[Nfb-krafters-korner] FRIDAYS QUESTION-What craft have you always wanted to try?

Fri Mar 12 19:14:37 UTC 2010

There are lots of places these days that demonstrate &/or teach spinning 
techniques.  If you live in an area where they have some of the wool/fiber 
festivals often there are spinners that give demonstrations/classes and sell 
the roving.  Yarn shops sometimes have kits for beginner spinners that sell 
the roving that has been washed, combed, carted and dyed in any range of 
colors and is ready to spin.  If you live on or near a farm you can go and 
pick the animal you want your wool rovings clipped from.  Of course this 
stuff has the animal dirt in it and needs to be wash combed, carted and if 
you like dyed ... too much work for my taste.

Like knitting, there are also weaving/spinning guilds around so don't be 
afraid to use the phone and call some places in your local area to find out 
if anything is being offered.

Spinning isn't terribly difficult -- a blind person can do it.  The trick is 
to get your rhythm and get your spun fiber nice and even -- if that's what 
you're shooting for.  You don't have to spend a lot on a spinning wheel, 
spinning can be done with a dropped spindal or a Navaho Spindal.  In fact a 
few years back my husband made both dropped spindals for me & my knitting 
guild & he also made a Navaho spindal for me to which turned out really 
nice.  I liked what I learned about spinning, but honestly, I'm not big time 
into it because I prefer to sit down and get right to the knitting! <SMILE>

I have a friend who is a weaver/spinner and every thing she makes is hand 
made from beginning to end.  Because she insists on spinning her own yarns, 
she must do all the prep work including the preparation of the wool & dying 
it, anything she makes takes upwwards of 1 year from beginning to end before 
it's complete.

Eileen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] FRIDAYS QUESTION-What craft have you 
always wanted to try?

> Oh, by the way...for those of you want to learn to spin, might I
> suggest looking into the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) and
> seeing if any of the local Scadians do spinning. There are quite a few
> spinners in the S.C.A., and they are always very willing to share
> their craft with others. And they could probably point you to some
> great sources for raw wool and such. The group has some sheep farmers
> who sheer their sheep and sell their wool to spinners. I bought my
> sister a pair of fingerless gloves that were produced by the same
> person: She raised the black sheep, sheered them herself, spun the
> wool, knit the wool, and made the gloves. They were a lovely dark grey
> (black sheep are not totally black!).
>
> ~Jewel
>
> On 3/12/10, Jewel S. <herekittykat2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey,
>> I've tried it once, so I don't know if it counts. But I always wanted
>> to do basketweaving. I took a class and learned how to make a basket,
>> and it was hard, but lots of fun! I have five basket kits someone gave
>> me, sitting in a box, but they are not the same basket I did before,
>> and it's been awhile, so they just sit there looking pitifully at me,
>> saying "Make us baskets!"
>>
>> ~Jewel
>>
>> On 3/12/10, Susan Roe <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net> wrote:
>>> Yeah, spinning is a must learn here, that is why we are planning to get
>>> several sheep and I will learn one way or another, even if it kills me.
>>>
>>> Susan
>>> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Laura White" <lewhite86 at gmail.com>
>>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 9:06 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] FRIDAYS QUESTION-What craft have you
>>> always wanted to try?
>>>
>>>
>>>>I amways wanted to learn to spin!
>>>>
>>>> On 3/12/10, Karla Irish <irishk45 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>> I always wanted to learn how to tat.  My grandmother used to do it and
>>>>> she
>>>>> could do it without looking.  But I didn't admit that close to her to
>>>>> learn
>>>>> how to tat but I always wanted to learn how to do tatting.  That's 
>>>>> what
>>>>> I
>>>>> always wanted to learn.  Carla.
>>>>>
>>>>> Karla Irish sent you this voice-to-text generated email using Voice on
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>>>>>> Original Message:
>>>>>> ---------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From: Diane <dianefilipe at peoplepc.com>
>>>>>> Sent: March 12, 2010 9:22:03 AM
>>>>>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>>>>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] FRIDAYS QUESTION-What craft have you
>>>>>> always
>>>>>> wanted to try?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What craft have you always wanted to try?
>>>>>> For me, being able to use my serger better.
>>>>>> Di
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