Issue 4, It’s Haunting Me.
There’s no doubt about it, I need to get cracking.
So I like to throw out to the blog readers any requests, or ideas they might have. I think I have Eye on The Industry, but I need a Fiber Spotlight topic. I’ve done Shetland, Alpaca, and soysilk. SO I guess maybe it’s time to do a synthetic? Or maybe a cellulose, like flax or cotton. What would you guys like to read about?
I am still pondering what products I would like to review, and I need to get some knitting done, really bad! I’ve been playing wood shop so much that I haven’t gotten Sheep To Chic or the entrelac shawl done. I need to work on those, perhaps tommorrow I will put a few hours aside for it.
Now is a great time to think about submitting an article. I have taken several that were just blog posts! The writer fleashed them out just a bit, and voila! So think about what you’ve got, and let me know if you have something fibery that you might be willing to share.
On other news, I am STILL waiting to hear from Knitty, which isn’t surprising really, but still killing me. I hate waiting. I am in my goodness refraining from emailing to bug them about it. I guess if they hated it they would have known right off. I have issues with rejection, and besides I would be really happy to post it to S&W so I have a double whammy of the waiting game. I hate waiting.
Tomorrow, I should have enough information to post a picture of Nikki’s prize. I wanted to find out what colors she likes and that sort of thing. I do have several things already picked out to send though, and well, lets just say, that saying goodbye won’t be easy, but I will survive it.
Rosie said,
October 2, 2007 @ 8:42 am
What about bamboo, or the various silks - handkerchief, bells, etc. For a relative newcomer to spinning, all fibres are pretty exciting.
Even the differences between various breeds of Aussie sheep could be useful.
Mary said,
October 2, 2007 @ 3:07 pm
I would love to learn more about flax!
Lilleduck said,
October 2, 2007 @ 4:41 pm
Hi Allena
I’d love to hear more about flax and viscose spinning. I have some viscose fiber at home, I tried blending it with wool but I dont know if I could spin it by it self.
Heidi Kim said,
October 2, 2007 @ 11:22 pm
Hi Allena.
I would like to get more information about cotton and ramie.
Em said,
October 3, 2007 @ 8:09 pm
A spotlight on cotton (so prevalent in today’s world) or flax (the staple of yesteryear) would be very helpful.
If you’re really wanting article submissions, I’ll put on my thinking cap and see what I come up with! There are a few ideas circling around, but I too have issues with rejection, so that’s probably why I haven’t tried yet…
Rachel said,
October 4, 2007 @ 4:34 am
I love reading about recycled sari silk from Nepal!
Toni Friedman said,
October 4, 2007 @ 8:55 pm
Allena Hello,
I read where you are working on an entrelac shawl. I started sampling one at least 3-4 months ago and got only as far as the 3rd tier as I ran into problems. After numerous times of ripping out the work, I folded and wrote the people at Interweave Press with questions of a possible mistake. This is what they wrote back:
“In entrelac, it is assumed that you end every instruction by turning unless the pattern specifically says otherwise. For Scarf Style, we peppered the directions for Lady Eleanor Entrelac with a lot of extra “turns” to reinforce this element of the entrelac technique, but you won’t always find the turns spelled out this explicitly in other entrelac patterns. The general rule of thumb is that you turn at the end of every entrelac row unless the instructions say you should not.”
Well, if anything, this will get me back on the entrelac trail. I hope you return to yours and maybe we can compare notes.
MasadaSpindle
Beth said,
October 5, 2007 @ 12:58 am
I just got some soysilk, bamboo and Karaoke in the shop. I’m experimenting with spinning them. More information on how they are made and spinnign techniques would be good.
Jenny Bakriges will be teaching about these fibers in mid November at my shop but I’m being a little impatient about it all.
But you know, Cotton and Flax would be good too;-)
Michelle said,
October 7, 2007 @ 5:32 pm
I am new enough to spinning that I will learn something whatever you choose to focus on!
Windyridge said,
October 9, 2007 @ 12:54 pm
I just had to comment on that photo of your donkey. He or she is sooooooooooo adorable and with the hat, just precious.
Thanks for the cabbage recipe. I will try it!
tracey in mi said,
October 27, 2007 @ 1:24 pm
silk. I’d love to learn the ropes of preparing and spinning silk- from hankies- preferably as that’s what I have in my stash!