Re: help?

2001-02-02 Thread Tricia Rasku
To Twinkie, Cashmere is so fine, that getting some cotton hand cards and carding by hand is not so laborious. You can card, then spin, then card or card about a shoe box worth and spin it. I should be carded, then made into punis or rolags and spun in a woolen manner. That is drawing ba

Re: motor for drum carder

2001-02-02 Thread Robin Murphy
I would like to thank everyone for their input on the motor question. I am still looking, and kicking myself for throwing out the old garage door opener - the motor still worked. I did find out why the Fricke motor kit was so expensive ($500+) - that gear motor costs $300. Phew. Robin Murphy,

ironer

2001-02-02 Thread Robin Murphy
I just bought an Ironrite ironer for pressing my handwovens and getting fabric strips ready for rugs. It needs some encouragement to run right, can anybody help? Robin Murphy, in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, back home after a 520 mile day trip to pick up the ironer. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To stop

Re: help?

2001-02-02 Thread shetland
on 2/2/01 10:04 am, Solvay Twinkie at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi,I am a lost spinner living in Belgium,bieng a wool nut case and > good quality beeing impossible to find Hi Twinkie There are some spinners in EU Lots in Scotland ... we get to meet them at shows and special spin in events. S

Re: help?

2001-02-02 Thread Jessica Sewell
Twinkie wrote: >I have 6kg of cashmer,it is dehaird and so verry fine,the length of a >fiber is about one inch and it kneeds carding,I have tried it with a drum >carder it is to fine,cowbming it is no good and spinning it as it is dos not >do it justice.Wat can I do? I think the best solutio

Re: help?

2001-02-02 Thread Mirjam Bruck-Cohen
I have forwarded your letter to an English Spinner I have met in Brusseles mirjam I am in brusseles every 6 months for a week , To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail

AOL 6,0 and HTML

2001-02-02 Thread Ron Parker
Here is the final word on stopping HTML from staying in AOL email, as approved by an AOL user. If you have installed AOL's version 6.0 software, and have trouble with being unable to turn off HTML in your email, there is a solution. For AOL email using Windows: (1) Change your font to Arial 1

help?

2001-02-02 Thread Solvay Twinkie
Hi,I am a lost spinner living in Belgium,bieng a wool nut case and good quality beeing impossible to find(all the good shops have gone bust).I started to spin 1 year ago,I am starting to get good results after a lot of errors. I have 6kg of cashmer,it is dehaird and so verry fine,the l