Gansey sleeves
.: Groups .:. Search .:. About :.
User Password
Register Now! Lost Password?

Knitting and other yarn carfts - Yarn making & use: spin, dye, knit, weave etc. 

Page 2 of 4       < 1 2 3 > last >> Bookmark this page:  YahooMyWeb Yahoo!  Google Google  Windows Live Favorites Windows Live  del.icio.us del.icio.us  digg digg  Add to Netscape Netscape
Subject Author Date
Gansey sleeves Wooly 08-01-2006
If you were  Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
Posted by Wooly on August 1, 2006, 3:00 pm

>You are a way faster knitter than I am. Wow!!
>
>I have not even thought about the sleeves yet. The last fisherman's
>sweater that I knit had 3/4 length sleeves so I could handle trolling
>weights under water without getting the cuffs wet. This gansey will be more
>for mooching, so the sleeves need to be long enough to cover my wrists even
>when I hold my arms straight up. I expect that earlier schoonermen and
>dorymen might well have had such longer sleeves, so I am not too worried
>about the authenticity.

I normally despise sweater sleeves that ride up to expose my wrists.
I'm making these sleeves intentionally short at 7/8, however, to help
keep them out of things. I don't mind washing my woolens, but red
fades so easily...

>
>I expect to reknit the cuffs as they wear.

Same here. I'll have ample leftover from my 4th 200g/580m hank of
yarn. I'll just toss it in the stash and have more cuffs and patches
for the life of the thing. One of my knitting cronies covets this
shade of red, she may inherit the two full hanks and should be able to
eke out a nice vest.

>
>Everything is being knit on (Extra Virgin) 2.3 mm (spring) steel DPN
>supported in a knitting sheath producing 7.3 spi from 960 ypp, 5 ply yarn.
>Smaller spring steel needles did not seem to produce a tighter fabric with
>this yarn. I think a firmer (handspun) yarn would give a tighter fabric and
>is the way to go. (I gotta lean to spin!)

Handspun yarn always produces a superior sweater, IMO. A smooth tight
worsted-spun is truly something amazing to work with, especially when
the yarn is the product of one's own hands.
>
>The yarn is cream colored, but I will dye the whole thing navy-blue to
>improve its ability to dry while being worn.
>

Hope you've got a big kettle! I bought a 10-gal stainless kettle
during "turkey frying" season a few years ago. It's big enough that I
can produce a single-dyelot adequate for a BIG sweater, and big enough
that I have to fire it on a propane-fuelled "turkey burner" outside!

+++++++++++++

Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET.
This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%.
Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...

Posted by on August 1, 2006, 6:52 pm

>
> >You are a way faster knitter than I am. Wow!!
>snip<. (I gotta lean to spin!)
>
> Handspun yarn always produces a superior sweater, IMO. A smooth tight
> worsted-spun is truly something amazing to work with, especially when
> the yarn is the product of one's own hands.
> >
That is what I learned at Lambtown. Made the whole trip worth while!

> >.snip<> >
>
> Hope you've got a big kettle! I bought a 10-gal stainless kettle
> during "turkey frying" season a few years ago. It's big enough that I
> can produce a single-dyelot adequate for a BIG sweater, and big enough
> that I have to fire it on a propane-fuelled "turkey burner" outside!

Turkey Burner? I thought you would put it out in the July sun and let sun
bring it to a simmer.

Aaron
>
> +++++++++++++
>
> Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET.
> This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%.
> Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...



Posted by Wooly on August 1, 2006, 7:15 pm

>
>Turkey Burner? I thought you would put it out in the July sun and let sun
>bring it to a simmer.

Eh well, sun tea only takes about 10 mins right now, start to finish.
I've done some Easter Egg pill dye jars in the sun, and some Koolade
dyeing with the neighborhood kids. It hadn't occured to me to "cook"
the big stainless pot on the driveway, though I'm sure the neighbors
would think I had put out boiled babies or something. That's the sort
of reputation I have with the adults, doncha know.

The boys on the block thought the Koolade dye thing was a nifty trick.
This week we're making the old charcoal-ammonia-salt-blueing crystal
gardens, though I'm having to babysit them quite a bit to be sure they
don't dry out in the low humidity we're having. I've identified (with
the help of all the myriad Interwebs) lots of bugs this summer, too.

We (the Collective We) just got back from the pool and I'm awaiting a
free shower so I can get rid of the chlorine itch, then dinner and
back to my sleeve...

+++++++++++++

Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET.
This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%.
Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...

Posted by on August 2, 2006, 12:15 pm
Really, I was thinking of trying 'solar' dyeing by putting the wool in a 50
gal black plastic trash bag with a couple of liters of dye, burping all the
air out, leaving it in the sun, and rolling it to agitate every hour or so.
I think on a good summer day I could get 150F for 4 hours. That means, it
would have to sit in the sun for 2 or 3 really hot days. Any thoughts on
whether it might work?

Aaron


>
> >
> >Turkey Burner? I thought you would put it out in the July sun and let
sun
> >bring it to a simmer.
>
> Eh well, sun tea only takes about 10 mins right now, start to finish.
> I've done some Easter Egg pill dye jars in the sun, and some Koolade
> dyeing with the neighborhood kids. It hadn't occured to me to "cook"
> the big stainless pot on the driveway, though I'm sure the neighbors
> would think I had put out boiled babies or something. That's the sort
> of reputation I have with the adults, doncha know.
>
> The boys on the block thought the Koolade dye thing was a nifty trick.
> This week we're making the old charcoal-ammonia-salt-blueing crystal
> gardens, though I'm having to babysit them quite a bit to be sure they
> don't dry out in the low humidity we're having. I've identified (with
> the help of all the myriad Interwebs) lots of bugs this summer, too.
>
> We (the Collective We) just got back from the pool and I'm awaiting a
> free shower so I can get rid of the chlorine itch, then dinner and
> back to my sleeve...
>
> +++++++++++++
>
> Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET.
> This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%.
> Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...



Posted by Wooly on August 2, 2006, 1:23 pm

>Really, I was thinking of trying 'solar' dyeing by putting the wool in a 50
>gal black plastic trash bag with a couple of liters of dye, burping all the
>air out, leaving it in the sun, and rolling it to agitate every hour or so.
>I think on a good summer day I could get 150F for 4 hours. That means, it
>would have to sit in the sun for 2 or 3 really hot days. Any thoughts on
>whether it might work?
>

It works for Koolade in a glass jar, and I've "cooked" suspect yarn in
black plastic bags in the sun before.

My concern with using a trashbag as a dyeing container would be the
integrity of the bag. I'd think a 5-gallon plastic pickle bucket with
a lid would probably cook just as well and it'll be easier to handle,
too.

+++++++++++++

Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET.
This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%.
Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...

Page 2 of 4       < 1 2 3 > last >>
Similar ThreadsPosted
Ok Where's the Sleeves? August 31, 2007, 6:45 am
Advice on sleeves June 22, 2005, 2:50 am
Shrug with sleeves January 21, 2008, 11:59 pm
looked at the Pi Shawl+ sleeves January 13, 2008, 12:28 am
knitting two sleeves on one circular needle June 27, 2008, 10:00 pm
Pondering about knitting 2 sleeves inside each other on same [long] circular October 31, 2006, 11:24 pm
Red gansey - crummy pic August 4, 2006, 6:05 pm
NYCO Gansey February 19, 2007, 4:13 pm
a *sweater/gansey* 'thread" March 17, 2007, 1:45 pm
Re: gansey knitting videos April 14, 2008, 2:53 pm

Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Sewgirls.com XML SitemapXML Sitemap