[Ansteorra-Textiles] Check - in

[Gail]

good morning, Joellen

thank you, for dropping me a note.  I've been interested in spinning for a
long time, but lacked a teacher or the courage to just start trying to
figure it out for myself.

I certainly can understand *why* people had so few clothes....they are a
pain to make, when you have to start with plowing or lambing and finish up
with hand stitching.

I'm in northern Steppes (Richardson...just north of Dallas)  where are you?

galen

(Gail)
  -----Original Message-----
  From: ansteorra-textiles-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org
[mailto:ansteorra-textiles-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of Highly
Unlikely
  Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 11:25 PM
  To: Spinners, weavers, knitters and other Textile makers in Ansteorra
  Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-Textiles] Check - in



  Hi Gail,

    My name is Joellen and have been spinning about three years or so. I was
hooked the moment I tried it. While my stash of fleeces and finished yarns
stacked all over the bed room drives him crazy, he does tell other people
what I do with a note of pride when he thinks I can't hear.

    I started doing this as an outcropping of genealogical research of all
things. I wanted to know why people had so few change of outfits unlike we
do today. In my head I knew the answer but, being the person I am, I wanted
a hands-on experience. It didn't take long for me to get the answer I was
looking for and by then I was obsessed with fiber. I have been know to spin
the cotton from medicine bottles if I am out of wool!

    As I accumulated skiens, I realized there was no way I could ever
crochet all the yarn I'd made. So now I put some of it on eBay, make gifts
of it to my crochet and knitting friends, spin some of it as lace-weight and
tight for those who enjoy tablet weaving, and even have a shop near-by who
takes my offerings on consignment. I even left and information card with the
local library. I've not had anyone want yarn from that source, but, I have
taught four other people including a man how to spin.

    Currently I am planning to make a couple of costumes, one medieval and
one early american. As a request from a pre-kindergarten and first grade
teacher to do a demonstration on the different kinds of wool and how the
fiber was spun. I am looking forward to this. Who knows ? There might be one
or two out there who want to try it!

  Love to talk about fiber!

  Joellen

  > From: gailh at fanninelectric.com
  > To: ansteorra-textiles at lists.ansteorra.org
  > Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 20:53:33 -0600
  > Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-Textiles] Check - in
  >
  > knit it, crochet it, weave it......first, you have to learn to spin it,
  > though
  >
  > galen
  >
  > some time in the future, I can learn to spin...............
  >
  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: ansteorra-textiles-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org
  > [mailto:ansteorra-textiles-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of
  > nweders at mail.utexas.edu
  > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 9:36 AM
  > To: ansteorra-textiles at ansteorra.org
  > Subject: [Ansteorra-Textiles] Check - in
  >
  >
  > I realised it's been fairly quiet lately so I thought I'd update
everyone
  > on what I've been doing.
  >
  > I would love to say a lot but currently I'm taking a printmaking course
in
  > college and it's taking up a lot of my time.
  >
  > I have been washing fleeces. I finished cleaning a beautiful rusty brown
  > shetland fleece, I've had for a while. And I have to say I have a funny
  > story on myself. I was spinning a sample of this fiber that I thought
I'd
  > washed - it was a really nice golden brown - with reddish highlights. I
  > thought what a great color - I won't have to dye it and it looks so
  > nice. After I finished my sample batch I stuck in in the bathtub to wash
  > it (and set the twist)..... well, sadly the beautiful color was colorant
  > from the sand that was in the fiber and it's a very nice slightly ivory
  > white. No VM but lots of sand and dust.
  >
  > I generally do a light wash to get out dirt and large VM but this was so
  > clean I guess I thought I had already done that with the fiber.
  >
  > This winter I plan on doing more spinning.
  >
  > My question is what does everyone do with the fiber that one spins?
  >
  > as always,
  >
  > Clare
  >
  >
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