Generally, this is true.and with normal cotton or linen, it works. I
currently have a project with spun silk and it does not like to unwind without
the hitch being loosened. The thread sticks to itself too well. So, as with
most things we discuss, it depends some on the particular situati
The following sites (of many) give various variations of the rhyme and
possible origins.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Goes_the_Weasel
http://www.rhymes.org.uk/a116a-pop-goes-the-weasel.htm
There are several possible meanings for some of the words:
Pop = pawn, or the noise a shuttle makes
Hi all
Thank you all for your help.
Yesterday I started a new project that I should finish later on today and when
I came to the hitches I put one on the neck and the final one in the top that
way I found that I only have the one thread on the top and when I go and
lengthen then I am not picking
Hi.
I noticed that no one, at least on the List, described how to make a hitch, so
I thought I'd have a go at it.
When your bobbin is wound, hold it in your fingers/fist with your thumb
straight up along side the top of the bobbin and sticking up higher than the
bobbin. Continue wrapping the
I
It's probably time this moved to chat, but one of the verses I remember
started
Every night when I get home
The weasel's on the table
I'm sure I learnt it as a nursery rhyme from my mother, but there is
also a vague memory of someone releasing it as a record during the
1960s, or possib
If you like, without waiting for the next project, you can unwind and rewind
one of your bobbins on the current project to test a hitch system. I laced
for some time before I realized it was quite possible to undo a bobbin of
its thread and rewind again, for whatever reason;)
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008
Hello lacefriends,
Who could help me please?
First I had problems coming into our foto-album, this work s now. But
I want to keep away a few pictures and, the most important to upload
new pictures. But there isn't any longer the button "upload pictures".
I sent this mail twice to Avital but b
Hi Ilske,
When you open the Arachne2003 page in webshots there is a menu bar across the
top - the third item is upload.
Or you made need to open your own album - when you do this, at the top left of
the album page is a lght green upload more button. Photos can be deleted just
by clicking on the X
I think it was Anthony Newley who did a recording of the verse.
I don't subscribe to chat!
Diana
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From: "Jane Partridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 4:23 PM
Subject: [lace] Re: Pop goes the weasel
I
It's probably time this moved to
Alice wrote:
I may have asked this before, but I have noticed that people
wind their thread onto the bobbins differently. Some put the
thread all along the neck, especially if the bobbin has a grooved
head, others wind it at the bottom of the neck but some wind the
thread all near the top of th
Just a note Janice and everyone:
My Australian lace instructor always cautioned me to be careful to NOT fill
the neck so much that the thread rubs on the pillow. I think it would wear
on the threads.
Otherwise, I wind pretty much like Janice does. My Honiton projects with
120/2 or smaller I
Yes Robin - you are quite right there. Though when the bobbins are wound with
lots of thread for a large project then the hitch tends to 'sink' into the rest
of the thread. That is when I should use a pin instead of my fingers!
Karen in Malta
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Hi Janice.
I don't think there are any exact rules. There are ways that work better with
one type of thread than another, or on one type of bobbin than another type.
Experience lets you know what works for you. Here are some general hints.
When winding a short length of thread, I find it hol
I am answering from Diana's original memo.
In my collection is a "weasel" -- so-called by people in this region of
Maine (Northeastern US, on the Atlantic Ocean) many years ago. I originally
found the name in a book or magazine.
My "weasel" (yarn winder) was purchased out of a Maine barn f
But Jeri, why would they measure knitting yarn? Measuring yarn on the
weasel yields that all important Yards Per Pound (ypp) that weavers
need to plan the loom set up - it's the same ypp that informs our
lace thread sizes.
Su
On Aug 18, 2008, at 6:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From th
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Su Carter
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
But Jeri, why would they measure knitting yarn?
Could it possibly have been a similar system to that which the
lacemakers worked under - the dealer provided the thread - or in this
case the yarn - to work a pattern and by kn
Hi Janice!
Wonderful job you did with IOLI, btw!! I'm still in awe that six people
(five?) could do all of that work and still be smiling at the end of the
week!!
I wrote to Diane privately (meant to send it to the list, but I've been
brain-dead since getting home from IOLI... mostly due t
Do you mean this one Clay?
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=v4w4rdRlZWE
Sue in EY
On 19 Aug 2008, at 00:57, Clay Blackwell wrote:
I believe Achiem is the one who posted an URL for an excellent
video of how to do a hitch, and I'm surprised this hasn't been cited
in the current discussion.
-
T
>>> Pop = pawn, or the noise a shuttle makes in a weaving loom at the end of
each passage, or the noise made by a spoked-wheel type measuring device for
yarn after the desired length of yarn is measured .
Just to add another complication: weasels (the animals) are quite hyper
creatures, at
Janice Blair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I may have asked this before, but I have noticed that people
wind their thread onto the bobbins differently. Some put the
thread all along the neck, especially if the bobbin has a grooved
head, others wind it at the bottom of the neck but some wind th
Perhaps this piece was owned by a spinner who sold or traded the yarn for
$/goods. It was found on a farm perhaps they even owned the sheep.
Lorri
But Jeri, why would they measure knitting yarn? Measuring yarn on the
weasel yields that all important Yards Per Pound (ypp) that weavers
need
What I do with the threads that slip - silk, glitter and synthetics in
particular is use a trick I read about back in 2005 on the net. Cut a one
inch length (2.5cm for the metric amongst us) from a CLEAN thickshake straw.
Slit it from top to tail and wrap that around the thread on the neck of the
b
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