Comments on: Spinning for consistency http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=384 Adventures of the only Japanese American handspinning knitter in Southeastern Minnesota! Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:35:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: julia fc http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=384&cpage=1#comment-2159 julia fc Sun, 26 Mar 2006 04:34:06 +0000 http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=384#comment-2159 Thanks for the tip. That's another trick I've picked up from you. My spinning group think I'm some kind of whiz. That bobbin winder thing? My husband is till working on making me one with an old sewing machine foot switch he trash picked. And now I know what to do with old business cards. Thanks for the tip. That’s another trick I’ve picked up from you. My spinning group think I’m some kind of whiz. That bobbin winder thing? My husband is till working on making me one with an old sewing machine foot switch he trash picked. And now I know what to do with old business cards.

]]> By: meowgirl http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=384&cpage=1#comment-2158 meowgirl Sat, 25 Mar 2006 08:14:12 +0000 http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=384#comment-2158 thank you!! your post made me realize i'm so focused on the length of yarn forming between my hands that i leave matching what's on my bobbin to guessing, remembering, and imagining. i love the notion of honing by spinning whatever is on the sample card in front of you, practicing a specific yarn on demand to differentiate what you are able to spin. your spinning is amazing. thanks again for the techniques. thank you!!

your post made me realize i’m so focused on the length of yarn forming between my hands that i leave matching what’s on my bobbin to guessing, remembering, and imagining.

i love the notion of honing by spinning whatever is on the sample card in front of you, practicing a specific yarn on demand to differentiate what you are able to spin.

your spinning is amazing. thanks again for the techniques.

]]> By: Wendy http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=384&cpage=1#comment-2157 Wendy Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:19:07 +0000 http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=384#comment-2157 What a great tutorial! I'm feeling the spinning itch start again.... What a great tutorial! I’m feeling the spinning itch start again….

]]> By: Ma Schaller http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=384&cpage=1#comment-2156 Ma Schaller Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:50:44 +0000 http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=384#comment-2156 Junie Bug, you rule! That pink-y stuff that you spun and had someone else dye just knocks me out. I salute you. -BSchaller Junie Bug, you rule! That pink-y stuff that you spun and had someone else dye just knocks me out. I salute you. -BSchaller

]]> By: Marnie http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=384&cpage=1#comment-2155 Marnie Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:36:19 +0000 http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=384#comment-2155 It is great being able to read your spinning suggestions. I'm still so green that much of it is beyond me but I hope that as I get better, I'll be able to apply your suggestions more and more. It is great being able to read your spinning suggestions. I’m still so green that much of it is beyond me but I hope that as I get better, I’ll be able to apply your suggestions more and more.

]]> By: Angela http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=384&cpage=1#comment-2154 Angela Thu, 23 Mar 2006 22:18:00 +0000 http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=384#comment-2154 Ahhh, thank you June, this will be much easier than eye-balling the other bobbin to see how close I am getting. I guess if I did it on recipe cards I could even keep track of fibre, processing, source etc... Ahhh, thank you June, this will be much easier than eye-balling the other bobbin to see how close I am getting. I guess if I did it on recipe cards I could even keep track of fibre, processing, source etc…

]]> By: Stephanie http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=384&cpage=1#comment-2153 Stephanie Thu, 23 Mar 2006 22:03:52 +0000 http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=384#comment-2153 This is very timely for me. Many thanks! This is very timely for me. Many thanks!

]]> By: Charleen http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=384&cpage=1#comment-2152 Charleen Thu, 23 Mar 2006 20:46:52 +0000 http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=384#comment-2152 In a class I took with Rita, she advised us to compare our freshly spun sample with our standard by feeling, with our eyes closed. She said our touch is more sensitive than our sight. In a class I took with Rita, she advised us to compare our freshly spun sample with our standard by feeling, with our eyes closed. She said our touch is more sensitive than our sight.

]]> By: Cheryl http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=384&cpage=1#comment-2151 Cheryl Thu, 23 Mar 2006 20:40:56 +0000 http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=384#comment-2151 Another great post, June! Thanks for the tip about the cardstock, I'm bringing home a handful of business cards tonight, I think this will help so much. Another great post, June! Thanks for the tip about the cardstock, I’m bringing home a handful of business cards tonight, I think this will help so much.

]]> By: carrie http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=384&cpage=1#comment-2149 carrie Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:05:00 +0000 http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=384#comment-2149 you answered all my questions... I have tried this in the past, I think I just don't check frequently enough. Really I need to spin a lot more, a *lot* more. you answered all my questions… I have tried this in the past, I think I just don’t check frequently enough. Really I need to spin a lot more, a *lot* more.

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