Ping John - From sheep to clothing

Posted by Liz Megerle on August 8, 2007, 8:02 am

John, the spinning wheel is beautiful, and I can easily imagine you
using it. If you have a few hours to spare, go here:
http://schmidling.com/fiber.htm

Liz

Posted by John on August 8, 2007, 10:12 am

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Thanks for the link. I have spent some time using a loom in years gone
by, but I always bought spun yarn and then wove it into something. The
thought of making the yarn before starting weaving is interesting, if
daunting. I will never raise sheep due to lack of interest in keeping
animals, but there are plenty of my nearby neighbors who do and they
probably would be a source for raw wool. There was a book, long out of
print, that was by a guy by the name of Ralph Borsody who wrote about
his return to the land experiment during the depression of the
nineteen thirties. I remember a picture of him sitting at the loom
weaving while wearing a suit that he made from wool he got from sheep
he raised and then wove into cloth and then sewed into the suit he was
wearing for the picture. I am not sure if he made the loom or not but
it was, even then, quite an accomplishment. There used to be a large
interest in weaving circles about using natively acquired natural dyes
from plant matter as part of the "natural back to the land" movement
of the early 1970's. Boy does that date me. I built a couple of looms
for people who were into that scene and got interested in weaving then
and built myself one, also. The pressing demands of business caused my
enthusiasm to wane and the loom was sold off and the idea put on the
back burner for the last 35 years till now, when I have time and space
to devote to these space hungry pursuits. I used to love to sit at the
loom and create cloth from the rhythmic motion of weaving. It is very
a very calming, and mesmerizing pursuit.

John

Posted by Estelle Gallagher on August 8, 2007, 11:34 am

That is most interesting Liz. I do have a spinning wheel and have spun in
the past. This has spurred me on to start again.
--
Estelle UK
http://uk.photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos
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Posted by Bonnie Patterson on August 9, 2007, 11:16 am

WOW!!!

I got lost in the pictures of the "boys" and then on and on and forgot
to look at the spinning thingy. Great pictures and great captioning.
Have to go back and look at the spinning thingy.

Bonnie, in Middletown, VA
(former goat owner/mummy and sheep (1) sheerer)
my goat gave milk and more goats!

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