[Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting with cotton

[Deidre Muccio]

Will you  be exhibiting your crafts in Massachusetts anytime?

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From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of River Woman
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 12:37 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting with cotton

ah, wild is good in a very good way. I love wild.

Yes, I buy the really good yarns for things for me - other things, the box
stores are fine. I do make things that I sell at two artist's markets at
Christmas, and I could not sell them if I made them of the really good stuff
because the price would be way too high and most folks don't know the
difference - they are happy with it and I am happy with the sales, too.

I am a NORO HOE, BTW!
and, I love Cashmere and Merino yarns, and silks, and hand painted, hand
dyed yarns - for ME.
I knit things that I wear - mostly. I love rocking my own fabrics.

I no longer weave. When I lost my sight, I had to give up my weaving room in
order to make an office where all my equipment could be installed - so I
gifted my custom made Macomber loom to a weaving program at a historical
museum - where it is the crown jewel of their program. It was a sad day when
I had to part with my loom, but there was just no other way, and I am happy
I found it a good home. I had bought that loom by doing a commission for the
President of a University - so my one job bought my beautiful loom, tons of
linen warp and many many cones of really expensive yarns. These days, I am
working on making pottery, doing a lot of knitting, and doing encrusted
beadwork for exhibitions I am in - which is pretty darn exciting for me to
be able to be in juried exhibitions again. I lost 5 years but I am back in
the art game again with full speed ahead.

Like I said, an artist never never never quits - and I meant that from
experience.

Lynda Lambert
River Road Studio, Since 1976
Village of Wurtemburg, PA 16117

Visit my Web Site at:  http://lyndalambert.com Visit my Blog at:
http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com

www.lyndalambert.com
www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
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From: "Deidre Muccio" <deimucc at verizon.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting with cotton


> Linda
> I hear you. Yarns can be so luxurious. For now this trial knitting cotton 
> is
> great. Plus I saw some expensive stuff that was scratchy, believe it or 
> not.
> I like some of the mixes too, silk, rayon.... Hand died, all that is 
> readily
> available here but until I can do it justice, this cheap stuff is great,
> plus Alice says it's wild in a  good way!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On
> Behalf Of River Woman
> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 7:05 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting with cotton
>
> We have one about 35 minutes away from where I live - PA is very rural
> overall - nothing anywhere in my immediate area. But, I like to buy custom
> dyed and hand painted yarns so I order them from Vermont or some other
> places - we  do have a wonderful yarn store about 1 hour from my home that
> deals in really special yarns, too.
> Lynda Lambert
> River Road Studio, Since 1976
> Village of Wurtemburg, PA 16117
>
> Visit my Web Site at:  http://lyndalambert.com Visit my Blog at:
> http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
>
> www.lyndalambert.com
> www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Deidre Muccio" <deimucc at verizon.net>
> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 4:54 PM
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>
>
>> Linda
>> The work/scarves you describe sound like I'd want them too!
>> Don't you have a Michael's where you are?
>>
>> Deidre
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>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On
>> Behalf Of River Woman
>> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 1:19 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting with cotton
>>
>> I bet you will love your new cotton scarf. I have done several vertical
>> knitted scarves and they are really nice. I did one for my husband but I
>> got
>> carried away and cast on waaaaaay too many stitches to begin with. The
>> scarf
>> was enormous and there is no way he would ever wear it - he is short. 
>> But
>
>> I
>> put it for sale at the Christmas Boutique I do, and a very tall large
>> framed
>> woman found it and went beserk - she was in LOVE. Her complaint was that
>> she
>> can never find a scarf long enough for her body - she looked amazing in 
>> my
>> scarf and I had a good sale. So, that worked out.
>>
>> Wool is very nice to work with and you get spoiled after using good
>> materials. I have some all wool scarves I wove on my Macomber loom about
>> 20
>> years ago. They are as beautiful as the day I cut them off the loom 20
>> years
>> ago. I always get compliments on them.
>>
>> What a great price you got on cotton yarn. Lucky girl.
>> The sock yarn I use is $20. and it makes one pair of socks - and that is 
>> a
>> normal price for good cotton yarn, so you really scored big.
>>
>> Lynda
>> Lynda Lambert
>> River Road Studio, Since 1976
>> Village of Wurtemburg, PA 16117
>>
>> Visit my Web Site at:  http://lyndalambert.com Visit my Blog at:
>> http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
>>
>> www.lyndalambert.com
>> www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Deidre Muccio" <deimucc at verizon.net>
>> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'"
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 11:36 AM
>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting with cotton
>>
>>
>>> Hello fello beginner knitters, and anyone else who might be interested.
>>> Yesterday I had my neighbor, Alice,  cast cotton yarn on a size 5
>>> circular needle for me so I could see how it would feel to knit. The
>>> bamboo
>>> needles were the only ones I could get my hands on. They were slippery 
>>> so
>>> I
>>> figured the cast on would be nearly impossible for me to do.
>>> I am going to knit straight down not across. I mean the stitches in
>>> the scarf will be knit straight down the entire set length of the number
>>> of
>>> stitches cast on, and I will stop when I get close to running out of 
>>> yarn
>>> or
>>> whenever I feel it is wide enough for my liking.
>>> The nice thing about this method is that the scarf is very stretchy
>>> across, whereas knitting back and forth, or whatever the correct term 
>>> is,
>>> leaves the cloth flat and nowhere near as elasticky feeling. I'm talking
>>> about things knit with all wool yarn too. It's a great discovery for me.
>>> I've seen the result  in a scarf Alice has been wearing for a few 
>>> winters
>>> that was knit that way. It's mostly mohair with some other wool.  And I
>>> love
>>> the way it expands when you play with it by deliberately stretching it.
>>> It
>>> does not stretch or lose its shape  over time either.
>>> I bought 5 grams of all mercerized cotton in a color called
>>> psychedelic. I hear it's beautifully vibrant, not natural looking, but
>>> wonderful all the same. I went to Michael's to get it since you pay
>>> almost
>>> nothing with coupons for whatever you buy thee, and all together I spent
>>> $1.19 for the two balls of cotton I bought. Originally they were $1.99 a
>>> piece. My neighbor says it's great yarn with a great twist. I figured 
>>> for
>>> that price I sure did not need to go look for anything fancy, or, let's
>>> say,
>>> from a more fancy place or with a fancy name.
>>> What I have found so far is that the cotton is easy to knit, though
>>> the yarn feels a bit dry and lifeless, compared to handling wool. There
>>> must
>>> be other cottons that don't have such a dry feeling to them because I
>>> think
>>> that I have felt such yarn. Maybe you don't notice it if the stitches 
>>> are
>>> much tighter.
>>>
>>> I think this will go fast since the cotton does not split easily
>>> although last night I already by passed where I needed to change hands,
>>> and
>>> just kept knitting all around over and over. I knew something was very
>>> different. Somehow the tail was not hanging down but was stretched 
>>> across
>>> between the two needles and it confused me. I knew something was off but
>>> continued anyway and wound up knitting the row beneath the tail which is
>>> where I should have changed hands.
>>> It sure is lucky for me that I have someone close by that can help
>>> in these instances, and lucky too I can tell when something is very
>>> wrong!
>>> Only problem I had today was that I neglected to throw out the
>>> faulty cable I got from Knit Picks (which they promptly replace) and the
>>> needle came off since it could not be tightened with the key. I had
>>> misplaced it and meant to trash it, but somehow I found it yesterday and
>>> for
>>> some unclever reason had the yarn cast on that set. Now I have to find
>>> the
>>> needles that are fine and shift it over to a different set. I hope that
>>> goes
>>> well.
>>>
>>> Deidre
>>>
>>>
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