tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30828343814403961972024-02-20T21:25:49.302-05:00PatsyZ the Hand Spinnin'GuruSpinninGuruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185236831371664193noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082834381440396197.post-9976089356395090192024-01-30T19:18:00.137-05:002024-01-30T23:19:04.518-05:00More Mobius Vests<p style="text-align: justify;">Mobius vests have fascinated me for most of my weaving career. Since we moved a great deal, I'm pretty sure my first mobius vest was created while we lived in Rapid City, SD, on my rigid heddle loom. I've now created four mobius style vests. Mobius is actually a term for a connected strip with one twist, giving it an endless edge.</p><p><o:p></o:p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">As a vest it refers to shaping that comes from one twist on each shoulder. This removes the usual boxy shape from woven vests and creates an interesting visual of a collar in the front and no collar when viewed from the back.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRV8w02irodq4MUdcn2MMxMkPtnrwRE7xrZNUUGLa_QL9bUCMuYfvx_SfO45hkrySiB_oM-Sm5ZsXapU8cBQIPVOeZK_2sFD-mApoF18FL3YcUvqf2gFGc6RkR3FLLqIolLQ-n8rUmCvZaRV0jatoSXkpauf8UyavmLzSb8RyYH1IC8BPiOZpM2MHqvYc/s597/Picture6%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="402" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRV8w02irodq4MUdcn2MMxMkPtnrwRE7xrZNUUGLa_QL9bUCMuYfvx_SfO45hkrySiB_oM-Sm5ZsXapU8cBQIPVOeZK_2sFD-mApoF18FL3YcUvqf2gFGc6RkR3FLLqIolLQ-n8rUmCvZaRV0jatoSXkpauf8UyavmLzSb8RyYH1IC8BPiOZpM2MHqvYc/w215-h320/Picture6%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="215" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-I-Z_DmUOJ6AnhD8OQkHW1HrlpGW2w_IECN7g9SOFy0EH1dH0669_G1w9kjsysebNQz6_tzwPee7vPssgn0xgUFpHnbw1xsVzgOT73pZCcXn7EF2GQ6xxD8yzz_HdrtU0CQu9z5HvdrTBc3IDeCzAogS8KJVu0VsgjGbnDPfs7P06xiJoquGhZjLTN8g/s785/Picture5%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="785" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-I-Z_DmUOJ6AnhD8OQkHW1HrlpGW2w_IECN7g9SOFy0EH1dH0669_G1w9kjsysebNQz6_tzwPee7vPssgn0xgUFpHnbw1xsVzgOT73pZCcXn7EF2GQ6xxD8yzz_HdrtU0CQu9z5HvdrTBc3IDeCzAogS8KJVu0VsgjGbnDPfs7P06xiJoquGhZjLTN8g/w320-h240/Picture5%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">This red/blue/green vest was woven as a longer vest and the second photo shows how I treated the cut edge</p><p style="text-align: left;">The vest contruction information is below the photos in the November 2022 blog. After contructing the vest I folded the fabric in half to find my cutting line. There I stitched two small zag-zag rows on the edge with my sewing machine. You don't want to make the zig-zag tight you want it to look like lots of w's.</p><p style="text-align: left;">After cutting between them, I use a fine yarn and a lashing stitch to go back and forth between the two selvedges center back and on both sides.. Next, using a fine turquoise yarn I did a basic blanket stitch all around the cut edge taller than the zig-zag stitches. Then to cover the machine stitches I used the same navy (looks dark grey) weft yarn and big eye needle to needle weave three rows using the blanket stitches like a warp. I did this on the inside and the outside for a smooth finish. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvIOibWIQ17kq52646DrQfP67ptxBpJkbfsZaGg-dgZrtaJlBqEsewnGWVYmUB2Y-ctfe6w3zui_HL2VJOjo1nupXk4SsrWkTp-U9rt669kfvw8i0ILMw-36jsw2y-cfpVSAzhOOZYRc4EeoUDRBjnRSxrp-6GBC2Ac6uSJlkZhtmw8A4dIuCy0fdIg6o/s556/Picture4%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="404" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvIOibWIQ17kq52646DrQfP67ptxBpJkbfsZaGg-dgZrtaJlBqEsewnGWVYmUB2Y-ctfe6w3zui_HL2VJOjo1nupXk4SsrWkTp-U9rt669kfvw8i0ILMw-36jsw2y-cfpVSAzhOOZYRc4EeoUDRBjnRSxrp-6GBC2Ac6uSJlkZhtmw8A4dIuCy0fdIg6o/s320/Picture4%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">This mobius was made for the Convergence Fashion Show 1996, I had a dress made of the same chinelle and gold thread fabric. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">This vest was machine sewn tfrom left over pieces of fabric and I used a thin product called "Seams Great" to protect the edges of the cut fabric.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The various pieces allowed me to make a notched collar and tuxedo tails in back. It has a typical folded hem plus a small side insert as the leftover pieces were not quite wide enough for ease. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ94kGA6dM2L4Fyefkw-KWdoVeZHP94KHgWc9md-KvB5zmoUf2r6UhkLrchzXknJq-P-FGI8qth6MSij4syBA3pdyZ88Dl8PlBWWazTSCjaS-sUeA8KS7neAS0aUOkbBAAwSgDq4QUnL51fzC2fULVHmTSU5ZT0L8QE0PYylm_ErUnIL-J37iUcQOiqKk/s555/Picture3.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="555" data-original-width="416" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ94kGA6dM2L4Fyefkw-KWdoVeZHP94KHgWc9md-KvB5zmoUf2r6UhkLrchzXknJq-P-FGI8qth6MSij4syBA3pdyZ88Dl8PlBWWazTSCjaS-sUeA8KS7neAS0aUOkbBAAwSgDq4QUnL51fzC2fULVHmTSU5ZT0L8QE0PYylm_ErUnIL-J37iUcQOiqKk/w240-h320/Picture3.png" width="240" /></a></div><div>The small side panels should also be considered when you need more width in the body of the vest but that size would make the collar way too large and floppy.</div><div><br /></div><div>It was dramatic and appropriate for my first and only Convergence Fashion Show runway outfit. </div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I have now created four different but similar mobius vests. Be sure to check each out if you have missed any of them. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Nov 2022 has the first two a long dark one and a short gray one.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Oct 2017 has the one I call my orgami mobius vest since it has four folds, and includes small pockets.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This one Jan 2024 explains my favorite edging on the first long vest and has my tuxedo style mobius vest.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
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difficult!</b> </span></p></blockquote><p>None of this was going well. I couldn’t keep my wheel
going in one direction. </p><p>My husband sat down and showed me that if I just
thought of tapping my foot, like to music in 3/4 time, one, two, three,
it would be easy. But music rhythm did not come
easy to me either, even with years of accordian lessons, back in the Lawarence Welk days..</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I snapped, “Get off my wheel and don’t touch it again.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not my best moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A very gloomy start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, I thought, I need to get this, it's kind of
like riding a bike, also not my specialty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did know that managing the rotation of the wheel was going to be my first big challenge, hand and finger fine moter coordination seemed so much easier. </p><p class="MsoNormal">I started in earnest, treadling so the wheel went slow enough but didn't reverse directions. I treadled while watching TV. I treadled while reading
magazines or bedtime stories to my children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I understood I needed to get beyond thinking about the treadling but to
a place where I could just trust my foot and leg to know how hard to push so I got a full rotation and how often so the flyer would go at a reasonable speed as I learned to spin. </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I even attached a kid's block with rubber bands to make </b></span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><b> <span style="font-size: medium;">the footman come to the top.<span> </span></span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I practiced treadling while I taught myself how to hand
card.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At one point I was amongst a large
group of hand spinners treadling and carding, but not yet spinning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone there was worried, not because I was
so slow in learning, but because a local newspaper reporter was going to visit
with a photographer for a human-interest story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They made me promise to get up and go into the kitchen the whole time
the reporter was there, as surely it would be </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>a photo of me being so effiecent "carding and
treadling" at the same time</b> </p><p class="MsoNormal">that it would land in the newspaper, confusing the public on how you
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<p class="MsoNormal">Finally, after a full month of treadling I could finally trust my foot
to do what needed to be done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I actually began to
spin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">So don’t despair if treadling and
keeping the rotation smooth is difficult.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If I could learn this, so can you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Just practice the rhythm of treadling, going for slow and smooth, the
faster your foot goes the faster your hands will have to move to keep up.<o:p></o:p></p>patsyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16658410118993053898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082834381440396197.post-68459952942428974172023-02-14T20:05:00.001-05:002023-12-01T15:54:13.003-05:00Fixing a yarn that has been washed and set.<p> <b>Q</b> - Can you change a yarn even though it is already spun, plied, washed and set?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FdF-JB65HxA" width="320" youtube-src-id="FdF-JB65HxA"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" dir="rtl" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">A</b><span style="text-align: left;"> - Above is a video of the most important part of correcting a yarn </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here below is a step by step how to that you can read and work your way through. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Starting with the pink and blue silk yarns that I had hoped to use together but after I started crocheting, I realized that I had spun the blueish one softer and with larger slubs that showed up during the plying. The two were not going to work together. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Changing a yarn isn't fast, nor is it guaranteed but if the fiber is precious or expensive like silk, it may well be worth your time. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="1637" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCKHKSQJlqdY4FqxF68eevcW_YNb9VvASJ4f10yO7TKB_1nKahAarOkw8ODCmoijt49J4vVzCG3qujWHGiEUtmvIW8yPXQ8DLTdsyt9XoYokQAXNMu6K4gbGEuybSsfNY6WhmZuY-UNVvjyj97l9EqRrq2mBXZiwzKVNtaByjcC0n2SUzcWvjt5mqR/w344-h123/Screenshot_20230208_141126_Gallery.jpg" width="344" /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To change or fix a yarn you need to realize your options:</div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 40px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A - You can <b>relax tight plying</b> by removing some of the plying twist.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">B - You can <b>unply</b> a plied yarn to use as a single or reply with more plies or a different yarn. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">C - You can unply the yarn and <b>draft the single thinner, </b>you CANNOT DRAFT IT THICKER </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">D - You can r<b>emove some twist from a single that was overspun</b>, which may allow the yarn to puff up more andlook thicker, but that is difficult to do evenly. </div></div></blockquote><p>Since this was a small ball of plied silk I choose to remedy the yarn with option C. </p><p><b>First</b>, I treadle the yarn onto a bobbin with the flyer going <b>Z</b> to remove the <b>S</b>-ply and passing it in when just as it looks like the ply has been removed. I started with the folded end since it had been plied as a ball and I didn't want to cut it.</p><p><b>Second</b>, while still on the flyer and hanging out the orifice, I split the plys and wound one end on each hand, starting around two fingers . When it starts to build I add a third finger and wind more, then I can remove a finger to keep it from getting too tight. It's an odd little hand dance, that will end with two small balls still connected. </p><p>If it had been a larger yarn I have used a second spinning wheel with a tight takeup to wind one ply and use a ball winder for the other. Or my preference when I can lock up all cats, dogs and toddlers, I have simply pulled the plys apart and let them fall in a puddle one on each side of my chair. As long as nobody messes with each puddle the ends will be on top. If it was plied from a large ball you will be better off breaking the two sections apart, so you don't disturb the puddles.</p><p>As you are pulling it apart there will be areas where you probably went too far with the <b>Z</b> twist, or didn't quite do enough, but with the yarn still in the flyer you should be able to turn the flyer a few times to remedy those situations.</p><p><b>Third,</b> now you need to correct your original problem. <i><b>My problem was too soft twist and too large slubs</b>. </i></p><p><b>My set up</b>: </p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>I set up my mini spinner on a slow <b>Z</b> speed but a slightly stronger takeup since I only needed a bit more twist. </li><li>I put the yarn balls into a zip bag mostly closed so they would not be rolling around the floor to be chased by a kitty. </li><li>After joining the end of the yarn to leader I sat about 4 feet away. The extra space allowed me to see a slub coming and to work it out before it got the extra twist. </li></ol><b>Reducing slubs:</b> I watched as the yarn went though my hands and if I saw a slub coming I placed my hands more than a fiber length apart at the slub. Quickly, both hands were reversing the orignal Z twist until I saw untwisted fibers then I drafted just enough to smooth down the slub. A quick release of the held back twist and I could move the yarn into the orifice and watch for the next slub. <div><p></p><p>All that remained was to re-ply the yarn and re-set the twist. Now I think the yarns will crochet well together to make narrow neck scarf to match this lovely square woven silk shawl that the yarns are sitting on. Stay tuned for the finished scarf.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMeKEvbJXtOV1hK_bnZNMFhm80iEY-SY7tfyVfZzbHv9LNeeZ4Gww4cyihX5aDF8_OfI5yMKisfNI6u2_tf0PIQz-1LZXVaO5yBMWTHXzh2rv8mqXkT9kiL3lArwZ8DN0rYJFvCnyCc0KlrahnOGpoq53OPOqxQ8Vrd65VLHhLMpxmC1Yj9x0dQrc2/s320/20230208_134715.jpg" width="320" /></div><p></p><p>This shawl was a precious buy when we visited relatives in Germany in 1989. The cousin's wife took me to a weavers studio and where I admired all of her work, but we had a hugh language barrier. The cousin bought a silk shawl for herself. After we were back at her house, her husband was able to expain how much it had cost. "Oh my! Please", I said, "Can you take me back as I also need to buy one." I have loved it ever since. </p><p>2/14/23</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /><br /><div class="RY3tic" data-latest-bg="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSHN1w9UUhBG54py2_GDDcETgJ90kd59Qs9Od_p6_9roYKLUQ_p-AWPlTTngZ1a1oXtvSaz6x2qxEoGHz5V-ckaOI86rFJXqZ71hADu5ACrbMK0F39Y_yNbM5OEc5qNxiHViZWkBg71rU/w524-h189-no/?authuser=0" style="background-image: url("https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSHN1w9UUhBG54py2_GDDcETgJ90kd59Qs9Od_p6_9roYKLUQ_p-AWPlTTngZ1a1oXtvSaz6x2qxEoGHz5V-ckaOI86rFJXqZ71hADu5ACrbMK0F39Y_yNbM5OEc5qNxiHViZWkBg71rU/w524-h189-no/?authuser=0"), url("https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSHN1w9UUhBG54py2_GDDcETgJ90kd59Qs9Od_p6_9roYKLUQ_p-AWPlTTngZ1a1oXtvSaz6x2qxEoGHz5V-ckaOI86rFJXqZ71hADu5ACrbMK0F39Y_yNbM5OEc5qNxiHViZWkBg71rU/w72-h26-k-rw-no/?authuser=0"); opacity: 1;"><div aria-hidden="true" class="eGiHwc"></div><div aria-hidden="true" class="KYCEmd"></div></div><div class="RY3tic" data-latest-bg="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSHN1w9UUhBG54py2_GDDcETgJ90kd59Qs9Od_p6_9roYKLUQ_p-AWPlTTngZ1a1oXtvSaz6x2qxEoGHz5V-ckaOI86rFJXqZ71hADu5ACrbMK0F39Y_yNbM5OEc5qNxiHViZWkBg71rU/w524-h189-no/?authuser=0" style="background-image: url("https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSHN1w9UUhBG54py2_GDDcETgJ90kd59Qs9Od_p6_9roYKLUQ_p-AWPlTTngZ1a1oXtvSaz6x2qxEoGHz5V-ckaOI86rFJXqZ71hADu5ACrbMK0F39Y_yNbM5OEc5qNxiHViZWkBg71rU/w524-h189-no/?authuser=0"), url("https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSHN1w9UUhBG54py2_GDDcETgJ90kd59Qs9Od_p6_9roYKLUQ_p-AWPlTTngZ1a1oXtvSaz6x2qxEoGHz5V-ckaOI86rFJXqZ71hADu5ACrbMK0F39Y_yNbM5OEc5qNxiHViZWkBg71rU/w72-h26-k-rw-no/?authuser=0"); opacity: 1;"><div aria-hidden="true" class="eGiHwc"></div><div aria-hidden="true" class="KYCEmd"></div></div><p><a aria-label="Photo - Landscape - Feb 8, 2023, 2:11:26 PM" class="p137Zd" href="https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipMp5eCrUCJJu_AoyLGmddoDqfbYYmH6oYdmG3Rc" jsaction="click:eQuaEb;focus:AHmuwe; blur:O22p3e;" tabindex="0"></a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>patsyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16658410118993053898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082834381440396197.post-49490199857288609202022-12-05T13:46:00.007-05:002023-12-01T15:58:46.656-05:00How Do You Wash/Scour Yarn Without Tangling - Part 2<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fb6b0264-7fff-18f8-6f2d-d0db239d523a"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">If you have wound your skein on your
niddy-noddy, be sure to tie it on several sides. After your skein is tied in at least 3 if not
4 places, slip the skein off the niddy-noddy. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: 3pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline-block; height: 294px; overflow: hidden; width: 173px;"><img height="294" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/FS1p-0uJo27pqol-QavesIrHYh6cEIlRMph0j0ATjjXmbKwiMsswdrGFHol4T9D5t64lt4nRc7UsyP3JRqeXw_E33YXa7rdKOa6MQeGWDF1CTckAHm9yM0R7XZAYEuEDcAvOqAF3XqR6SnIUUM4aRM_yk6uM7bUfwbe7HMKxvtWAtaBpL-x4XO8ekLHWeQ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="173" /></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: 3pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline-block; height: 139px; overflow: hidden; width: 230px;"><img height="139" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/4WH7y0-DOAsd0XW65o-B7Kq5SdEMkVtb3UASU7lEHF59XRLrSzik3fhe1RsPXPvSrG5wJ0GCq1tI9f_-ZEQq2Avl1vQ3JIZnBX4pKDz60nX8lrzVxsTqddbhWHqgDbBk0gNCCPaIs72TllY3YkFGr8LuTi8tf_nPCBnyYiUGWWrCheFFMPnobO1KHP9amw" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="230" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a1ea69b1-7fff-d957-11d4-66540e7908e0" style="font-weight: normal;"></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Some
niddy-noddies have a small peg holding the arm in place when it is removed the
arm slides down an inch or so. I recommend tying the peg to the main post
of the niddy-noddy to avoid losing the important little peg. Some
nidddy-noddys will have one arm without a tip making that arm easier to slide
off first.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; white-space: pre;"> </span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: 3pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline-block; height: 112px; overflow: hidden; width: 219px;"><img height="112" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/AWOlWtRyX_lF1ImtL-PIimnjsqUeVbERybNvW35-_v4Ncc15fRbKPajk_u2fOe5I6A4XzVPF2DZMFIcdJa6Hj-2913nB9tAcRBSdNms-EUhkF2M-GMICp4BkD5sMPMfVZe8UyqlTEgUvd8UREoj71oq7PTHj0S8WA8_lw5td9o8CRfG_ANzXGP_ydlAO4w" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="219" /></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: 3pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline-block; height: 178px; overflow: hidden; width: 179px;"><img height="178" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/YZU9tw-w2NHr6ym5hB-rIAaEA-0Vnnoponz8D_dqiFCxr97TSq7pxxzumTYtdzNVZEB9rQhx8zPt1-TurTqf2Eqh6NkgycLCKZeSR-uwAhypSOxx0EkmGpybVbGjLHZaAf2ESMbURHpch-bB4AGskcVH1ReuNQYFbXKnaRzF40e14gnNUCZI4g-p2RQ_bA" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="179" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Next,
I twist the skein between my hands a few times and put the two loop ends
together, let the yarn rotate a few times to make a soft twisted skein. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Lastly, I loosely tie the two loop ends
together, with different color yarn or string. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The last tie keeps the twisted skein from
pulling apart as it is being washed and then tangling. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">If I’m near a kitchen I use Dawn or other dish
detergent for washing. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">If I’m at a hotel
or guest house I will use a shampoo. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">If
I’m down in my studio I will use Orvus. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Usually all you need is just a drop of any of
these and lukewarm water. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Unless you
spun in the grease, which means use the hottest water you have and enough
detergent that the water feels slippery.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: 3pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline-block; height: 173px; overflow: hidden; width: 197px;"><img height="173" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/XCGetpW4E9Il2oaKAXLD0e_1LJ7aJaZgApdLOthlCiKHtucesw08ynktHULGUwN4mH72MqhHTXA9NQn3vh_299nf-9s8yZrhsehrJhzjeTAMvFcB-3DmoxSQ5e7Gk0nnw26AwTjxfpHZkhWBmbxTn2hdnZ0GH9xR5E0zTe7kAonPHooUm8RN4AtuDFVfbA" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="197" /></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: 3pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline-block; height: 170px; overflow: hidden; width: 221px;"><img height="170" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/ErLrBLAX-nHUqMoTYVz_aCeO8GDd858yv0rzwc3TYx4Hm3doCMefkYLl80v-Sh4J3pPBJWzkLWW5m3nEEVtCTw7MGNadKogL1mDkflRgMCUgK_a9c1ChPxsEzaR8WUSn93Dt3wc2CHA_YaBYaCohRAHHQ5UlsP_Ey1819-KyPENygsVMNPSNNv6NIU-ULA" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="221" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">After
rinsing and pressing out the water, your skein will probably be a lightly
twisted, open circle, still tied but not tangled at all. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I’m a firm believer in standing on my wrapped
skein to press out the water.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: 3pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline-block; height: 152px; overflow: hidden; width: 223px;"><img height="152" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/iJ3XPKm6APoQ_-lTygEaFriFSnnrDrNZlov6t682XIqeOmPJjEiZcZoTJYhmJ8Cu3Mf5VOaGqTj84HuGZJu1JfmCeQaPO3LjpThmU3Hocth8A0RTSplLAsLBUQpx9Q1aLQbg5l65Qzm8fOL6OwFrQkC2tpLLizN41UZqi3-griPdq41dmuUd9nwUv13_Yw" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="223" /></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: 3pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline-block; height: 151px; overflow: hidden; width: 196px;"><img height="151" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/ULJ74oyc-6x4nPlSzuEGbuoVrFJiIuSMbRHwDAlUzWQQ1bR3D0Obgs2gUShIma0rUrY1aNpIoB4Y-XV8iUG8cDt-8ohYkPCpGfmP0g9Ij3foSj9YhQqaSIsR0sdt6FQ-HuAO7NxtmQkjj2Nr1qBdpFnMvH0sbMzyC-c1KJAcbgLu9uPz6G07X0Lu701AGQ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="196" /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Now
remove the last tie holding the loops together, put both hands/arms inside and
snap the skein back open. Drape
somewhere to dry before untying the 4 skein ties. Here the skein hangs on my loom lamp.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: 3pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline-block; height: 317px; overflow: hidden; width: 253px;"><img height="317" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0m4K8dx4vBvJGH24IXQktK4oqsgUkOE26UbKeb6jc2KBTvkYr55uEN-TBp6PcflliRfTOAF6-Mvva0rvxJsjjiV6M5ydTMWHVdVP4K3gJ0W8wul2JgVyZ482THi2Ntn5mXLwF0MbpSNmdmbQOMkOCxEAT8-xaXJb0-YTm4KhQajvZq74D4cjRYdsVrzHfw" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="253" /></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">This
very old tool is referenced online at </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3082834381440396197/4949019985728860920#"><span cc="" color:="" new="" roman="" serif="" style="font-family: "; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;" times="">https://nzspinningwheels.wordpress.com/niddy-noddies-through-the-ages/</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">, from </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3082834381440396197/4949019985728860920#"><i><span color:="" f3647="" new="" roman="" serif="" style="font-family: "; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;" times="">Creative Fibre</span></i></a><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"> vol. 18 no. 4,
March 2016).</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">In the article it <i>mentions two women being
buried with textile tools, including niddy-noddies, in 834 CE in Norway. </i>Think of your own spinning ancestors using
a tool much like the one in your hands today.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div></span></div><p></p>patsyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16658410118993053898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082834381440396197.post-21127316604015560992022-12-04T18:47:00.002-05:002022-12-05T13:48:56.674-05:00How Do You Wash/Scour Yarn Without Tangling - Part 1<p><span style="border: 3pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline-block; height: 233px; overflow: hidden; width: 267px;"><img height="233" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/bkSJ5dMEvcDWnvxfQG_Erl1MRlmhAcxMzPgz9viA5ERFtukL_a-xFBJRK72PKpTbp_fHydxR_LdcryIhEBm5j_iailPDjeLeqTFYzVDLrw5sr7P1NYx28GlM86KsvWG2yM5yZ-DbwE9cFXx1nvplA1PN72g16H-1Gzt3Akvv3hHs5wmmh6W9nSwZHxfDYw" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="267" /></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-8baf2c8f-7fff-6fd1-4feb-cf6c98c6f8f3"><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">No matter how much you spend, a niddy-noddy is the best tool for preparing a skein for washing without tangling. <span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A niddy-noddy, one of the simplest and most useful tools for spinners. It can be a fancy turned, or a very plain wooden tool, or even economically made of PVC plumbing tees and easy to cut pipe. There isn’t a standard size for niddy-noddies. I happen to have six all different sizes. </span><p></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It looks somewhat like a capital </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">I</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">,</span> with one of the short ends turned 90 degrees compared to the other end. Since it is 3 dimensional, in sketches or photos someone unfamiliar can be very confused at what they are looking at or how it could be useful. It is used for winding a skein a off your spinning wheel bobbin, before washing/scouring. </span><span style="border: 3pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline-block; height: 241px; overflow: hidden; width: 277px;"><img height="241" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/mOciATME2gJ3oXbEpdFOYYj5xesyMqyxlWcAb_RW5UOmiX7c1E9O6gccmKlteBDNnCC7MVOj1vCJI3ULvDm42GOeN7X3HT0dwYHtoGbKIZ9QnVbjFb6c459QuVMT3YX2d5ysfsWD_x4elQc-9i6gqPxUcNz2HrbOhoz5SThvAAYasuaVJAskHgrXGjiLZg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="277" /></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I tie a simple loop at the end of my yarn, slip it on one of the arms of the niddy-noddy, then hold the tool by the long bar in the middle and zig zag up and down as I go around the four ends to make a one wrap around the tool. </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="border: 3pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline-block; height: 285px; overflow: hidden; width: 285px;"><img height="285" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/rGMpj9faGHQNkf0HgmDL4rpVohpYjf7RNV9VhPoREtHCLlOZZVhh2ITfTeU8fzzb1zVBeqb0ge7YR6LN60mXBLo2ROjKVKv2lkI4d4A1dGiwVS61unYHLH1xQfo2NOitHvoWqpYeACyyAt6oAkPreh1mkpN5B_wVCP_6XlSh1-envteY-lfHeXVFOZNdNw" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="285" /></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Tip and turn your wrist to reach all the ends. This photo shows that I have gone around three arms and the next arm will be back at the start by my first loop. Continue winding following the path of the original wrap until your bobbin is empty. Some say part of the the name comes from the nodding motion that the tool does as it is tipped and tilted. My left hand stays in the same position the whole time. </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="border: 3pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline-block; height: 231px; overflow: hidden; width: 292px;"><img height="231" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/0Vg26LMi8GfWSH3c_7CQOf0DhaxsQEem9213g39oHpvc7ntQh8vXY1tvSPUEhYn1BvIoZk1OkmjjxUH9u4DdlbXViYKnIba5dyUFnXd2qQZxrh_Ozii6OiDmQdc0a-QYOuxAAJdXZ2X8bqzOz4CAqHUN_0bDjWFhpjSM6EsLTFUFNiHkdNbZmSXSSYFF1g" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="292" /></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You now have a skein on the niddy-noddy, but before you remove it, I recommend tying the skein in 4 places loosely. You can set it sideways on a flat surface to do this. </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: 3pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline-block; height: 298px; overflow: hidden; width: 298px;"><img height="298" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/H99CQmWxSI9Crfxeb8-uHZcw6brYYLdyeFF7SZ4dhukwZ96-IMYIlBUgtgU1i4DTfuFDr4-EQqX73paa-W_S7yeGHZ8baUIlIJBu3dzukHyT-rLFiQ2174j4g2B92D6v453VqnrHqvKV3DfsaJz0jhtLAKI2v0fP4oaTiL716PbS5Q2aw4-R-a8vKs3wHQ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="298" /></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: 3pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline-block; height: 299px; overflow: hidden; width: 299px;"><img height="299" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/tH5lcfDZR7M1WMbWzkCfYEHB5DAjTuJWERWvDgbJdBoMoqDnuRKHf24fm7i1gDG5PWNLAcYoWP4JIhP5n1zn9ptLMrvMLDaTIZoIa27Rh6GPJANAF8AYQ9_JqtBFO9COKsYp95t3hDCqezO5NPPDbwrD7YwtXruPrZ-CG6Wi1Vdkf9sFYNLYk60jLhAcqw" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="267" /></span></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-8baf2c8f-7fff-6fd1-4feb-cf6c98c6f8f3"><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I usually do a self-tie by removing the last wrap, then making 4 loose half-hitch knots, one on each side, as I continue around the niddy-noddy. For my own sanity I make the last knot a double hitch. This way I always know which is the first knot I have to open when I’m going to use the yarn or make a ball of yarn after scouring. </span></p></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><p></p> patsyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16658410118993053898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082834381440396197.post-64591377805992929982022-11-29T16:15:00.005-05:002023-12-01T16:47:33.133-05:00Throw-back Thursday, WOW!A few years back, I had a curious pm on my Facebook page. <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3XrXr7xOnHp5YI_Rih79udK7ZfwHeQlSFvGT6OgEmXax9WIt5XwQYJ0SjTIsdc23LwdoazlATXfNVw7wnicEJqGwoXrocZQbW0zhBnJo9OTxm3LxVg9MH0NhItpI9Ctix1PJp72CWSGp/s1600/20181222_153405.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="958" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3XrXr7xOnHp5YI_Rih79udK7ZfwHeQlSFvGT6OgEmXax9WIt5XwQYJ0SjTIsdc23LwdoazlATXfNVw7wnicEJqGwoXrocZQbW0zhBnJo9OTxm3LxVg9MH0NhItpI9Ctix1PJp72CWSGp/s320/20181222_153405.jpg" width="191" /></a>Did I live in Plentywood, MT in the 70s? </div><div>Did I teach 1st grade? I think you were my teacher. <span><a name='more'></a></span></div><div><br /></div><div>After answering positively, the writer said she remembered a dress I let the class decorate. Well, I still have it, and here's the photo proof. I don't have a photo of me in it, and it's a wee bit small for me to do a live photo now. </div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Before I gave each child their turn, t I had drawn wavy orange lines so they knew the size of their section. They each wrote their name and drew whatever they wanted. Some decorated multiple sections. It was a class of 25 first graders.<br />
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Then I cut the dress out and stitched it together. I even wore it in a local fashion show. My husband and I were in Plentywood for his internship for Ministry, in 1971-72. At that time the town of Plentywood had about 2500 people, the same as the size of my high school class of 1966, in Wheaton MD.</div><div><br />
The names on the sleeves are Eddy, Wade M, Tim, Cher, Mike, Carolyn, Melody, Richard, and Ray. </div><div>On the top are Mark, Darcy, Ross, Cherl, Valerie, Mike, Tim, and Carolyn. On the front skirt are Wade, Howard, Darcy, Ray, Linda, John, Mark, Tanya, Melody, Michelle, Richard, Lori, Ross, and Tammy. </div><div>On the back skirt are Howard, Carolyn, Eddy, Rollin, Jackie, Linda, Richard, Michelle, Ann, Verlain, and Mike.</div><div>
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<br /></div>patsyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16658410118993053898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082834381440396197.post-1648862000365649892022-11-21T15:46:00.013-05:002024-01-30T22:29:03.252-05:00Creating the Mobius Vest<p><i><span></span></i></p><a name='more'></a><i>I received a request for more information about the long Mobius vest in "How Did I Come to be a Spinner part 2". </i> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVYUfJYyUqI0hHiSDpVbSIgcq2U_kVmUeaId4I-S9u7OSXSWZf3mr5qnlg9v6MrcJEsB61PhSMDxG9QxSQ1RuamEKT7VLaJz1h0B8HuWy2EZsby7EXdo_H1FxlMIlcP3UmdHEB8knHtu6Kt3x54-whTLhErD6kUyHjvrGzx8RdscZsaMj44TfToAS/s2848/DSCF1204.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2848" data-original-width="2136" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVYUfJYyUqI0hHiSDpVbSIgcq2U_kVmUeaId4I-S9u7OSXSWZf3mr5qnlg9v6MrcJEsB61PhSMDxG9QxSQ1RuamEKT7VLaJz1h0B8HuWy2EZsby7EXdo_H1FxlMIlcP3UmdHEB8knHtu6Kt3x54-whTLhErD6kUyHjvrGzx8RdscZsaMj44TfToAS/w109-h145/DSCF1204.jpg" width="109" /></a></div><p>First, I need to mention I prefer multiple warp chains and designing in the reed/heddle when I am warping, which is also known as front to back. <span></span></p> I also love the idea of shading stripes together using the Fibonacci number series. <span></span>This is a simple rigid heddle project. <p></p><p></p><p>Here is a short version of the Mobius vest I made for my sister, worn with the shawl collar that only shows in the front, but not the back view. Follow the white strip on the collar and you see it goes straight down the back by the side seam. This is the magic of the single mobius fold.<span></span></p><!--more--><span><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG8-kpUgzZwF32jCdLP_aSBnhI8T0Xrcc_rLZTS6PCdZ-Nm6ztbEqC-1cOlqHltuRd3YlXH-QAXT8q4UqxH2yUQcBBvYp4Qdrrmfvyyq3iHqdQDYAYYuSAsktUtneqTZm0ONPAZr-QOP5GpKNSA0Un9K-J1f71e6nUiKKAN6zgu44vytz_TETjD_J4/s2241/20181027_194516.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2241" data-original-width="1047" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG8-kpUgzZwF32jCdLP_aSBnhI8T0Xrcc_rLZTS6PCdZ-Nm6ztbEqC-1cOlqHltuRd3YlXH-QAXT8q4UqxH2yUQcBBvYp4Qdrrmfvyyq3iHqdQDYAYYuSAsktUtneqTZm0ONPAZr-QOP5GpKNSA0Un9K-J1f71e6nUiKKAN6zgu44vytz_TETjD_J4/w94-h200/20181027_194516.jpg" width="94" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_22zulLnGYkDAOPGY_Cp9ftEq8wCIi0Rp2HxI1UY7u6Lkqccza4-WoeG9a7h6YA3D5JfHA8J_AID5SJCQD0TGUJMa5MHgkX53hMo48KdhYlZOLFpIQmch_ZH3_QN3Cam_ZGu3Sp2ZWW7KIUYSoPzED3pk5VAiIUgjW9Z7a8OK116OdBM4qjjc9NL/s2684/20181027_194523.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2684" data-original-width="1443" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_22zulLnGYkDAOPGY_Cp9ftEq8wCIi0Rp2HxI1UY7u6Lkqccza4-WoeG9a7h6YA3D5JfHA8J_AID5SJCQD0TGUJMa5MHgkX53hMo48KdhYlZOLFpIQmch_ZH3_QN3Cam_ZGu3Sp2ZWW7KIUYSoPzED3pk5VAiIUgjW9Z7a8OK116OdBM4qjjc9NL/w108-h200/20181027_194523.jpg" width="108" /></a></div>First, this vest is basically two scarf-like lengths of handwoven fabric, whip stitched together partway up the back, and partway up the sides. </div><p></p><p>The width of your two finished pieces of fabric needs to be 1/4 of the hip width where you want the vest to end. It's always best to add an inch or two for ease. It needs to be long enough to go up, over your shoulder, and down to your choice of vest length. I weave it as one very long scarf. </p><p>This piece has a double row of sewing machine stitching on both ends, before I wet finished it, like I do with all of my woven fabrics. I also did a double row of machine stitching across the center so I could cut the lengths apart without raveling. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelSfK5q_Dr7CBenJHH0jwFIaHyBgSCGqTFnhtftmpNjfWy-k6wQXsmI7iAKi25YUtCc8PoDBUJB2JgVD9-3_gSkJxnkeglfdAooBMR14_PKR8NqKR0oltQ2TjfWsDzQqF8Wqkcds7Ts9XX39miY0YvWpwE0sCRkn3aJdbysNmGZ2aStD6yxwdGjdv/s869/20221121_145227.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="814" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelSfK5q_Dr7CBenJHH0jwFIaHyBgSCGqTFnhtftmpNjfWy-k6wQXsmI7iAKi25YUtCc8PoDBUJB2JgVD9-3_gSkJxnkeglfdAooBMR14_PKR8NqKR0oltQ2TjfWsDzQqF8Wqkcds7Ts9XX39miY0YvWpwE0sCRkn3aJdbysNmGZ2aStD6yxwdGjdv/w188-h200/20221121_145227.jpg" width="188" /></a></div>Lay the two pieces side by side and whip stitch the back, center, selvedges together stopping about 3 inches from the back neckline. With the stitched back-section up, fold each end out, one fold on each shoulder for the mobius name. <div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAdb9FALQ8vq0fQwHeOTHkQuVkticsdC6KlHulbmELnHQvkIp55MHuwHuR_iTAHQ2HvWcRejdKj6N3MiDwJlOENGYVP0jvF2BfOcw7FJlH0vYLpS4gvwMp0nfeVVQJy7UXjRle_WvCv0PHvUCfGkqzYm4Vd4FuASpw9Ed6_AyCCxU4iNZQ2GlI7YU/s617/20221121_145300.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="557" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAdb9FALQ8vq0fQwHeOTHkQuVkticsdC6KlHulbmELnHQvkIp55MHuwHuR_iTAHQ2HvWcRejdKj6N3MiDwJlOENGYVP0jvF2BfOcw7FJlH0vYLpS4gvwMp0nfeVVQJy7UXjRle_WvCv0PHvUCfGkqzYm4Vd4FuASpw9Ed6_AyCCxU4iNZQ2GlI7YU/w181-h200/20221121_145300.jpg" width="181" /></a></div><div>Experiment with the angle of the fold on a piece of paper, the closer you are to 45 degrees, the shorter the collar will appear. <div><div><br /></div><div>After you make the shoulder fold you need to put the back underneath, and whip stitch the side selvedges together for a few inches.</div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">These photos show how it looks if you reverse the inside to the outside, it shows a small collar in back with a raglan style cap sleeve in the front.</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhCBSSA7HSQrAT3rOCHH1VLOPS1fOTj8yvAJavHBn5se0QxDTpbs4F4fXO7eP3f3DfG-TeUisev6le9VrylrguG7pzYbzg63sJK20-ppOya_RZtqpwnR0tF1-zRSYa_QZ1ldGYhpKWozzIPeUuEBDQ6su6oKiaY1vq_4i4JIqCK3q0RPa32wybox5s/s3022/20181027_194631.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3022" data-original-width="1817" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhCBSSA7HSQrAT3rOCHH1VLOPS1fOTj8yvAJavHBn5se0QxDTpbs4F4fXO7eP3f3DfG-TeUisev6le9VrylrguG7pzYbzg63sJK20-ppOya_RZtqpwnR0tF1-zRSYa_QZ1ldGYhpKWozzIPeUuEBDQ6su6oKiaY1vq_4i4JIqCK3q0RPa32wybox5s/w120-h200/20181027_194631.jpg" width="120" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vlPLx2c7Xjzj7WXDZJ0NnbknDH7srXqkabIfwNXf3d8CQZBYQrhz7M2aRqu63Xp7Ogp2VjoB_9uK4vR_5LYXLuJCdAPJG2l32S-uce50-_gVEozaMflLry2dKoxXKLVeu23Iy2lkxw37ci4w7uBKI-ScL__trUM82AfAxUU8VbJaLd5XykkhpSKw/s3021/20181027_194619.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3021" data-original-width="1571" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vlPLx2c7Xjzj7WXDZJ0NnbknDH7srXqkabIfwNXf3d8CQZBYQrhz7M2aRqu63Xp7Ogp2VjoB_9uK4vR_5LYXLuJCdAPJG2l32S-uce50-_gVEozaMflLry2dKoxXKLVeu23Iy2lkxw37ci4w7uBKI-ScL__trUM82AfAxUU8VbJaLd5XykkhpSKw/w124-h200/20181027_194619.jpg" width="124" /></a><br /><br /><p></p></div></div></div>patsyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16658410118993053898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082834381440396197.post-18729964455728278112022-11-18T16:44:00.004-05:002024-01-11T19:15:30.392-05:00How Did I Come to be a Spinner - 1981 Part 3<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Clearly I was a seamstress and a weaver, but spinning did not intrigue me in the least. What I didn’t understand was my husband's point of view. He knew </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHvZuUos5ErePgXm6mhXOn4IWfq5YK-wsE0zFe7YxIbhRqGMjzaJIrn4aWdoRRwEInrnIMYSESWWwYDoxP4wu9lDhuOFTZDPVE_TaOMsgCVCb5rja0EO_CiwOMnp8HbswiGgvi2hzWa4ntQ8vNIY0iRbANChCOow_hrsqc3YT_oIObWNvyH90E8F0t/s2848/DSCF1207.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2136" data-original-width="2848" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHvZuUos5ErePgXm6mhXOn4IWfq5YK-wsE0zFe7YxIbhRqGMjzaJIrn4aWdoRRwEInrnIMYSESWWwYDoxP4wu9lDhuOFTZDPVE_TaOMsgCVCb5rja0EO_CiwOMnp8HbswiGgvi2hzWa4ntQ8vNIY0iRbANChCOow_hrsqc3YT_oIObWNvyH90E8F0t/w200-h150/DSCF1207.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-align: right;">1) nothing would keep me from attending this group.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p>2) that I loved textiles. </blockquote><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">3) that I was the only one who didn’t have a spinning wheel. </blockquote><p> Adding those three thoughts together, pooling all his resources, and gift monies from Valentines to Christmas, he ordered an Ashford traditional spinning wheel kit for me. </p><p> Although he loves his little wood shop now, at this point in his life story, wood and kits were very unfamiliar, so he enlisted the help of a good friend to help him to put it together at their log cabin in Rapid City, SD.</p>When finished, they arranged a meal at their place for the presentation. The first thing, I saw was the spinning wheel. <br /><br />Of course, I laughed and sang out “Oh! Phyllis, you have a spinning wheel!” I was ready to tell her about all my friends who were spinners, but she said, <br /><br />“No, Patsy you have a spinning wheel.” <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuW-qSPMHlYB1CuZAtvCV3mCKZ2vkYwdxBldj5bDJOtFN2hjD5DdpuG8oqyf9Yj70BszWTtNcLNxnUeZhf5DWew6x62dRnaZGm5NNdyWoSR1kzQGlyunBhMAzOMJPMZc6T2JR7CquOOg5me3xhoUyjPFJ7c7BC4jqmW9-pI-smAZ1HWQvuAcHjS_yM/s2132/traditional1.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="1809" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuW-qSPMHlYB1CuZAtvCV3mCKZ2vkYwdxBldj5bDJOtFN2hjD5DdpuG8oqyf9Yj70BszWTtNcLNxnUeZhf5DWew6x62dRnaZGm5NNdyWoSR1kzQGlyunBhMAzOMJPMZc6T2JR7CquOOg5me3xhoUyjPFJ7c7BC4jqmW9-pI-smAZ1HWQvuAcHjS_yM/w170-h200/traditional1.JPG" title="Ashford traditional all decked out" width="170" /></a></div><br />As that thought burst through my head, I quickly turned my back, found a “smile” and said, “I guess I’m going to learn to spin.” <br /><br />What in the world had my husband's good intentions got me into. We had a fine meal then took the little wheel home. Back at home, with the Tradional Ashford, I tried remember what went on at our evening get togethers, but I had been weaving and chating. Treadling was difficult. Very difficult! <div><br /></div><div>I still spin on my original Ashford, this is my favorite wheel for spinning flax. Now of course, I have a large herd of wheels, (this photo only shows five of my dozen wheels), so due to the traditional's age she usually stays home. <div><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKAkoSdtA3qC6P8ni52_MBDMgfFioewRBCoDaoRjAg5yCUi9CnlOirdu1Z7QJLbybTp7IvsyYYa9BsfPwbDIBtjehLiNfqRqZEjfZEmJreEfC3Q0wQ-ABVB-WVZceWivRDAPgyccs3R528bSKNwAo8E0oesFuTEgkQjf-f2kLKcRPPRRU-TAXBNz8/s3264/20160524_140943.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKAkoSdtA3qC6P8ni52_MBDMgfFioewRBCoDaoRjAg5yCUi9CnlOirdu1Z7QJLbybTp7IvsyYYa9BsfPwbDIBtjehLiNfqRqZEjfZEmJreEfC3Q0wQ-ABVB-WVZceWivRDAPgyccs3R528bSKNwAo8E0oesFuTEgkQjf-f2kLKcRPPRRU-TAXBNz8/w400-h300/20160524_140943.jpg" title="many wheels" width="400" /></a></div></div>patsyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16658410118993053898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082834381440396197.post-51831641179937196372022-11-16T18:11:00.005-05:002024-01-11T19:14:50.495-05:00How Did I Come to be a Spinner - 1981 Part 2<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28vqHSE3UzObtukuLsl85DjIB5scaw8iR1RY4cL7CzRaPlwRX3cJGGOCAZEYzxJmeoQJeV0GJwctt4Vz3KVw6x-yNQm5msRo0YlvYPxh2tcMnhP5dJpTA-Aq3Baxm8V04cdzVuDy6yi_uDDCXmeXtkVN6NXv9jKqfKnkXQB_mdiFmNzg5mz8cTSiE/s1889/first%20woven%20mat.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1684" data-original-width="1889" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28vqHSE3UzObtukuLsl85DjIB5scaw8iR1RY4cL7CzRaPlwRX3cJGGOCAZEYzxJmeoQJeV0GJwctt4Vz3KVw6x-yNQm5msRo0YlvYPxh2tcMnhP5dJpTA-Aq3Baxm8V04cdzVuDy6yi_uDDCXmeXtkVN6NXv9jKqfKnkXQB_mdiFmNzg5mz8cTSiE/w200-h178/first%20woven%20mat.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> After my husband Rich had finished his seminary degree, we moved to his first ELCA Lutheran parish in Brandon, South Dakota, 1973. <p></p><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div>I took a rigid heddle weaving class<b> </b>in nearby Sioux
Falls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">As an accomplished seamtress,</span> weaving was
nothing short of amazing!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That I could
create cloth, unbelievable!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <b>This colorful little mat was m</b></span><b>y first
night’s weaving</b>, I was only to do an inch, instead I couldn't stop and had to re-warp the loom before next week's class. </div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div><br /></div><div>It's important to note, I started <b>BK</b>, <i>before kids</i>, which meant <b>AK</b>, <i>after kids</i>, weaving progress slowed way down, and the little loom spend more time in a closet than being used.</div><div><br /></div><div>Ten years, two moves, two kids later we were in Rapid City, South Dakota. After my second child. Carl, started running at 10 months, I decided I needed a night out each week. I found a kindred group who happened to be hand spinners, but they would tolerate me
bringing my little loom to our weekly get togethers. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtB6u_KR0SCtQp_VYdBYALZUtJJgRtLmBhjq97lsKpPKeboIdxstdcujeB4CPRxMCMCPQ0FpsLDvvpGtoNdcCn60PSMG8UDSnqtnfMod0cN3BowMYCBmdrhOVT5oF6e8QozXBF_Q-GdYDFnUQW5cTXnMGS-WkKfgebzHmJTsk7Q0909gyu2iWl8_zv/s2116/woven%20vest%20red%20white%20blue.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2116" data-original-width="1821" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtB6u_KR0SCtQp_VYdBYALZUtJJgRtLmBhjq97lsKpPKeboIdxstdcujeB4CPRxMCMCPQ0FpsLDvvpGtoNdcCn60PSMG8UDSnqtnfMod0cN3BowMYCBmdrhOVT5oF6e8QozXBF_Q-GdYDFnUQW5cTXnMGS-WkKfgebzHmJTsk7Q0909gyu2iWl8_zv/w172-h200/woven%20vest%20red%20white%20blue.jpg" width="172" /></a></div><o:p></o:p>At that point in my life, nothing would stop me from the once-a-week meeting, leaving my hubby with the kids and heading to this little group to weave and chat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was weaving more and beginning think of woven cloth like fabric. I began cutting, and sewing my handwoven cloth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a gift it was to get out of the house and be creative again. </div><div><b>1) This short cream and red vest was cut from a lightweight shawl and sewn with hand stitches. </b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAb-hgLVlKCEcK2lFKLR0ByaxIgyDBu4Pa04BRCShvCSJCatBhczBp0bEAnH1W7dDlmIDTBksHax9EUKhMYMkoVE5YImgiwwD_F48JuLDfFSJV6HN8ycR4PaAfq-ZXZpqIkkIuixkloiwhJNX7S_H5M-kiF5hUIjwGeJhORgUpSCc5RQ6gCoQc5RYO/s2848/woven%20mobius%201.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2848" data-original-width="1823" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAb-hgLVlKCEcK2lFKLR0ByaxIgyDBu4Pa04BRCShvCSJCatBhczBp0bEAnH1W7dDlmIDTBksHax9EUKhMYMkoVE5YImgiwwD_F48JuLDfFSJV6HN8ycR4PaAfq-ZXZpqIkkIuixkloiwhJNX7S_H5M-kiF5hUIjwGeJhORgUpSCc5RQ6gCoQc5RYO/w203-h317/woven%20mobius%201.jpg" width="203" /></a></div></div><div>2) <b>The dark red and forest green vest was my first Mobius vest, shaped by one fold on each side. </b> See "Creating the Mobius Vest" for the how-to information. <br /><p></p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVNi7SLGsW6fKawwjLGtl2YKqUUkRmFFZSz46OQX5PaM1YqYawLmmhYP4dMkcQVk6_TJsCUNPzOiSP2IblaB0bkzz7b0uNbD7lbM1kmblFz35c03IZF9KOuyJMm6EcVKjbZE748r2O8G9oppCOstWqg3sLC0W-nK2u4IulBBpJTmWgxjO3EvNvcj5d/s2848/purple%20woven%20combo.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2848" data-original-width="1537" height="421" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVNi7SLGsW6fKawwjLGtl2YKqUUkRmFFZSz46OQX5PaM1YqYawLmmhYP4dMkcQVk6_TJsCUNPzOiSP2IblaB0bkzz7b0uNbD7lbM1kmblFz35c03IZF9KOuyJMm6EcVKjbZE748r2O8G9oppCOstWqg3sLC0W-nK2u4IulBBpJTmWgxjO3EvNvcj5d/w227-h421/purple%20woven%20combo.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><br /></div><div>3) <b>Purple Prairie skirt and vest from cloth woven on my 20” RH loom. First cut and machine sewn. </b> The skirt has multiple panels for front and flounce.</div><div><br /></div><div>I watched the spinners who were progressing slowly, teaching
themselves from the few spinning books on the market in 1981.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> On beautiful weekends </span>we chose to spin/weave in a park. Observers would ask, "What in the world can you do with that yarn?"<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My friends always pointed at me saying, "Look you can weave."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div>However, most seemed to still be
spinning on their first bobbins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Spinning was <i>soooooooo sloooooow</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I knew how long weaving took, to make cloth, cut and
sew, even more time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Starting by spinning the yarn, before weaving, then sewing, seemed like an impossible, or at least ridiculous idea. </div><div><p class="MsoNormal"></p><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div>patsyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16658410118993053898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082834381440396197.post-54219776792993902252022-11-16T13:29:00.004-05:002024-01-11T19:13:56.440-05:00How Did I Come to be a Spinner - 1981 Part 1<p> As many spinners students have
heard me mention, it was not my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just loved textiles, I've always loved the fabric store, and just the feel of any finished garment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4xdMMva0DU9erC0kY67Uj6kWcmuOz5BuADKkP1YfbdlLHt21sXICMX1-AFiEMtq4gWuD0tN_Zsd34l0GHEEDQRMzeM0CGTdIw-Ep3h2-jmojnFjp4-gg-yt453r-BVI3MVG58pwz-qFEnuH_WknXj_KgRdnn2vuATi6CbQpiGC3ari4jvk7ukFfs/s950/Photos%20From%20Skeeter%20045.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="756" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4xdMMva0DU9erC0kY67Uj6kWcmuOz5BuADKkP1YfbdlLHt21sXICMX1-AFiEMtq4gWuD0tN_Zsd34l0GHEEDQRMzeM0CGTdIw-Ep3h2-jmojnFjp4-gg-yt453r-BVI3MVG58pwz-qFEnuH_WknXj_KgRdnn2vuATi6CbQpiGC3ari4jvk7ukFfs/w159-h200/Photos%20From%20Skeeter%20045.jpg" width="159" /></a></div><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Born in North Carolina,</span> in a southern family, my given name is Patsy Sue Goodman. It was always assumed I would know how to sew and would be a mom. I learned to sew early, made my father a button up shirt in fourth grade on the treadle sewing
machine he had electrified.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span><a name='more'></a></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">My reward as a 4th grader was a brand new Necchi sewing machine of my own, which my mother had rights to
anytime she needed it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Later after
sewing everything - drapes, curtains, a boat cover, designing and stitching most of my own
clothing, teaching my little sister how to sew, making all my bridesmaids' dresses, , I finally bought my own machine a
Sears Kenmore machine while in college. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> U</span>nfortunately my mother wouldn’t let me make my own dress, she needed to say she saved to buy my dress. The photo from 1966, shows a tan coat and silk dress, I made as my 12<sup>th</sup> grade Home Economics project. I also took all four years of Home Ec since I was going to be a mom. </p></blockquote>patsyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16658410118993053898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082834381440396197.post-60213015968131381592022-11-13T15:30:00.011-05:002023-12-01T17:56:15.747-05:00Understanding S & Z Twist<p> </p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbq2kwtkehBT4CSwkSCaKKLD6cKDJepGunCFC6zGbhyBiknqsM6sUHbqT6kN_5tMFGVEh8I60AmOQf-NtyPom85pVGjEsiaikRHBvU0kIrGFLHOdr5G5gmQb6ZwxBxzk-ejeQchNtubo/s1393/Z+TWIST.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1393" data-original-width="872" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbq2kwtkehBT4CSwkSCaKKLD6cKDJepGunCFC6zGbhyBiknqsM6sUHbqT6kN_5tMFGVEh8I60AmOQf-NtyPom85pVGjEsiaikRHBvU0kIrGFLHOdr5G5gmQb6ZwxBxzk-ejeQchNtubo/s320/Z+TWIST.jpg" /></a></div>Having the initials <b>P S Z</b>, I offer this hint to my students. Think of how your hand moves when you BEGIN to print a big letter <b>Z</b>, your hand moves to the <b>right</b> in the same direction we read, and the same as the hands on an old-fashioned clock. <span><a name='more'></a></span><div><br /></div><div>So, when you start the drive wheel the same way as you start the letter Z, moving to the right you are making Z twist, like the gray yarn shown here. </div><div><ul><li>Z twist </li><li>Right-hand twist</li><li>The wheel or spindle going clockwise as you look at it </li></ul></div><div>Those terms all describe the same twist direction Z, the "conventional" (but not required) direction for singles. </div><br /><div>Furthermore, when a fiber that was standing straight up is pushed to the right by your hand (starting like the letter Z) you have the <b>forward slash - /</b> and a visual of the slant you look for when trying to identify Z twist in a singles yarn that is already spun. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXV5jNS-nLyMazrPFIW0xy6XacPl9OBwLpCPA7gkQ2vEvk-Mi5sBtUv6bMKe2meEODFHOAhaWYeYW8gc-DrjLjyZv52Bj-Jzt9MSv1UuAH4VwyGLEgj71zehjyG0d1hyphenhyphenZtkq0WmglOhK4/s1430/S+TWIST.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1430" data-original-width="935" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXV5jNS-nLyMazrPFIW0xy6XacPl9OBwLpCPA7gkQ2vEvk-Mi5sBtUv6bMKe2meEODFHOAhaWYeYW8gc-DrjLjyZv52Bj-Jzt9MSv1UuAH4VwyGLEgj71zehjyG0d1hyphenhyphenZtkq0WmglOhK4/w188-h287/S+TWIST.jpg" width="188" /></a></div>Fortunately, it also holds that if you BEGIN to print a large letter <b>S</b>, your hand moves to the <b>left </b>which is backward to reading and clock hands, so it is counterclockwise. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>When you start the wheel by moving it to the left, like the start of the letter S, you are making an S twist, left-hand twist, and counterclockwise twist. And the other good news your fiber visual will be like a <b>back(ward) slash \ </b>and the slant you will see on S spun fibers looks like the twist on the multicolor yarn here. By the way, it is always easier to see on thicker yarn. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Likewise, the above terms are all describing the same S direction, the "conventional" (not required) direction for plying, as shown on the blue control yarn in the lower photo.</div><div><ul><li>S Twist </li><li>Left-hand twist</li><li>The wheel or spindle going counterclockwise as you look at it </li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmPn00pmCWvwZ8zlE-3V4Jvjp2SMHeCPL62J90cm31q0ezI5eKX-2iyQh-ygXnsgP5qRBGGHa4SKxzgD6aRYHxojYh9xuCSlQ78VBk9Ol_6FZ55ikuSm8BQTom4N6nhCmn_Y3Nfn0_7QY/s1490/CONTROL+YARN+S+PLY.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="1071" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmPn00pmCWvwZ8zlE-3V4Jvjp2SMHeCPL62J90cm31q0ezI5eKX-2iyQh-ygXnsgP5qRBGGHa4SKxzgD6aRYHxojYh9xuCSlQ78VBk9Ol_6FZ55ikuSm8BQTom4N6nhCmn_Y3Nfn0_7QY/w144-h200/CONTROL+YARN+S+PLY.jpg" width="144" /></a></div>In textile technology, the correct terms to describe twist are still only Z and S. </div><div><br /></div><div>Incidentally, for me knowing how to identify spinning <b>S & Z</b> was the only way I could tell which slash was which on a computer keyboard when doing computer addresses. </div><div><br /></div><div> Backslash - S \ or Z / - Forward slash. </div><div><br /></div><div>Patsy Sue Zawistoski</div></div>patsyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16658410118993053898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082834381440396197.post-47602156280045235702020-02-04T17:26:00.014-05:002023-12-01T18:31:50.098-05:00Yarn Structure Workshop
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I just finished a first-time workshop named Yarn Structure, at the WGGB, Weavers Guild of Greater Baltimore. As you may guess this combined old and new concepts. It also proved to be a more than two-day workshop squeezed into two days. I'm posting this as a reference for my students and as a reference for those inquiring about my workshop style. <br />
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Here is our first worksheet recipe using <b>different sizes, densities, and tightness</b> in the 2-ply to create a <b>Spiral Yarn</b>. The greater the differences the more dramatic the spiral results.<br />
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Recipe number two jumps into the area I call <b>Illegal Yarn</b>, which also creates a spiral or textured yarn. I use the term illegal when S-plying together one <b>effect Z-ply</b> with one <b>soft S-ply</b>. When the S-plying is done, and the yarn wet set while restricted, not stretched, you get a structurally sound, textured yarn. This is easier for a spinner who tends to spin very softly.<br />
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Recipe number three is the standard <b>Cable Yarn</b>. A classic yarn that every spinner ought to be familiar with. This yarn is created when two plied yarns are plied/cabled together. The cable yarn requires <b>over-plying both plied yarns</b> before it will create the braided cable look.<br />
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Recipe number four is <b>Bouclé Yarn.</b> I love creating this yarn with <b>mohair and hair type wools </b>like Leicester Longwool or Lincoln. I prefer using duel-duty sewing thread for the binders. Of course, if you enjoy spinning very fine, you can easily spin your binders.<br />
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Finally, I added what I call the <b>X-cross yarn</b>. This yarn has the hallmarks of a cable and a bouclé, however, it is a three-ply made with two Z-plies, plied S. Then the <b>S-plied yarn and an S-ply single </b>are put together with Z-plying. <br />
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I also included a reference sheet to keep track of the fibers we used in the workshop. Clearly, it was more than a two-day workshop. Next time I will be more judicious with the time allotted.<br />
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</div>patsyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16658410118993053898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082834381440396197.post-87971210988733023462018-10-08T15:05:00.005-04:002023-12-01T19:06:17.605-05:00Longer Warps on a Rigid Heddle LoomDirect warping a Rigid Heddle-RH can be tiring walking back and forth across a room for a long warp, not to mention keeping everyone out of the way. Here's how to use a warping board to reduce the walking.<br />
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<span><a name='more'></a></span>My warping board is large since I also have a large floor loom. It is a yard across and has 8 pegs on each side for a very long 14-yard warp. Most RH looms won't hold a warp that long, so you could use a smaller 1/2 yard warping board, these usually have enough pegs to do 6 or 8 yards.<br />
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I keep the loom and the warping board to my working edge. This reduces the amount of reaching I need to do. I've already had two rotator cuff surgeries, no need to aggravate my shoulders.<br />
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<br />The pegs that I flattened to the table are for making <b>the cross on warp chains for indirect warping</b>. The crossing of the warp yarns keeps them in order while moving the chain from the warping board to the loom to complete the indirect warping. </div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div>With <b>direct warping the heddle on the RH keeps the yarns in order</b> so there is no need for making the cross on the warp yarns.<br />
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Since I'm doing a direct warping I started as always at the back of the loom tying on to the back bar. Then I pull the loop through the first designated slot on the heddle. Next, I pull the loop all the way across the table to the warping peg that is <b>centered</b> to the loom, that gives me 64 inches. Then I crossed the warping board 2 more times for an additional 72 inches, next I went down one peg to turn around adding 4 more inches. Therefore 64+72+4=140 inches, almost 4 yards.<br />
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Standard table or floor looms and a few RH have the extra beams that you wind the warp and woven cloth onto. The floor loom photo shows the front and cloth beams on my large loom. The purpose of the extra front and back beams that the yarn and cloth go over while weaving is to keep the level of your warp and woven fabric constant.<br />
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On RHs with only one beam the yarn starts higher at the back when the warp beam is wrapped, then the front beam gets higher as the cloth gets woven and wound on the front beam. </div><div><br /></div><div>Check your RH because if it's like mine, one beam at each end, then you have a limit on the recommended amount of warp. If you wind on too much, the thickness of the warp or the finished cloth reduces the shed size when the heddle is in the up position.</div><div><br /></div><div>If the warp is made of very thick yarns, you may not be able to even put the recommended amount of warp on a simple RH.<br />
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Just last November, Rich and I were hiking in NZ for a lovely three weeks and danced at a cousin's wedding at the end of December. Earlier in December, I slipped multiple times halfway up the muddy hill in my backyard. By January I . realized I couldn't do a long draw or move the weaving shuttle to the right, at a visit to my Doctor I learned that I had torn my right rotator cuff and bicep. I opted for a February surgery so I would be healed enough to teach three days in May at Maryland Sheep and Wool. In March, my right knee developed a deep ache that wasn't helped by PT. I wore a heavy brace for preparation and teaching alternating with elevation and an elastic brace. MDSW was very tiring so I made good use of my screened porch when it was over. <br />
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An MRI late May showed Osteonecrosis of the knee. This wasn't arthritis, my right femur was dying. There was no clear answer to why, but this put me in the fast lane for a partial knee replacement at the end of June. Two surgeries in less than six months were very discouraging and left me wondering what had happened. Here, I'm using an ice machine to keep my knee cool after surgery.</div>
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If I had a typical desk job I might have returned to work. But, the doctor encouraged me to cancel my fall workshops to give me ample time for full recuperation. Knowing how often I end up going upstairs and downstairs plus the standing required for preparing, packing, teaching, and unpacking my classes, I reluctantly agreed. Add to that the travel and the walking once I'm on location and I couldn't see any other choice. I also wanted to be fair to my events and guilds so they could have ample time to make the changes. </div>
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I remember in 2003, I managed to travel and teach while in a wheelchair with my broken ankle, but I was 15 years younger, and now know how physically exhausting those workshops were, before, during, and after.</div>
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You've read this far and I still haven't said how I'm doing. In many ways I'm making progress, I can drive now. I'm still doing PT but now we're getting to the hard parts. <br />
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I have been trying to walk in our local park, 3 non-PT days a week. Rich has been ready to walk with me anytime I'm ready. The last time I walked the whole mile by myself, without holding on. My area of Maryland is a very hilly place and I happen to live halfway down a very steep road, which I still can't walk up or down so we drive to the park, which is gorgeous with a gentle hill down and up for practice. Here I am smiling after my first mile.<br />
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I know I have a couple of e-spinning wheels, but I still wanted to work on my original traditional Ashford, my first love. It has double treadle now, and I can spin for about an hour straight. My new knee is achy when I sit properly with my legs down. Standing still quickly gets tiring, Lutheran communion liturgy is about my limit right now. </div>
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My son and his wife hired a nanny for the twins so I could focus on my PT, healing, and writing. I think the article in NZ Ashford's Wheel about spinning and rigid heddle weaving with crepe and cable handspun will be published first. Then you'll have to wait a bit for my next PLY article. I can't say any more at this time but I'm pleased with both.</div>
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I have begun to accept teaching contracts for 2019, so I hope to see many of you at an event next year. Thank you for all your well wishes, thoughts, and prayers. They were and are always appreciated. I know many of my students have traveled this journey with new knees and I have a new appreciation for what they have been through.</div>
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In the Spring Flax 2018 issue, I was fortunate to author two articles and an opinion on the Hot Button question. Twist on Flax and Finishing Flax hold several of my tips for working with flax fibers.<br />
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Other writers filled in the starting and drafting articles. Here is what I would add. I'm a firm believer in spinning from long line strick for the finest flax/linen yarns. I help the student recognize how helpful the distaff is. It becomes your helping hand, your backhand to hold the fibers. This frees your usual backhand to for new tasks. The first task for the back-hand is holding the twist out of the fibers out of while the forward hand dips into the water pot for wet-spinning. The second task is traffic controller, managing unruly fibers only when needed.<br />
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In this video, you will see how my backhand replaces my front hand allowing me to wet my fingers then continue wet spinning my flax. The backhand just holds the twist so it doesn't move further into the fibers until the front hand has time to re-wet.<br />
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I always keep my fibers under control and draft the fibers as they move straight down from the distaff. My favorite style of dressing the distaff is the ponytail.<br />
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A distaff can be created many ways, it is a truly utilitarian tool. Sometimes it was only a peg on the wall near where the spinner sat. Sometimes there was a hole in the chair seat that held the distaff beside the spinner. Sometimes it is a stand-alone tall rack like a coat rack. Many times it is attached to the wheel with a 3 piece arrangement that gives some adjustment to the placement.<br />
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Some of my students like drafting from the middle of the fibers and I recommend tieing both ends of the stick to make a loop. Here you can see how the fork is used to hold the top of the tied fibers. The loop also works very well if you have a short setup.<br />
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Here are a few different stand-alone setups. That you can try. The base can be a Christmas tree stand, a dress form stand, a coat rack, or a music stand. The uprights can be a dowel or even a handle from a broom or "swifer" style cleaning tool. I class I often use a plastic fork taped or rubber banded to the top.<br />
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The far right is a lovely oak basket or birdcage distaff made ars ago by Rick Reeves. If you have someone who can do some woodwork this is a lovely style to try and copy. Start with a small stool, drill so you can attach a long pole. The basket is bent reed.<br />
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Since I prefer to draft from the end of a ponytail, I use it without the basket.<br />
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If you have a Traditional Ashford wheel and your backhand is your right, here are photos of how my holder was shortened so that I could attach it to the wheel upright.<br />
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1. Four squares equal10 inches, the size of the vest fabric for my vest is 10"x 120" plus a bit for ease at the hips.</div>
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5. Turn it over and you are looking at the front with the deep V pocket folds which need a little bit of stitching at the side bottom to keep a lipstick, credit card, and tissue.</div>
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6. Now we will make the collar fold, mine is a long shallow fold. It starts one square above the last fold and ends ten and a half squares away. The fold brings the back side to the top as the shawl collar is shaped. (The exact angle depends on your own shoulders. Start with this amount and adjust to fit.) </div>
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patsyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16658410118993053898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082834381440396197.post-23600874113394866832017-09-07T21:55:00.003-04:002017-10-08T19:10:32.449-04:00CELEBRATE CELLULOSE Especially My Fave FLAXCellulose fibers - flax, in particular, have been in my hands a great deal this summer. I have finished two important articles for the PLY magazine's flax issue. I can't say exactly what the articles are, but I'm very pleased and I have a created a teaser video about the last finishing step that you might need after you scour your yarns. The scouring usually activates the lignins that are part of the fiber creating a very stiff yarn.<br />
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These incredible fibers are obtained from plants, like the seed hair - cotton or the bast fibers; flax, hemp, and ramie. They're perfect for spinning fine and creating beautiful weaving yarns. The first photo has natural and yellow dyed flax plus white ramie yarns shown as skeins and woven into a table mat.<br />
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The earrings are 2-ply handspun flax, which is perfect for any Irish Crochet patterns you might have. I will point out that once flax is spun, it magically becomes linen under your fingertips. <br />
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Cotton yarns are soft and supple. The brown cotton yarns in the third photo are plied with soysilk and knit into a summer scarf. This year we are featuring Sarepta brown cotton fibers from Louisiana. In Cotton classes, I always start students spinning the cotton while still attached to seeds. Then we move into the ginned lint and finally the rovings. <br />
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In most workshops, we have time to do a comparison dyeing to show how the same dye, prep, and concentration change by the fiber involved. Don't forget to bring an apron and rubber gloves.<br />
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Banana fibers, historically called abaca, were stripped from the leaf sheath of a non-edible type of banana plant. Sometimes this fiber was called Manilla Hemp. The banana fiber we'll use is harvested from the entire Banana stalks and leaves left after the plant has finished fruiting. <br />
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Not only are they not wool, they don't act like wool, they don't feel like wool or spin like wool. Sign up today, at Michigan Fiber Festival or Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair.<br />
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<br />patsyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16658410118993053898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082834381440396197.post-13615019705349013132017-07-08T00:11:00.000-04:002017-07-18T22:34:14.804-04:00August Michigan Fiber Festival Mystery<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJZP4pcSrSzklChKsYS1Gj3uHaCl-jwDIXGeVaU4s4hX1BIao-bBq1B-YQrRKpI0MYu6nRF2JsQrCpEEjTf1QZ4LeOTtQ4kykd4ldOUUVvc_XKh_uTR547Y14p0Rc9bbg1nWSsDTucXzr/s1600/06+brown+cotton.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJZP4pcSrSzklChKsYS1Gj3uHaCl-jwDIXGeVaU4s4hX1BIao-bBq1B-YQrRKpI0MYu6nRF2JsQrCpEEjTf1QZ4LeOTtQ4kykd4ldOUUVvc_XKh_uTR547Y14p0Rc9bbg1nWSsDTucXzr/s320/06+brown+cotton.bmp" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Spinning friends, especially Michigan Fiber Festival friends, I need a few more inquiring minds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">This is a very informative fun workshop. I hope you are ready for sleuthing and solving the mysteries of fibers and yarns. You may even have some unlabeled and unknown fibers or yarns in your own stash. Some of us call these <span style="background-color: white; color: #4f4f4f; font-family: "helveticaneuelight" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.375px;">“UBBFYs or “Unidentified Bags or Balls of Fluff or Yarn.”</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">On Friday, which I know is the first shopping day, (but I do give you early shopping time), is the very popular, <b>Handspinning Options for Painted Rovings</b>. This workshop teaches you how to quickly make various yarn styles with that specially painted roving. This allows you to consider which 1, 2, or 3 yarns you want for the project, using very little fiber or time. You'll also gain a better perspective for making or choosing painted roving combinations. </span><br />
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patsyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16658410118993053898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082834381440396197.post-27653109357908430302014-05-13T13:24:00.001-04:002017-07-18T22:13:37.615-04:00May 2014, Shepherds Harvest, MN<div class="MsoNormal">
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patsyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16658410118993053898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082834381440396197.post-56383481626115008182013-11-11T19:05:00.005-05:002022-11-21T16:53:51.121-05:00Can I Keep It? This Wheel Followed Me Home....A large walking wheel now lives with me, another case of a wheel following me home from an event. This time SOAR 2013, St. Charles, IL. I live nearby and my husband drove it home.<br />
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Ever since I learned that my grandmother spun on a walking wheel, taught my aunts to spin, and my mother (the baby of the family) to hand card, I have always wanted a large spindle point wheel. I have and enjoy my 2 charkas, and enjoyed teaching spinning on a walking wheel, but never thought there was quite enough room in our little house. Perhaps there still isn't but the wheel followed me home just the same.<br />
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In my mother's mountain cabin, the spinning pretty much stopped before she was old enough for spinning lessons, the family had become well off enough to purchase "boughten yarn". Then the spinning wheel basically set on the porch unused as the family grew up, out, and down the mountain. It had already left, "had walked away" before someone thought it might be worth keeping. Perhaps it looked like this one. <br />
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I have found myself studying back in my books about wheels. Patricia Baines, <i><b>Spinning Wheels, Spinners & Spinning</b></i>; David Pennington and Michael Taylor, <i><b>Spinning Wheels and Accessories</b></i>; Peter Fowler, <i><b>How to be Owned by an Antique Spinning Wheel</b></i> <b><i>- A Practical Guide</i></b>; and Katy Turner's succinct <i><b>The Legacy of the Great Wheel.</b></i> Oh the joys of having a good library!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Minor's head is the large accelerating whorl</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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I was told that the sellers had bought the wheel a few years back and
understood it to be from the Evanston, IL area. That it might date back
to the 1870's.<br />
I know that I have a Minor's head attachment, for increasing the speed.
This was granted an American patent in 1803 by Amos Minor, and in 1810
the company was creating six to nine thousand a week.<br />
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The Minor's head is now working, after loosening the wooden screws, stabilizing it in the head post, and replacing the band with very fine handspun flax. <br />
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The light weight, great wheel turns easier on the carved cone-shaped post after I tipped the wheel just a bit so the top of the carved cone was level to the world. The wheel spindles are simple and the rim is made of two shaped very thin stripes of oak. <br />
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The adventure has begun. patsyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16658410118993053898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082834381440396197.post-74716448250358332932012-12-07T16:41:00.001-05:002014-05-14T20:47:08.253-04:00Worsted draft video<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzQ2t-dGmeFhEQtHDFNh1y0p3-c0dfAFUki1luQsQHGt-k146scYb39Hmk7a4yAzeHUTQBO-mEYtPqxtaPszg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>This is a <b>video </b>clip illustrating the worsted draft. It looks deceptively simple, rhythmic, smooth, and easy. In many ways it is and in many ways it isn't. Timing, choice of drive speed, choice of the amount of fiber, treadling speed and a comfortable take up make it easy. In the beginning it is a lot to understand so just concentrate on one thing at a time. For now watch the video, watch the rhythm, and listen to the simple instructions then read further to begin to understand exactly what is happening.<br />
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<i>**Side Note** The worsted draft has been called numerous names, short forward draft, supported draft, and inch worm, to name a few. I personally like fingered draft, since you are fingering the twist as it moves into the drafted fibers creating a smoother less fuzzy yarn.</i> <br />
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This draft has two major parts, for the forward hand. I'll describe each separately and try to point out the intricacies of each so that I can answer questions I think you might have. I can't talk fast enough or treadle slow enough to get all the information in while spinning. I would have to talk like the full disclosure guy on the advertisements and still not get it all said. <br />
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<u>First, the back hand</u>, the fiber holding hand, fortunately only has one task, s<b>imply to present fibers for drafting</b>. The grip of this hand is relaxed and gentle, the way you would hold a pet bird so you don't squeeze too tightly. Or think of the way you would hold a sleeping child, so you wouldn't wake them or drop them. <br />
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Start with the yarn taut from the orifice and your hands about 2/3 of a fiber length apart. Get the wheel moving to the <b>right, which is the Z direction</b>. Begin the drafting. As long as your feet are treadling your hands should be moving. If you need to stop your hands, stop your feet first pressing down so the wheel is stopped. <br />
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<u>Part One </u>for the active hand, which is your <b>forward hand</b>. This hand almost never stops moving. This hand uses a <b>firm pinch</b> while the hands move apart and the fibers are drafted to a certain amount. Experience is your biggest teacher here. Look close at the amount I leave to get the twist and then size of my yarn.<br />
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<u>Next Part Two</u>, the forward hand <b>releases the grip just enough to slide on top</b> of the newly drafted fibers until the hands are now about <b>2/3 of the fiber length apart</b>. If you slide until your hands become too close then the next set of fibers will not draft easily. <br />
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<i>The BIG explanation of this Part One:</i> In the video I am also moving newly formed yarn toward the orifice while I'm drafting and moving my hands apart. So I must be aware of two things that are occurring simultaneously. I must <b>move the yarn into the orifice in a timely manner</b>. If it moves in too slowly then it will gain too much twist and begin to <b>"krink" up</b> and resist moving into the orifice. Alas, this compounds itself with the next slow draft. <br />
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The other thing I must be aware of is <b>how many fibers I am leaving in the drafting zone</b>. The most difficult tendency for beginners is to leave too many fibers while moving their hands <b>too slowly</b>. More fibers create a thicker yarn which needs less twist and needs to move quicker into the orifice . Usually this happens because of fear that the fibers will come apart, so the thought is more fibers will be stronger. BAMP!!! Wrong answer! More fibers while the hands are moving slowly is one recipe for the dreaded OVER TWIST.<br />
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The great thing about this drafting style is the stability. Once you have drafted the fibers, if you don't pull the fibers apart, they won't come apart. Usually you should aim toward a thinner yarn, drafting until there are fewer fibers ready to get the twist, as that gives your hands and your feet a better chance to settle into a rhythm. It is actually okay to spin thin on a slow speed. Many historical wheels had only one or two speeds. If the spinner needed more twist they would treadle more since they often didn't have another speed choice.<br />
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Allow yourself to draft a bit fewer fibers and to spin thinner, as you can confidence with this draft. Just remember fewer fibers need a bit more twist to hold them
together. <br />
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<i>The BIG explanation for Part Two:</i> The sliding grip is very important to understand. The tight grip is quickly relaxed so the forward hand slides over the newly drafted fibers <b>toward the back hand</b>. You will feel the twist moving right under your finger tips. The twist
will follow your forward hand if the yarn between your hand and the
orifice is taut. When the wheel is in motion it should always be taut. <br />
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If you don't release the grip enough, as the hands move toward each other, the yarn can be pulled out of the orifice and off of the bobbin. That is the exact opposite of what needs to happen. Unfortunately, another way to get the dreaded OVER TWIST.<br />
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If you release the grip too much then the twist will usually move between your hands. That often allows the twist to grab onto too many fibers and making it difficult to begin drafting the next time.<br />
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The speed of your hands is dictated by the number of fibers and the speed of the flyer. The speed of the flyer comes from the drive whorl chosen and the speed of the treadling.<br />
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But if your drive band is on the slowest - largest drive whorl, the <b>single treadle spinners</b> can count like a waltz, Uh, <b>One,</b> two, three, <b>One</b>, two, three. Here the <b>One</b> is your stronger downward push. <b>Double treadle spinners</b> need to think of a much slower <b>One</b>, two, <b>three</b> four; alternating feet of course.<br />
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When mastered the worsted or fingered draft can be very precise, smooth, and calming. <br />
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<br />PatsyZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14188062074913773163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082834381440396197.post-20215576278735054052011-03-02T16:56:00.001-05:002011-03-07T13:27:10.701-05:00Wet Fingers & Flax Drafting <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div>Q: I watched the Cotton, Silk, and Flax dvd. It was very interesting and helpful. When you were here, you taught me to use one hand for drafting the flax but in the video you use both hands. Did you discover that it was better with one hand? If so, why?<br />
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A: Yes, I have learned a great deal more about flax since the video was created. I find I prefer my yarns that have been spun with much wetter hands and more twist than I was using at that time of the DVD. I try to keep my wet forward hand on the point of twist, (that place where the twist ends and unspun fiber begins), so that I can finger in as many fibers as possible. Wet-spinning the extra twist makes the yarn shinier and less apt to get fuzzy as a finished piece. <br />
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This is not the only choice, I have watched other spinners who prefer to alternate their wet hands. However, once the fibers in the drafting zone become wet it is harder to see and guage exactly what is happening. And damp fibers are harder to re-open if that section that has too many or too few fibers. <br />
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Here is the sequence, when I wet-spin flax First I need a towel on my lap and perhaps under my extended legs as I drip water everywhere.<br />
<ol><li>Staying out away from the orifice, I hold the point of twist with my back hand while I wet my finger and thumb of my front hand.</li>
<li>Then I replace my wet hfingers on the point of twist and move back into the drafting mode. The back hand lightly funnels the fibers, but the distaff is actually holding the flax.</li>
<li>Then when my fingers are still damp but no longer wet, I re-place my backhand on the point of twist while I reach forward and wet my front finger and thumb.</li>
</ol>It is rather seamless now that I have repeated it so often. I usually continue to treadle while exchanging hands and wetting my fingers. I also wet my fingers when I am plying. During plying I keep my wet front index finger between the plys and my thumb and middle finger on each side. Since the back hand is tensioning the two plys, I rewet my front hand when I have brought the twist all the way back on the tensioned plys and while I am moving the plied yarn into the orifice. Although I prefer wet-spun yarn, it is easier for new students to start spinning flax with dry fiber so you could see the drafting process and guage how much twist is needed, before beginning to wet-spin flax. <br />
PatsyZPatsyZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14188062074913773163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082834381440396197.post-17364251962549622532011-01-28T20:52:00.001-05:002011-03-08T13:29:18.926-05:00What type of dye do you use?<strong>Q. What type of dye do you use? I have Procion fiber reactive dyes that I use for another purpose, and the instructions say they can be used with wool. I dyed two batches and it seemed to come out okay, but on the various spinning sites I've visited I have seen no mention of Procion dyes.</strong><br />
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A: I use both fiber reactive and acid dyes for my wools. The difference seems to be that if you use the correct amounts of dye, vinegar and heat, the acid dyes can actually exhaust the dye pot so that all of the dye bonds to the fibers. Then the dye pot water will be almost clear.<br />
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However, you can't use acid dyes with any plant fiber, like cotton, flax, hemp or ramie, so I keep both kinds of dyes. If I am traveling and need to dye both animal and plant fibers in the same workshop, I will carry my fiber reactive dyes. They bond to cellulose/plant fibers when an alkaline like washing soda is added and they bond with protein/animal fibers when an acid like vinegar is added. But fiber reactive dyes also bond with the water so the dye pot never exhausts. Traditionalists always insist on acid dyes for protein and fiber reactive for cellulose.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082834381440396197.post-92172586388520347432011-01-28T20:49:00.004-05:002022-11-21T17:23:18.525-05:00Do you have any advice for plying?Do you have any advice for plying? I have started spinning again after leaving the wheel for many, many years. I'm thinking that these first few bobbins of yarn aren't going to be as uniform as I would like, so plying might make a better overall yarn.<br />
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A: Yes plying will usually help an irregular yarn. As far as plying hints go, my simplest recommendation is to ply until the yarn looks good. Of course if you spun Z (clockwise) then you will ply S (counterclockwise). The two parts will nest together and both parts will puff up a bit. If the yarns are under-plied then the two parts, look thready not really nested. If the yarns are over-plied then they both begin to be compressed and get tighter, there will be less definition between the parts. Counting the treadles can help in the consistency but watching closely is best. If you have a double drive wheel then the yarn continues to ply as it is pulled into the orifice. If it is a single drive then you can usually pass the yarn in quickly without adding much plying twist.<br />
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It is also helpful to not pass the yarn all the way into the orifice. Stop when the newly plied yarn still extends about 8 inches from the orifice. With your forward hand pinch that spot while you tension the next length so that both parts are equally taut. Then let the plying twist advance up the new length counting and watching the twist. When it looks sufficient let it wind unto the bobbin.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com