Comments for weekend knitter blog

Comment on Happiness Is by alpacasoup

alpacasoup — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:04:07 +0000

Ohh, pedals shaped like feet! I love it! I had never heard of that wheel, and of course, now I want one!

Comment on You Jelly? by cleo14

cleo14 — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:51:20 +0000

That’s the attitude to have! lol

Comment on You Jelly? by B. Morgan Joy

B. Morgan Joy — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:50:51 +0000

I’m a little bit jam, but Friday was New Wheel Day as my mom bought me a Hitchhiker as an early birthday gift so it’s hard to be too much preserved fruit juices. (Initial impressions: not a silent wheel–but pretty quiet now that I’ve oiled out the random squeaks, bobbins are really tiny and cute compared to my other wheel, so comfy to spin from my couch, not comfortable plying on it yet, VERY fast and light.) I don’t suppose there were any tips for winding about a thousand yards onto a 2-yard niddy noddy without wanting to punch yourself in the face in that workshop, were there?

Comment on You Jelly? by Laurel1215

Laurel1215 — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:45:21 +0000

Amazing, amazing workshop! I learned so much that my head is still spinning (see what I did there?). Oh, to have more hours in a day!

Comment on You Jelly? by Katie

Katie — Mon, 13 May 2013 09:33:32 +0000

Glad to hear your Dads making a recovery! and omg am I Jelly or what??!!!
I am a new spinner and I learnt more from Abby Franquemonts youtube channel than all the other books, websites, and videos I looked at!
Beeeeeautiful spinning… and yes… very very jelly…
xxx

Comment on Happy Endings by itwasjudith

itwasjudith — Mon, 13 May 2013 09:21:56 +0000

just watching the video, she’s great! she’s the one from the workshop in the posts, isn’t she?

Comment on You Jelly? by itwasjudith

itwasjudith — Mon, 13 May 2013 08:21:41 +0000

that’s an interesting trick, definitely love to avoid wasting the yarn… how do you get the strands to “bound together” (sorry for the non-tech term!)? so far, I just put the two strands together without any particular bounding, which then results in a more difficult knitting experience. From what it is said, it looks like there are different techniques to ply the yarn, any hint at some good overview or intro? many thanks for your time and help

Comment on You Jelly? by weekend knitter

weekend knitter — Mon, 13 May 2013 08:14:13 +0000

With a ball winder, you would be plying both ends of the ball. So, the center pull strand and the outside strand would be the beginning and you just ply until the ball is spent (or you want to stop). The best thing about plying that way is there are no leftovers, should you ply the entire ball. I love that. It’s like Andean plying bracelets. Only without the blue fingernails, lol (well, for me anyway).

Comment on You Jelly? by itwasjudith

itwasjudith — Mon, 13 May 2013 08:08:22 +0000

i have a ball winder but will have to figure out how to get threads plied together i have some fine yarn (bought) that I would like to join to make a thicker one…. another thing to look up!

Comment on Happiness Is by itwasjudith

itwasjudith — Mon, 13 May 2013 07:42:04 +0000

thank you i’m curious to see the magic of transforming a woolly cloud into a thread that can be used to create things by knitting, weaving…..