Williams
All, I don't think a year goes by, that someone, somewhere, doesn't have this complaint about Yolo. I keep wondering how they stay in business. All I can think of, is that they must get newbies who live in CA, and want to do business with someone in the same state. Anyone know if they get any

Re: Natural fibers and HGTV

2001-10-29 Thread Dee Dee Williams
They tell me it is airs at 8 am. Only for a fellow fiber person would I turn on the TV that early in the morning. :) wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail

looking for someone on the ST list

2001-10-29 Thread Dee Dee Williams
All, My apologies to the list. I'm looking for anyone on the SheepThrills list. I have a problem. I'm in the ST round robin. I have the box of stuff. I have no idea who gets it next, as there's no address list in the box. I can't post to ST, as I seem to have been dropped (a Yahoo problem. It's

spinning cotton/silk

2001-10-28 Thread Dee Dee Williams
spinning is a to-die-for, roll-in-it-naked luscious blend of cotton and silk What's the ratio of cotton to silk? I saw some roving that was 70/30 cotton/silk. Not having spun cotton (don't want to. never will. NO!), I was afraid to buy it. wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL

Re: tennis shoe wrap..

2001-10-28 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Stuff the inside of the shoes with plastic bags to keep the shape of the shoe. (Or it will flatten Thanks so much for sharing! What a great idea! wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail

Re: spinning cotton/silk

2001-10-28 Thread Dee Dee Williams
I have on hands some cotton/silk 50-50, rainbow dyed. Where'dja get it wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail

and yet more on the subject

2001-10-27 Thread Dee Dee Williams
I just returned from my spinning/weaving Guild's annual October Sale Day. What fun! Vendors galore and members who had items for sale! What caught my eye, right away, was the weaver who was selling gasp shawls made from LB's Homespun. She'd worked them up on her large triangle loom. Having just

Re: natural vs man-made

2001-10-26 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Who wants to spend, say, 30 hours knitting a sweater, only to have it pill the first time it's washed, or feel like a textured plastic bag? I wish people would get over the idea that all acrylics pill. They don't. Pilling is not unique to acrylic. There have been times when some of us have used

Re: Wool in Warm Climes

2001-10-26 Thread Dee Dee Williams
as a happily transplanted Easterner, the total lack of insulation and the visible gaps inbetween doors and their frames - we are talking *outside* doors here - continue to astonish me) You're in sunny SoCal. The builders figured it didn't snow here, so who needs insulation? Have you noticed the

Re: natural vs man-made

2001-10-25 Thread Dee Dee Williams
If acrylics are so offensive, why don't more chain stores carry other options? It's the cheap acrylics that are offensive. They do feel funny to the hand. The craft stores, like Michael's, Joanne's, and Beverly's, cater more to the folks that want a reasonably priced acrylic, to make baby

Re: natural fibers and acrylics

2001-10-24 Thread Dee Dee Williams
The very first project I made was a sweater for my 1 yo son, using Red Heart sport weight yarn. It pilled the FIRST time it was washed! Amazing. I know people who have 'blankies' (afghans for those of you who don't have kids away at college), that have been through umpteen washings and tumbles

re: shrinking things

2001-10-23 Thread Dee Dee Williams
I don't like handling acrylic, There are some really nice acrylic yarns out there. I'm not talking Red Heart or something like that. I'm currently knitting a shawl, using Lion Brand's Homespun. Before you start throwing combs and hackles at me, let me add that I could never spin anything like

Re: Life is too short not to wear natural fibers!

2001-10-23 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Susan, LOL! Drink some regular tea. That has caffeine in it. In the meantime, you have my complete sympathy. Let's see, Woodland Woolworks has a catalog just for knitters. In it, they have loads of yarns, including acrylics. You could leaf through it, just to get names, and then hunt the yarns

Re: Warm feet

2001-10-22 Thread Dee Dee Williams
A basic question - when you knit something too big and then reduce its size, do you do it just in the washing machine, or washer plus dryer? I tried that with my kid mohair socks that were too big for me. Five washings later, with hot water, and 4 trips through the dryer, they were still the

Cyril wool

2001-10-22 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Hi All! I just got a letter from Cyril. He's finished his shearing for 2001 and has his wonderful fleeces available for sale. You can either deal with Cyril directly, by mail. Or, if enough people are interested, you can contact me, and I'll write to Cyril for a sample sheet, and we'll do a

color gamp

2001-10-21 Thread Dee Dee Williams
color gamp What is a color gamp? A new kind of sheep mating ritual? A new kind of chocolate dish? hopeful look wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail

Re: Dyes

2001-10-09 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Jeanette, I use Gaywool dyes. I keep going back to them, no matter what other dyes I use. They are fool proof. Not that either one of us, or anyone else, is a fool. :) wrnk d2 (far from an expert) To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send:

Re: Reeves bobbins

2001-09-29 Thread Dee Dee Williams
I'm also interested in buying some Reeves bobbins. Any competent woodworker can make a bobbin for you, regardless of who made it. You'll probably need an original, to work from. Didn't someone just ask about this? Didn't Country Craftsman say they made bobbins? wrnk d2 To stop mail

ball winder

2001-09-22 Thread Dee Dee Williams
I would love one of those Fricke big ball winders too. I got one of those and sent it back. The turning knob is in just the right place so that if you're not paying attention, as you crank it, the the cone part hits your knuckles. Since I sometimes woolgather as a wind on wool, the Fricke

glow in the dark sheep

2001-09-22 Thread Dee Dee Williams
I was shopping for a present for my young niece yesterday and came across a package of glow-in-the-dark sheep. Where did you find them? wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail

Re: Spinning in the grease

2001-09-22 Thread Dee Dee Williams
It's just that an Oreo could've been anything - I was thinking along the lines of ?dried fish LOL! I can just see the looks on some of the faces of those of us who eat Oreo's! Hmm. If it weren't for the chocolate, this could be a good cat treat. Feed it to the long haired cat, while you comb

Re: ideas on what to use to cut yarn on planes

2001-09-21 Thread Dee Dee Williams
I suspect that Ben Franklin would laugh at the thought that banning eyelash curlers on airplanes I suspect that most of the talk about banning certain items, including eyelash curlers, belongs under 'urban legend' or 'let's see how ridiculous something has to be, before people start questioning

chowder to dye for

2001-09-21 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Here in CA, yes in SoCal, the weather is starting to turn. Sweats are needed in the morning, going to shorts in the afternoon, back to sweats as the sun goes down. There's a definite nip in the air. I have this overwhelming urge to make clam chowder. I also have this overwhelming urge to start

Re: chowder to dye for

2001-09-21 Thread Dee Dee Williams
lot of time staring at my wool collection going...pur e..gold Ohh! Ohh! That's another thing! My usual colors are the blues, purples, etc. I did a fiber exchange with some wonderful list person. It included some Romney roving dyed in the most beautiful, subtle colors of gold, brown, slate

Re: Ring shawl

2001-09-20 Thread Dee Dee Williams
remember that those incredible 3-fiber ring shawls were not particularly pleasant to wear. A large shawl that weighs only an ounce or two is not going to have much drape. In Ye Olde Days the shawls were bleached by stretching them out over burning sulfur (phew!) which gave them a fairly harsh

SO letter

2001-09-20 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Dee Dee, I did see the reply to SO letter I wrote. I have been spinning for just over 10 years. It was a great compliment, Ruthann. :) wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail

Re: favorite place to spin

2001-09-20 Thread Dee Dee Williams
I would love to know everyone's favorite place to spin. The family room. Hubby works nights. I set the TV to the Sci-Fi channel, put the rats on the rat couch, my spinning chair next to the couch, the wheel in front of me (but far enough away from the couch, so that a rat (bent on adventure)

Re: Spinning through Tragedy

2001-09-20 Thread Dee Dee Williams
I want it to symbolize the beauty they apparently didn't understand. Oh. What a great thing to do. Perhaps we could have a cyber 'show and tell', to share what we created during a time of destruction. wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To

Re: Energine

2001-09-20 Thread Dee Dee Williams
CCL4 was also used in zillions of fire extinguishers, so if the fire didn't gey ypou, you'd die of liver cancer years later. Early population control. Thank goodness for the pill. wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail

Re: How tightly to knit socks

2001-09-20 Thread Dee Dee Williams
But I wondered if socks need to be a bit on the stiff side to hold their shape and wear well. Merry, There's a great list, called TA DA! the socknitter's list, where all your sock qs can be answered. Often. g To subscribe via email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.socknitters.com (I think)

Re: one more try @ dyeing

2001-09-20 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Maybe mix the contents up a little better? IN case some of the stuff settled to the top or bottom of the container? Ahhha there's your answer (maybe). When you mix up a stock dye solution, yes the dye stuffs do sort of go to the bottom over time. Thanks, Joanna. I wish it was

Re: Enough

2001-09-20 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Vicki, You can always delete any message that you feel is not on topic Live and let live and use your delete key. As Ron said, the Fibernet list is for talking about fiber. Anything else is off topic, and we're supposed to know that. It's not fair for anyone to start their own side

OT:enough is enough

2001-09-19 Thread Dee Dee Williams
But Calling anything even jokingly , `Terorrized weaving` and the other terms you said , serves no good at all This is an over reaction to something that was said with no negative intent. Terrorized does not only refer to terrorist action. It refers to a heightened state of fear. I can be

one more try @ dyeing

2001-09-18 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Well, I re-dyed my yarn, trying one more time for navy blue. I let that yarn simmer for over an hour. I now have black yarn. :( With some places where it's purple. Still purple. I give up. I guess I'll never be a nayy blue dyer of yarn. sigh I'm going to knit the yarn up into socks, anyway.

Re: Energine

2001-09-18 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Energine??? Energine!!??? Talk about something from the very ancient past! I've never seen this in any of my grocery stores, here in CA. But then, I never thought to look for it either. Wow. wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send:

SO letter remark

2001-09-18 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Ruthann, Did you see the marvelous comment/compliment someone made about you, in the SO letters section? wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail

Re: 25th anniv sweater and question

2001-09-17 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Excuse Me I would have thought that after the last Ecents in Usa Nobody will use this term as joking matter anymore ... Found a good home for four of my terrorist skeins (I was spinning like mad Ruthann in Southern AZ mirjam It's difficult to remember to stop using terms that are part of our

latest SO article

2001-09-16 Thread Dee Dee Williams
My Spin Off arrived. Glad to here this..now what's in the contents/menu this time around. hanging head I forget. LOL! You can tell there were lots of articles that grabbed my attention. g Wait. Some of it is coming back to me... the SO 25th anniversary sweater is gorgeous! Although, I

Re: Where is my Spin-Off!!!!

2001-09-16 Thread Dee Dee Williams
My Spin-Off has not arrived in Wisconsin either!! Weird. I'm usually the last on the list to get mine. I'm in CA. I thought for sure I'd have to wait another week, but mine arrived Saturday. wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore

dyeing snafu

2001-09-16 Thread Dee Dee Williams
I'm so sad. :( My navy blue yarn came out purple. sigh Granted, purple is one of my favorite colors. However, this time I wanted red, white, and blue. Got the first two. I guess 2 out of 3 is not bad. :) wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To

Re: dyeing greasy wool

2001-09-15 Thread Dee Dee Williams
sometimes there's dye in the pot, sometimes not, but it has nothing to do with the amount of grease that was in the wool. If you have greasy wool, and put in the same amount of dye you would use on clean wool, aren't you going to have dye left in the water? Since the dye molecules would not be

Re: dyeing greasy wool

2001-09-15 Thread Dee Dee Williams
higgly pikkly cramming in a layer of fleece,soapy squishing OK the fleece is a big blob I just _love_ the technical terms I've learned, while reading this list. g Overcome with patriotic ferver, I've dyed some skeins of white yarn (with yellow stains on the fleece), red and blue, with

RE: red and pink and Favorite Blends

2001-09-13 Thread Dee Dee Williams
At my high school, green and gold were the colors for queer, lo some forty years ago. My favorite colors at the time, alas. Michelle in White Rock NM At *my* high school, green and gold were the school colours some thirty-five years ago, LOL. keeping very, very, quiet g A questions for

Re: twist angles

2001-09-13 Thread Dee Dee Williams
But you couldn't use this method on *dyed* yarn, unless you hated the color. Er, why not? Would the color run? wrnk d2 Provider of Cyril's Fabulous Fleeces [EMAIL PROTECTED] To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail

dog coats

2001-09-13 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Also finished knitting a little dog sweater (I have a Chihuahua who loves her handspun, handknit sweaters when it gets cold, even in AZ). LOL! We have a black male Pom. Even with a full coat, he's cold. I got him a doggie sweater, but I think he'd like a hand knit one. I'm collecting his

Re: Favorite Blends

2001-09-13 Thread Dee Dee Williams
I'm planning on doing a Mohair/Alpaca blend intended for sock yarn. Forgot to tell you that we have an alpaca breeder who also makes 100% alpaca socks from her fiber. I asked her how well they wore, and she said they wear fine, as long as she has enough to trade around in wearing. Depending on

Re: Natural dyeing

2001-09-13 Thread Dee Dee Williams
I was surprised when she would take skeins of yarn out of hot baths and rinse them in cool water, treating them rather roughly. If I tried that at home, I know I would have felt in a heartbeat. I have washed merino and other very fine wools in very hot water (over 160 F) and dumped it in cold

Re: washing skeins

2001-09-13 Thread Dee Dee Williams
hat you had to have heat, agitation and soap to get the fibers to felt. Going from hot to really cold water will pre-shrink the skeins, but shouldn't felt them. I took a class from Judith McKenzie several years ago and she advocated the same thing. I just took a class with Judith at the BSG.

Happy news!

2001-09-12 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Oh Frabjous day! rats doing a conga dance around my spinning chair My black walnut Lendrum is on its way from Woodland Woolworks! doing a low five with one of the rats joining rats for a happy dance around the house One two three, SPIN! Four five six, treadle! Who needs that late old Spin Off?

major disappointment

2001-09-12 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Oh, man! Am I ever disappointed! I finally got my black walnut Lendrum wheel. sniffle I have to ask others who got this wheel--what is the finish like? I can't find one smooth place anywhere on the wood. It feels as if someone applied the first coat of finish, and neglected to sand it down. There

Looking for Mr. Lendrum

2001-09-12 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Anyone know how I can get in direct contact with Mr. Lendrum? If there's any black walnut Lendrum owners on the list, would you please contact me off list? Thanks. wrnk d2 Provider of Cyril's Fabulous Fleeces [EMAIL PROTECTED] To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message:

Oh no! Where's mine?

2001-09-11 Thread Dee Dee Williams
On another subject, I rec'd the latest Spin Off today. Am I the first? -j. WAH!!! BAW!!! MAJOR SNIT I haven't got mine yet! I'm always last. I had to call them last issue, and beg them to send me another one, since mine didn't arrive. That one took 6 weeks to get here, even though the

Re: Steam setting singles

2001-09-09 Thread Dee Dee Williams
I've been told that the twist angle needs to be around 20-25 degrees (I think?) to avoid biasing. This will allow enough twist for the yarn to hold together, but still not give a knitter grief. To test out what RB said (not that I doubted her, but I like to see for myself), I spun a small

Re: Green and purple

2001-09-05 Thread Dee Dee Williams
BJ, Last time I bought some of Sandy's roving it was only 4 oz and I had plenty for socks. I'm betting that you spin much thinner than I do. I don't have the patience to spin at the WPI for sock yarn. I want it spun up into yarn, and I want it spun NOW! g I'm thinking of making socks out of a

Re: Green and purple

2001-09-05 Thread Dee Dee Williams
I did spin the crayon fiber, but now I don't know what to do with it. There's not enough for a pair of socks. wrnk d2 Sounds like a necklace, d2. ;-D Great idea! I'll slip the skein around my neck, when my husband isn't home, and do a happy fiber dance around the house. With all the

Looking for Lani Sykes

2001-09-04 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Apologies to the list. Lani Sykes, if you're reading this, please contact me off list! Thanks! wrnk d2 Provider of Cyril's Fabulous Fleeces [EMAIL PROTECTED] To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail

Re: OT Missed mail

2001-09-03 Thread Dee Dee Williams
While I was on vacation for a couple of weeks my ISP bounced mail after a paltry 1.000 messages got into my mailbox on August 23. If Well, that solves the mystery as to why the list mom has been so quiet lately. :) A mere 1000 messages? How many is an ISP supposed to hold? How was the

Re: colors

2001-09-03 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Only vendor that I know who does anything with green dyes silk only. Beautiful colors but no wool or blends. Dopes anyone else know of a source? Sandi at Woolgatherings:http://www.woolgatherings.com/ Great lady. Has some samples of her colorways on her web page. She does have green, but if you

Re: angora problems

2001-08-30 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Kate writes: When I had angora, I sheared, and didn't have short ends in the fiber. One of my angora reference books mentions that the Germans had automated machinery to shear the German Angoras. They must not have had a problem with second cuts, as the book mentions that the German Angora was

Re: angora problems

2001-08-30 Thread Dee Dee Williams
She said the fiber I was sent was not the right batch--it was intended for felting. She has offered to send fresh fiber. Trouble is, I ordered this fiber for a class on September 9th, and I'm leaving for that class on the 7th. Then tell her you have to have it for the class and she has to get

ACK!!!

2001-08-28 Thread Dee Dee Williams
ACK!!! My Magnus has a dent! thud speaking from floor I can't stand it!!! I don't even know how I did it! whimper wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail

Re: colors

2001-08-24 Thread Dee Dee Williams
I have just spun about two pounds of Suffolk in anticipation of the Wool Gathering and Natural Dye-In in September. What colors are you thinking about using on the yarn? wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail

Magnus spinning

2001-08-24 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Gail, I have an old dining room chair that is my spinning chair. A pillow on the seat, raises me or lowers me, depending on which wheel I'm using. I have a knee that's been diagnosed as arthritic, but which I think has a damaged meniscus. I have to change positions a lot, or it starts to act

Re: Drudik wheels

2001-08-24 Thread Dee Dee Williams
The Magnus wheels are still being made. There is a waiting list of about 18-24 months. And they are very, very, very, _very_ expensive. :) wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail

the last ratio remark

2001-08-23 Thread Dee Dee Williams
I found out that way that my Ashford Traveler with the Lace Flyer didn't deliver the 40:1 ratio I thought it was supposed to Imagine my shock and dismay to discover that my Reeve's 30 Production wheel wasn't 30. It was only 29.5. Ratio is determined by the drive wheel's diameter. Meausuring

car spinning

2001-08-23 Thread Dee Dee Williams
I already knit, crochet and read - as well as use an Inkle loom in the passenger seat, but so far spinning in any form has not been possible. I always wondered if one of those Louet S 40s, the hat box wheel, would fit on the floor, in front of the passenger and the passenger seat. I guess it

Re: Dee Dee-help

2001-08-22 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Joanne, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail

Lincoln locks

2001-08-22 Thread Dee Dee Williams
All, I was determined not to buy any more wool, especially after the Cyril wool arrived, BUT :) Someone sent me some a sample of a Lincoln hogget fleece. Well! The locks are about 11 long. I couldn't resist. I bought the fleece. Now, any special things I should know about spinning the

ratios

2001-08-22 Thread Dee Dee Williams
You can do this even easier by measuring the whorl diameter and the drive wheel diameter. Divide the smaller number into the larger number. That's your ratio. Sorry, Dee Dee, that will only give you the theoretical ratio, not the actual one (band slipping, inefficient band size relative

Jane McBride, please read

2001-08-21 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Sorry to bother the list with this. Jane McBride, I have sent you several messages in response to messages you've sent me. I think you have a virus that is sending me junk mail. You have not acknowledged my messages, so I guess you're not receiving them, because the virus has messed that up,

Re: reinforced heel for socks?

2001-08-20 Thread Dee Dee Williams
I read some where...probably spinoff...that you can reinforce heels bye using a smaller needle size so that the knitting is denser. Haven't made my first sock yet so don't know if it works but it is an idea. Knit 1, slip one, etc., with the next row being a purl row, also makes for a very

Re: No slip spinning

2001-08-17 Thread Dee Dee Williams
but peacock-hatching season just ended so I won't need it there until next spring. shaking head Just when I think no one on this list can throw a curve ball, I find out we have a spinning peacock breeder. Wow! I have a new appreciation for what the Internet can bring us. Ever get any albino

Re: No-slip spinning

2001-08-16 Thread Dee Dee Williams
There's a drawer liner product made out of some kind of material that, once placed in the bottom of the drawer, prevents 'things' from migrating to the back of the drawer. Harbor Freight sells it in black, for men to use in their workshop. Most supermarket and $1 stores, sell it in different

Re:no slip spinning

2001-08-16 Thread Dee Dee Williams
I for one would hate nasty rubbery stuff under my bare feet. It's not nasty rubbery stuff. It's probably made from the same material as the throw rug backing. :) I've also seen this material used in place mats, available at Wal Mart. Think--COLOR. g wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily

Re: Lion Brand Yarn

2001-08-15 Thread Dee Dee Williams
They have so many more years than the stores carry. me and rats rolling on the floor, in hysterically rude laughter Can I buy some more years from them?? I wanna live to be a hunnert and five. gdr wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To

Re: Wensleydale top

2001-08-15 Thread Dee Dee Williams
A long time ago, I processed some Wensleydale for a woman who had picked up the fleece in England. I have a sneaking suspicion that the English longwools may be softer than the US longwools. I had some Wensleydale. I purchased it based on the 'soft, silky' etc. feedback it got. It was coarse,

Re: Wensleydale top

2001-08-15 Thread Dee Dee Williams
sport weight is meant for. _Sports_, Sara. gdr Ok, don't hit me. I can't figure it out either. And I still haven't mastered worsted weight. Confusing. wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail

Re: Wensleydale top

2001-08-15 Thread Dee Dee Williams
s to promises, why don't you just order a small sample, say 2 oz. I've already blown x amount of dollars, on something that was not lustrous, silky, or even close to soft. And, as many people have pointed out, the soft, silky fiber can vary from sheep to sheep. I could spend a fortune, buying

Re: Wensleydale top

2001-08-15 Thread Dee Dee Williams
I have heard Wensleydale referred to as the poor man's mohair. The dyed top I have spun was lustrous and had a silky hand. And you bought the top from. :) wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail

Cyril wool x post

2001-08-14 Thread Dee Dee Williams
All, I am please to announce that the Cyril wool we've been waiting for, these many weeks, HAS ARRIVED!!! rats doing a woolly happy dance, involving lots of twists, turns, and happy hops Hmm. I think they're a mite dizzy. I don't have the entire order. Two thirds of it is at the post office. My

Re: On Wensleydale.....

2001-08-14 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Jeannette and d2 --- I know that I got some Wensleydale top to spin and I had the same experience as you Jeanette --- I found it very soft Color me even more confused. Where did you find this wonderful, soft, longwool that's supposed to be a coarse wool?? wrnk d2 (lip flubbing in confusion)

Re: Wensleydale

2001-08-14 Thread Dee Dee Williams
All right! I want to know where I can find this wonderfully soft fiber that claims it's Wensleydale. Show me the vendor Please? g Hmm, soft. My definition of 'soft' is Merino or kid mohair. What wool fiber can you compare to, in terms of softness? Mohair? Merino? Lincoln? Cotswold? English

Re: Huygens Rope for Clocks

2001-08-13 Thread Dee Dee Williams
The rope looks like it should be something that is not stiff so probably could be made from nylon. Nylon is a bit slickery; I'd choose polyester, which also has the advantage of being non-stretch. If this contraption was built so long ago that there's no record of it, I doubt that nylon or

Re: A Flaxen Past

2001-07-30 Thread Dee Dee Williams
I'm not, honestly, all that interested in Lituanian weaving (possibly because I haven't seen any in person? :) as I find all the patterns jarring, to say the least. But the documentation of REAL people, past and present, weaving traditional costumes with traditional techniques, makes it a

Re: Pot holder looms

2001-07-10 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Can you help me find or set up a cheap loom design for kids to make potholders on? Please contact me off list. I can't find your original email to contact you personally. Thanks! wrnk d2 California [EMAIL PROTECTED] To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail

Re: Spinning Human hair...

2001-07-08 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Sue, Beard hair? How soft is it? Or is it like horsehair? If it is, there was an article in a past Spin Off on spinning the mane and tail hairs of a horse. That technique might work with the beard hair. wrnk d2 (dying of curiosity over the story behind the hoarded beard hair) To stop mail

Lunch w/Magnus and Heidi

2001-07-04 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Hi, I forgot to tell youse guys that, while we were in Oregon, we had lunch with Heidi and Magnus Drudik. Yummy clam chowder and homemade sourdough rye bread, with two very nice human beings. Magnus even gave me a Scotch tension attachment for my Magnus wheel. Can't wait to try it out. wrnk d2

BSG

2001-07-03 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Hi! I have returned from a very expensive trip to Oregon. Well, it wouldn't have been expensive, if I hadn't discovered cashmere and cashgora g. THEN I found the weaver's building, and Robin and Russ and Treeway and, and, and I took a couple of classes with Judith MacKenzie. A very nice

Cyril wool question

2001-07-01 Thread Dee Dee Williams
Hi! We're back from vacation! Oregon was wonderful. So was the BSG. I filled up my 'goody bag' twice g. I have a request: Would anyone who has purchased Cyril wool in the last 12-18 months, please contact me OFF list? I'm not trolling for potential customers g. wrnk d2 California [EMAIL

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