Comments on: Spinning silk hankies http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=560 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: stefaneener http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=560&cpage=1#comment-42821 stefaneener Sun, 27 May 2007 15:43:31 +0000 http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=560#comment-42821 Thanks! That's lovely and good to know. I'm not so wild about the whole "bug" part. Thanks! That’s lovely and good to know. I’m not so wild about the whole “bug” part.

]]> By: Jo http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=560&cpage=1#comment-41280 Jo Fri, 25 May 2007 13:14:38 +0000 http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=560#comment-41280 What a great thing to learn - thank you for posting this! What a great thing to learn – thank you for posting this!

]]> By: Turtlegirl’s Bloggy Thing » It’s So Beautiful I Could Cry! Quick! Get a Hankie! http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=560&cpage=1#comment-41241 Turtlegirl’s Bloggy Thing » It’s So Beautiful I Could Cry! Quick! Get a Hankie! Fri, 25 May 2007 12:29:17 +0000 http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=560#comment-41241 [...] how to spin it?  Well, I found a great tutorial on the TwoSheep blog.  And there’s always the one on Knitty too.  But I think I’ll be [...] [...] how to spin it?  Well, I found a great tutorial on the TwoSheep blog.  And there’s always the one on Knitty too.  But I think I’ll be [...]

]]> By: Fiberjoy http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=560&cpage=1#comment-37648 Fiberjoy Mon, 21 May 2007 16:42:05 +0000 http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=560#comment-37648 Great tutorial; good clear pictures depicting the process. I always draft more as I spin. But it sure does go fast once the hankie is circled into roving. I don't like the nubs that the edges leave. I've never figured a good method of getting them smooth as silk. Great tutorial; good clear pictures depicting the process.

I always draft more as I spin. But it sure does go fast once the hankie is circled into roving. I don’t like the nubs that the edges leave. I’ve never figured a good method of getting them smooth as silk.

]]> By: Julia http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=560&cpage=1#comment-36095 Julia Sat, 19 May 2007 13:27:40 +0000 http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=560#comment-36095 Great tutorial. I'm adding it to the resources section of my links page! Great tutorial. I’m adding it to the resources section of my links page!

]]> By: kitty kitty http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=560&cpage=1#comment-35250 kitty kitty Thu, 17 May 2007 23:57:21 +0000 http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=560#comment-35250 Thank you for the wonderful tutorial. I bought some at MS&W last year but haven't gotten the nerve to spin them yet. The vendor also suggested using baby powder on your hands to work with them. Maybe I will get up the nerve this weekend to try to spin one. Thank you Thank you for the wonderful tutorial. I bought some at MS&W last year but haven’t gotten the nerve to spin them yet. The vendor also suggested using baby powder on your hands to work with them.

Maybe I will get up the nerve this weekend to try to spin one.

Thank you

]]> By: The MBTA, my precious « FemiKnitMafia http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=560&cpage=1#comment-35126 The MBTA, my precious « FemiKnitMafia Thu, 17 May 2007 19:07:04 +0000 http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=560#comment-35126 [...] 17th, 2007 1) After reading about spinning silk hankies on Two Sheep and KnittySpin (via WhipUp), I was itching to leave the office. So I jumped on the train, destined [...] [...] 17th, 2007 1) After reading about spinning silk hankies on Two Sheep and KnittySpin (via WhipUp), I was itching to leave the office. So I jumped on the train, destined [...]

]]> By: Vicki http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=560&cpage=1#comment-35113 Vicki Thu, 17 May 2007 18:36:05 +0000 http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=560#comment-35113 It was great meeting you last Saturday! and seeing your lovely shawls in person. When I spin hankies I like to have a bunch prepared so I don't need to stop while spinning, so I roll each drafted hankie onto a index card and tuck the ends into a couple of slits on the card. Rolling them on makes sure no twist is introduced into the fiber so, if needed, I can draft them a little more while spinning. It was great meeting you last Saturday! and seeing your lovely shawls in person. When I spin hankies I like to have a bunch prepared so I don’t need to stop while spinning, so I roll each drafted hankie onto a index card and tuck the ends into a couple of slits on the card. Rolling them on makes sure no twist is introduced into the fiber so, if needed, I can draft them a little more while spinning.

]]> By: Sylvia http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=560&cpage=1#comment-35078 Sylvia Thu, 17 May 2007 17:13:52 +0000 http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=560#comment-35078 Great photos -- I'd add one step, though. I take the beginning end, from which I pulled, and wrap it around the fingers of my left hand (or a wrist distaff) with a half twist, continuing until I've made a small ball. The last bit pre-drafted is on the outside. Great photos — I’d add one step, though. I take the beginning end, from which I pulled, and wrap it around the fingers of my left hand (or a wrist distaff) with a half twist, continuing until I’ve made a small ball. The last bit pre-drafted is on the outside.

]]> By: vanessa http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=560&cpage=1#comment-34843 vanessa Thu, 17 May 2007 11:22:30 +0000 http://www.twosheep.com/blog/?p=560#comment-34843 thanks for the tutorial, i've never bought a hankie cause i have ni idea what to do with it. now i know! thanks for the tutorial, i’ve never bought a hankie cause i have ni idea what to do with it.
now i know!

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