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Posted by Jacquie Joyce on December 4, 2006, 5:49 am
Hi All
I was wondering if someone can help me. I am a knitwear designer/producer
and I have been asked to produce some designs with alpaca yarn. The lady who
has asked me has her own alpacas and would dearly like to have the yarn hand
spun. I have never ever done spinning in my life but would love to have a
go. I have not got a clue where to begin or anything. Can anyone help me
please.
KiInd Regards
Jacquie
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Posted by Vintage Purls on December 4, 2006, 1:23 pm
Jacquie Joyce wrote:
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> I have never ever done spinning in my life but would love to have a
> go. I have not got a clue where to begin or anything. Can anyone help me
> please.
I'm a relative newbie to spinning myself and my advice really is to
just get stuck in and attempt it. I got a spindle first (it cost about
$14 NZ new (about $7 US)) and got my head around the spinning process
with that. I have my grandmothers old Ashford wheel and I got a copy
of the Ashford Book of Spinning from the library and set to having a go
on the wheel. My first spinning attempt on the wheel isn't perfect but
I'm knitting a scarf from it and it's got "rustic" appeal. I've spun
some alpaca too - beautifully soft but a little tricky to get started
with.
Good luck!
VP
http://www.vintagepurls.net.nz
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Posted by Richard Eney on December 4, 2006, 1:48 pm
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>Hi All
>I was wondering if someone can help me. I am a knitwear designer/producer
>and I have been asked to produce some designs with alpaca yarn. The lady who
>has asked me has her own alpacas and would dearly like to have the yarn hand
>spun. I have never ever done spinning in my life but would love to have a
>go. I have not got a clue where to begin or anything. Can anyone help me
>please.
Go to KnitterGuy's weblog (I think it's knitterguy.com but it might be
a blogspot.com, or a .ca, I forget; he's in Canada). He has some excellent
tutorials on spinning in the archives!
=Tamar
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Posted by Vintage Purls on December 4, 2006, 7:03 pm
Richard Eney wrote:
Go to KnitterGuy's weblog (I think it's knitterguy.com but it might be
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> a blogspot.com, or a .ca, I forget; he's in Canada). He has some excellent
> tutorials on spinning in the archives!
The URL is: http://knitterguy.typepad.com/
VP
http://www.vintagepurls.net.nz
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Posted by Jacquie Joyce on December 5, 2006, 3:24 am
Hi Thank you all for your help .I feel now I have somewhere to begin.
Thank you again.
Jacquie
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> Richard Eney wrote:
> Go to KnitterGuy's weblog (I think it's knitterguy.com but it might be
>> a blogspot.com, or a .ca, I forget; he's in Canada). He has some
>> excellent
>> tutorials on spinning in the archives!
> The URL is: http://knitterguy.typepad.com/
> VP
> http://www.vintagepurls.net.nz
>
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> go. I have not got a clue where to begin or anything. Can anyone help me
> please.