Posted on 02/01/2020 10:42:18 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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Crochet hooks, needles, knitting needles, pins etc. All Made in China unless you get the hand turned wooden boutique stuff for like $40/hook. Too spendy for me for sure.
Now that’s a great idea!
Those yarn bowls are spendy but beautiful aren’t they?
If I find a big sack of money...
If they’re hand-made potter, they’re $40 and up!
stitchdiva had some really nifty ones for nearly 100 bux.
I’m clutzy, i’d just drop that. and cry over spilt milk LOL.
I like my yarn to have a tighter twist than most yarn companies make them, so I’ve gotten in the habit of using homemade “yarn sticks”. Basically straight twigs with some kind of branch at each end to keep the yarn from sliding off. I can add the extra twist as I fill the stick, and the yarn stays pretty well without tangling.
At some point I intend to make a stand that holds the yarn sticks. It’ll probably look something like a paper towel dispenser, but for yarn instead.
I’m seriously considering making myself a spinning wheel. I looked at some on the market. A small spinning wheel, made from plywood so cheap it looked like cardboard, was $750!!!!
And this is exactly WHY I never complain about the crazy amount of $$$ Beau spends on hunting and our menagerie of hunting dogs.
You know, in case I WANT a $750 spinning wheel some day. ;)
What’s weird is that the mechanics of it are so simple, I could probably make one out of scraps currently sitting in the garage. I’m seriously tempted to make one out of K’nex or Legos or something and post it online.
I love that ruana! Next to fingerless mittens, shawls/wraps/ruanas are my thing .... then doilies.
I looked at the Amazon link, but did not want to pay for a whole pattern book (even though most folks gave it 5 stars & liked all the patterns) so I got to snooping around online for the ruana.
Great news - the pattern for this ruana can be had as a free download from Lion Brand! You have to have an account (free) & you can download a PDF - here’s the link:
http://www.lionbrand.com/4-ball-ruana-l60088.html
Instead of a big wheel, you can at least start with a drop spindle. I saw one demonstrated at Rainbow Fleece Farm and it was pretty cool!
https://joyofhandspinning.com/spinning-yarn-with-a-drop-spindle/
The 'Margaret' Cowl.
Shell Stitch Infinity Scarf I made ages ago - spruced up with a brooch from Grandma Edith. I'm going to make wearing a brooch on your scarf into a 'thing.' ;)
Mom used a treadle machine for years. I don’t recall much about my childhood, but I do remember when she was pregnant with one of my younger brothers, and she was piecing a quilt. She couldn’t treadle because of her “condition”, so I sat across from her, treadling, while she did the sewing.
And I understand that treadle machines still are the ones that sell the most, as sewers third-world countries use them for industry. (Don’t know if that’s true or not.)
“I’m totally addicted to fabric and quilting.”
Me, too. A smaller room off my quilting room contains my stash, is 10’ x 10’, and we’ve considered turning it into a bathroom. But then what would I do with my fabric?!?
“I had two quilts in Houston this year and two quilts in Road To California.”
It would be fun to enter a quilt show, and I’ve been encouraged to enter a couple in the Hand Quilting category. Even though my hand quilting is very good, the fear of rejection keeps me from entering any contests.
I've done mission trips to 3rd world countries. They do use the treadle machines. Not sure if for industry though. The ones I saw were being used for teaching young women to sew.
This message & pictures were posted on the Iron Dog Group page yesterday:
I will give to any of the racers arriving. I had these for many year's but dont use them as much as i should. Perhaps one will use during next year's races eh? Please let me know when they will be arriving in Kotzebue. Thanks! Safe riding men
Fingerless mittens ... Alaska style (they look pretty good to me!)
We have a gal who lives probably 2 hours away from me - she ‘turns’ wood & makes absolutely gorgeous drop spindles and yarn bowls. It’s all very expensive, but one of these days, if I ever win the lotto, Ill buy a spindle & bowl from her. In the meanwhile, I just like looking at the various woods she uses.
She attends the Fiber Festival I go to and is not only spinning at her booth, but does demonstrations & makes spinning with a drop spindle look so easy. She also spins yarn & knits items to enter into the competition at the Festival - she’s very talented.
https://cynthiawoodspinner.com/
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