[Nfb-krafters-korner] learning to spin
sunshine
sunshine817 at cox.net
Sat Mar 30 21:40:25 UTC 2013
Hi, Deidre!
I've been reading with a friend on skype and knitting and also practicing the E Rap. I : that down pat now the can't wait to learn more! Smiles! I'm knitting a scarf for a friend and she chose the seed stitch! She went on the net to see what a scarf would look like using the stitch, so that's what she's getting! Smiles! Much is so new to me, but I'm enjinying all the learning there is to be had! Smiles! Good to see you out here! What are you knitting now!
Hugs
----- Original Message -----
From: Deidre Muccio <deimucc at verizon.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
Date: Saturday, March 30, 2013 10:15 am
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] learning to spin
>
>
> Sunshine
> Last year Dixie told me to make sure when I was at a local fiber arts fair
> to have someone show me how to spin. I did, and the part I did was simply
> meld the fibers evenly together with my fingers. That was easy. As for the
> entire set up, I can't say.
> It's gorgeous here today and I've been out for the past few hours.
> Now that I am back in, I am going to knit. That is my pleasure, that and rug
> hooking.
> I listened to Ready Set Knit this morning and each time I listen to
> the show, I want to go check out the spring yarns with cotton and silk and
> rayon in them or alpaca and silk, as well as the usual yarns. I'm thinking
> of calling down there and asking for a knowledgeable person to show me what
> I want to see. I wonder if they could spare someone to do that and would
> enjoy it. Web's is having a 39 anniversary sale starting this Monday, so if
> you are a Web's fan, check them out on-line or drive into town.
>
>
> Deidre
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of sunshine
> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 10:17 AM
> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] grumpy skeins of yarn
>
> Dixie, does a person need to have partial vision to spin! I have a friend
> who is totally blind and tried to learn to spin and was disappointed because
> she couldn't grasp the instructions. She isn't sure if it is that she is
> totally blind or that perhaps the instructor had a difficult time teaching
> the spinning. So, if you or anyone knows of someone who is spinning and
> totally blind, could you advise!
>
> I'm not arguing with anyone; I'm just a messenger that I was instructed by
> three teachers not to pull from the middle of the ske*. I'm not a
> professional knitter like many of you, but I can tell you that I'm tolt that
> my finished products look the same as anyone else's. Smiles! One person was
> very strict with her teaching and there couldn't be any mistakes in the
> finished product! It was tough learning, believe me, but I learned a lot
> about correcting mistakes, tearing back several rows and picking up the
> stitches foring row as opposed to having to knit them on.
>
> I'll try publing from the middle, but when I did that (and was corrected for
> it) my yarn did become very tangled and it took a while to untangle it!
> Smiles! Maybe there are those who feel it's a matter of preference! Again, I
> don't know as much as most of you do, and probably never will, and I wasn't
> saying anyone was incorrect, but rather that it's what I was taught by fully
> sighted individuals.
>
> Hugs
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dixie <cobaltblueheron at gmail.com>
> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Date: Saturday, March 30, 2013 7:35 am
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] grumpy skeins of yarn
>
> >
> >
> > As a spinner, I can say that this makes perfect sense. When I spin
> > yarn, there are many, many, fibers that are spun together to make one
> > strand. The ends of each of those individual fibers will most
> > certainly lay better if one knits with the yarn going with the grain than
> against the grain.
> > Against the grain would encourage more splintering of the fiber,
> > causing a more worn look to the finished product.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dixie
> > March 30 ~ John 3:30
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ~ @-> ~ <-@ ~
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nfb-krafters-korner
> > [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Paulette
> > Vickery
> > Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 8:14 PM
> > To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> > Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] grumpy skeins of yarn
> >
> > The main reason you should wind yarn balls from the outside of the
> > skein toward the inside is that pull skeins are would at the factory
> > to be pulled and used from the middle out. When yarn is made,
> > especially with yarn made from natural fibers, the grain, so to
> > speak, of the yarn is all going in the same direction. You need to use
> > the yarn with the grain going away from the needle or hook. That way,
> > it will feel better, work better as you make the project and look
> > better. Pull skeins are made so that the yarn on the outside of the
> > skein is going in the right direct for winding. The people who wound
> > the pull skein assumed that you would use from the center out so they made
> sure to wind the yarn with the grain going in that direction.
> >
> > Paulette
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nfb-krafters-korner
> > [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of sunshine
> > Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 9:42 AM
> > To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> > Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] grumpy skeins of yarn
> >
> > Hi, Becky!
> >
> > I from found that it's best to roll the yarn into balls as in so doing
> > if there are tangles, they can be gotten more easily! I also find that
> > it's best to take the yarn from the end of the skein as opposed to
> > taking from the middle. From the middle, the yarn because knotted
> > easily. Also, I've discovered that some of the yarn just isn't spun as
> > well. Most knots and beoops can be removed easily! Actually, I use the
> > point of a stylus and thus far I have been successful in removing even
> > the smallest knots! Smiles! In any case, knock on wood, my yarn products
> have not been tangled as of late!
> > Just because I said that, it'll happen! Smiles!
> >
> > Hugs
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Becky Frankeberger <b.butterfly at comcast.net>
> > To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'"
> > nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> > Date: Thursday, March 28, 2013 2:01 pm
> > Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] grumpy skeins of yarn
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > How about tips to help skeins of yarn not be so grumpy.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have had large pounders, to small few ouncers, act grumpy, tangle,
> > > knot etc.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > If a knot comes out the first thing I do is shake it. The yarn
> > > before the knot and after the knot I shake and it will usually
> > > untangle itself. If it doesn't there wil be a little loop near the
> > > top of the knot near where you are pulling the yarn out to make your
> > > item. Just gently work the yarn with your fingers and it will
> > > untangle. Sometime near that top loop is a peace of yarn wrapped
> > > around the knot. Just unloosen that loop and the tangle former knot will
> come out.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have heard that some people kind of pull the skein before using it
> > > to loosen, I assume the fibers. I have not tried this. .
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > There is always pulling the yarn from the outside of a skein.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > There is always roling the yarn in a ball.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I am working from a pounder of baby yarn from the middle.So far no
> > > tangles, just one knot joining yarn done in the factory.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Any more ideas how to deal with yarn tangles?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Warm smiles,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Becky and Jake
> > >
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