[Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting with cotton

[River Woman]

No, I jsut do two shows a year with the fiber arts. One is at my friend's 
studio and there are about 11 of us who do this every year on the first 
weekend of November - been doing it for 13 years now.
The other one is in a country club.

It is my art that is exhibited all over the country and internationally. I 
do juried national and international exhibitions, as well as one person 
shows, and some small group shows at museums and galleries.


Lynda

----- Original Message ----- 
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 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting with cotton


> Will you  be exhibiting your crafts in Massachusetts anytime?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> 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
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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
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>
>
>> 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
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting with cotton
>>
>>
>>> Linda
>>> The work/scarves you describe sound like I'd want them too!
>>> Don't you have a Michael's where you are?
>>>
>>> Deidre
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner 
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>>> 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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