http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/showing-my-bias/ Follow my unending quest to knit up my fiber stash. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:04:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/showing-my-bias/#comment-14345 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:14:35 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/showing-my-bias/#comment-14345 I'm curious how you set your twist. Having just taken a weekend spinning class with Stephenie Gaustad who asserts pretty much the same thing about weaving with singles as warp (and possibly weft as well?), I'm curious what method you used. She had us set the twist over steam from an electric kettle but I haven't yet tried to do anything with that skein of singles (which I only set part of anyway) so I don't know if it would remain unbiased after being fabricated and then washed. I should experiment for myself I guess. I’m curious how you set your twist. Having just taken a weekend spinning class with Stephenie Gaustad who asserts pretty much the same thing about weaving with singles as warp (and possibly weft as well?), I’m curious what method you used. She had us set the twist over steam from an electric kettle but I haven’t yet tried to do anything with that skein of singles (which I only set part of anyway) so I don’t know if it would remain unbiased after being fabricated and then washed. I should experiment for myself I guess.

]]> http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/showing-my-bias/#comment-14309 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:17:58 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/showing-my-bias/#comment-14309 I have to say that last picture is pretty cool, even though it means the yarn isn't of much use. ;-) I have to say that last picture is pretty cool, even though it means the yarn isn’t of much use.

]]> http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/showing-my-bias/#comment-14286 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:44:31 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/showing-my-bias/#comment-14286 Long ago, when I was teaching myself to spin, I put out a single ply, dyed it green with KoolAid, and proceeded to knit a sweater for my young nephew. The whole thing went this way / and I have always plied my yarns since then. Long ago, when I was teaching myself to spin, I put out a single ply, dyed it green with KoolAid, and proceeded to knit a sweater for my young nephew.
The whole thing went this way / and I have always plied my yarns since then.

]]> http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/showing-my-bias/#comment-14280 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:02:26 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/showing-my-bias/#comment-14280 Great! I have a newly spun smallish skein of one ply that I don't want to ply, but rather knit into something to see what it does. It's overspun in spots, underspun in others... maybe 50 yards. I'm thinking a loose scarfy thing, see what happens, or a bowl that I will felt. Wondering what will happen with biased felted fabric.... It's in colors I don't especially like, so I'm leaning to the bowl. Great! I have a newly spun smallish skein of one ply that I don’t want to ply, but rather knit into something to see what it does. It’s overspun in spots, underspun in others… maybe 50 yards. I’m thinking a loose scarfy thing, see what happens, or a bowl that I will felt. Wondering what will happen with biased felted fabric…. It’s in colors I don’t especially like, so I’m leaning to the bowl.

]]> http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/showing-my-bias/#comment-14277 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:59:30 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/showing-my-bias/#comment-14277 Thank you for the visual confirmation of what I always suspected. Thank you for the visual confirmation of what I always suspected.

]]> http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/showing-my-bias/#comment-14274 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:39:03 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/showing-my-bias/#comment-14274 Very interesting! Thanks for the very clear photos. You have been very helpful for a beginning spindler and wanta-be wheel spinner. Very interesting! Thanks for the very clear photos. You have been very helpful for a beginning spindler and wanta-be wheel spinner.

]]> http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/showing-my-bias/#comment-14272 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:43:46 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/showing-my-bias/#comment-14272 I love Heather's comment! Very funny. Thanks for sharing your interesting experiment. I love Heather’s comment! Very funny. Thanks for sharing your interesting experiment.

]]> http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/showing-my-bias/#comment-14271 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:53:08 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/showing-my-bias/#comment-14271 I'm curious how you set the twist in the unbalanced yarn so that it hung straight. Did you weight the skein while it dried? I’m curious how you set the twist in the unbalanced yarn so that it hung straight. Did you weight the skein while it dried?

]]> http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/showing-my-bias/#comment-14270 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:50:25 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/showing-my-bias/#comment-14270 LOL @ Carole. I'll be a willy nilly spinner too. LOL @ Carole. I’ll be a willy nilly spinner too.

]]> http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/showing-my-bias/#comment-14269 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:47:47 +0000 http://knittingasfastasican.com/2008/showing-my-bias/#comment-14269 And the abysmal depths of my ignorance is revealed to me, 'cause I have almost no idea what you're talking about. And the abysmal depths of my ignorance is revealed to me, ’cause I have almost no idea what you’re talking about.

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