tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424570.post116534406986003970..comments2023-12-04T12:07:35.387-08:00Comments on Wovenflame: Relax, It's FineMarlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08670952038534759102noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424570.post-1165438763443331522006-12-06T12:59:00.000-08:002006-12-06T12:59:00.000-08:00Sure Judy, I'd be grateful for any input that migh...Sure <B>Judy</B>, I'd be grateful for any input that might come my way. I find it particularly curious that the first skeins I did a while back hung balanced but produced a very biased knitted swatch. I just don't understand it. I wish I had more time to knit up a swatch of this new one, the one from singles that sat for weeks before plying. That will have to wait until some time after Christmas Marlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08670952038534759102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424570.post-1165435220816126932006-12-06T12:00:00.000-08:002006-12-06T12:00:00.000-08:00Leigh and I both follow the Mabel Ross spinning sy...Leigh and I both follow the Mabel Ross spinning system, well on wheels anyway :-)<BR/>I'm more freeflow on spindles.<BR/>I have asked Leigh if she can think of anything else...<BR/>Would you like me to post on Spindlers and the Online Guild WSD for you? There are some ladies there with a serious amount of spinning years.<BR/><BR/>JudyJudyMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04442868795287209622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424570.post-1165433355359091352006-12-06T11:29:00.000-08:002006-12-06T11:29:00.000-08:00Your so lucky Tygher, to have a husband who shares...Your so lucky <B>Tygher</B>, to have a husband who shares a hobby with you. I've been trying to convince my husband to learn wool combing (which was traditionally a man's job), so that he can be my "supplier". So far he isn't showing any interest though.Marlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08670952038534759102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424570.post-1165431491177562272006-12-06T10:58:00.000-08:002006-12-06T10:58:00.000-08:00Leigh, I purposely left the singles on the bobbin ...<B>Leigh</B>, I <I>purposely</I> left the singles on the bobbin for a while to correct <I>another</I> problem I had had. In my first skeins with this wool they were perfectly balanced and yet for some odd reason a knitted swatch biased quite a lot. That's when Judy suggested I let the singles sit for a while before plying. I haven't tried knitting with this new skein to see if it has corrected Marlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08670952038534759102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424570.post-1165416532558972012006-12-06T06:48:00.000-08:002006-12-06T06:48:00.000-08:00I need to show my husband, who is the spinner in t...I need to show my husband, who is the spinner in this family, this post. He's spun several things and a lot of his yarn has amazing amounts of twist, so maybe this will settle his anxiety about it .. and get him to go ahead and wash the darn stuff so I can play with it!!Tania Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17351618475728982428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424570.post-1165381557105377962006-12-05T21:05:00.000-08:002006-12-05T21:05:00.000-08:00Hi! I followed the link in your comment on the Sp...Hi! I followed the link in your comment on the Spindling Scot's blog. <BR/><BR/>What gorgeously yummy yarn! I do know that when singles sit on the bobbin for awhile, the twist sets somewhat in them. So if you take "stale" singles and let them twist back on themselves, you don't get an accurate picture of how much plying twist you'll need in order to balance the yarn. <BR/><BR/>For singles Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424570.post-1165380102392700872006-12-05T20:41:00.000-08:002006-12-05T20:41:00.000-08:00Oh thank goodness! Look at how gorgeous it turned...Oh thank goodness! Look at how gorgeous it turned out! Smooooooth. <BR/><BR/>I am so taking notes. LOLMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17347145077404812632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424570.post-1165364514413917652006-12-05T16:21:00.000-08:002006-12-05T16:21:00.000-08:00That's amazing, that it smoothed out so much! Goo...That's amazing, that it smoothed out so much! Good for you! See? you did a good job after all. =-)Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05921287383710570315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424570.post-1165351709812676552006-12-05T12:48:00.000-08:002006-12-05T12:48:00.000-08:00Oh Judy, please don't think that I was blaming you...Oh <B>Judy</B>, please don't think that I was blaming you in any way. No, not at all. Just trying to learn through all of this. In my mind all is well that ends well. As long as the finished product is balanced I don't mind one bit if it looks like that fresh off the niddy noddy. A bath did it wonders.<BR/><BR/>So you figure the singles, left to calm over time, then reacted that way to the more Marlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08670952038534759102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424570.post-1165351257572619262006-12-05T12:40:00.000-08:002006-12-05T12:40:00.000-08:00Well I know why it's done it, if that is any use.....Well I know why it's done it, if that is any use....<BR/>Because the original was over spun, then left to relax, the plying now shows more actively, thus curls. <BR/>I often get that on a Navajo warp spun very hard.<BR/>Washing it takes care of it as you have seen.<BR/>Normally if I overspin normal yarn, it is by very little, so the curls don't normally happen. They don't have a chance to as the JudyMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04442868795287209622noreply@blogger.com