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post #371 of 564
2/4/12 at 8:03pm
Originally Posted by GardenGal View Post

Why spin your own fiber?

 

 


[QUOTE]I spin so I don't kill people .....[/QUOTE]  I love it!!!

 

Wow, that's some beautiful roving!  Great colors.  I've only ever used commercial roving, but this spring I really want to start from fleece. 

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post #372 of 564
2/6/12 at 10:44am
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Itsy, Great yarns!  I love them all!

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post #373 of 564
2/6/12 at 1:47pm

MullersLane, I am a newbie to spinning and would like to learn how to dye roving.  Your colors are great, nice and intense. What kind or brand of dye do you use?  

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post #374 of 564
2/6/12 at 4:01pm

this is why I spin my own, you can't buy anything like this:

 

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Spun on a Schacht Matchless,

STANDARD: BC Maran, Wheaten, Black, Blue Ameraucana, Splash, Partridge Silkies, Mahogany Faverolle, Ga Noi, Lavender Orpington, Black Minorca, Black Langshan, SQ RIR
BANTAM: SQ Black Mottled d'Uccles, SQ Gold Neck, White, Butterscotch & Mottled ButterCreme Booted, Black & Mille Fleur Cochin, Serama,
Winnebago Co Poultry Superintendent, WI Pullorum Tester

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STANDARD: BC Maran, Wheaten, Black, Blue Ameraucana, Splash, Partridge Silkies, Mahogany Faverolle, Ga Noi, Lavender Orpington, Black Minorca, Black Langshan, SQ RIR
BANTAM: SQ Black Mottled d'Uccles, SQ Gold Neck, White, Butterscotch & Mottled ButterCreme Booted, Black & Mille Fleur Cochin, Serama,
Winnebago Co Poultry Superintendent, WI Pullorum Tester

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post #375 of 564
2/7/12 at 10:34am
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peepacheep, I use Jacquard acid dyes

 

Buck Creek.  That is stunning!  Did you separate & spin each color of that roving on its own?  Are you leaving it a single or will you ply it?

 

I had the opportunity to spin on a Matchless for a few weeks (it was a student's wheel that needed a good going through.)  Her son found it for her at an auction and was able to get it (and all the whorls & extra bobbins) for $75.  ep.gif  It is a great wheel!  My student isn't spinning anymore, but she isn't ready to sell her wheel yet.  I get first dibs when she does!!

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post #376 of 564
2/7/12 at 10:57am

It is staying as a single, in fact being crocheted into a shawl right now, the Icarus Shawl. this Indie dyer, dyes in 3 repeats. what I did was separate the repeats and spin the sections together. the second roving will be spun when I know what color I need to start with, for the second wing of the shawl

 

Wow a Matchless for $75, someone didn't know what they had. does it have a serial number, you do know that the number is the 'birth date' of the wheel, only the earliest one's don't have it

STANDARD: BC Maran, Wheaten, Black, Blue Ameraucana, Splash, Partridge Silkies, Mahogany Faverolle, Ga Noi, Lavender Orpington, Black Minorca, Black Langshan, SQ RIR
BANTAM: SQ Black Mottled d'Uccles, SQ Gold Neck, White, Butterscotch & Mottled ButterCreme Booted, Black & Mille Fleur Cochin, Serama,
Winnebago Co Poultry Superintendent, WI Pullorum Tester

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STANDARD: BC Maran, Wheaten, Black, Blue Ameraucana, Splash, Partridge Silkies, Mahogany Faverolle, Ga Noi, Lavender Orpington, Black Minorca, Black Langshan, SQ RIR
BANTAM: SQ Black Mottled d'Uccles, SQ Gold Neck, White, Butterscotch & Mottled ButterCreme Booted, Black & Mille Fleur Cochin, Serama,
Winnebago Co Poultry Superintendent, WI Pullorum Tester

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post #377 of 564
2/7/12 at 11:50am

Wow, Buck Creek, such beautiful roving!  That's going to be a gorgeous shawl.  What did you dye it with?

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post #378 of 564
2/7/12 at 7:31pm

I wish I could take credit for the dye job, but its not me. Its off Etsy: Woolgatherings (my fav Indie Dyer) I'm in her dye club too. Just love her stuff.

STANDARD: BC Maran, Wheaten, Black, Blue Ameraucana, Splash, Partridge Silkies, Mahogany Faverolle, Ga Noi, Lavender Orpington, Black Minorca, Black Langshan, SQ RIR
BANTAM: SQ Black Mottled d'Uccles, SQ Gold Neck, White, Butterscotch & Mottled ButterCreme Booted, Black & Mille Fleur Cochin, Serama,
Winnebago Co Poultry Superintendent, WI Pullorum Tester

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STANDARD: BC Maran, Wheaten, Black, Blue Ameraucana, Splash, Partridge Silkies, Mahogany Faverolle, Ga Noi, Lavender Orpington, Black Minorca, Black Langshan, SQ RIR
BANTAM: SQ Black Mottled d'Uccles, SQ Gold Neck, White, Butterscotch & Mottled ButterCreme Booted, Black & Mille Fleur Cochin, Serama,
Winnebago Co Poultry Superintendent, WI Pullorum Tester

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post #379 of 564
2/7/12 at 8:27pm

I'll have to check that site out, thanks!  Hope you post a picture of your roving after it's spun :)

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post #380 of 564
2/8/12 at 10:36am
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I don't have access to the wheel.  I saw the wheel owner a few months ago and asked if she was willing to sell it yet.  She wasn't!

Cyndi
As for me and my family, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15

 

9th Annual Homesteading Weekend

June 21-23, 2013

 

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