NK - Fw: Spin class

[diane hartzmann]

To those within - or out - of the Barony who would be interested:

My sincerest thanks to Isabela for her patience and kindness in keeping
me posted and acting as a go-between in this cotton fray.

As I said in an earlier posting, I'd be happy to teach spinning cotton
but a regular drop
spindle I'm afraid would be an exercise in frustration considering the
staple length of cotton which is approximately 1/2 inch.  You'll need a
spindle called a takli or one that can be spun supported.  

If you don't have a takli, it should be fairly easy to contrive one.  The
support can be a small bowl or a piece of leather.  

The fiber can be spun directly off the seed so there shouldn't  be any
need to worry about washing it, although we might want to open the
package out of doors at first judging from the description given for
harvesting.  No sense in introducing unnecessary bugs into the house.

I have no problem with cats (except for trying to keep my hands off them)
but I do not handle tobacco well.  Also, my work schedule is such that I
would need to make this on the early side (say, ending around 8 p.m.) 
This makes things difficult for most people, I know.  If the weekend
works out best, I'm sure we can work out something.

If anyone would be interested in getting together, give me a holler.

If y'all have already read this before, please forgive me.  Since I was
utlizing Isabela as a go-between I wasn't sure if it had gotten out there
(no insult to you, Isabela).

"Addington, Debbie, A" wrote:
> 
> weekends are diffently the easiest for me.  preferably early in the
day.  I
> usually have to leave tulsa by 3pm if i want to keep perry happy by
picking
> him up at 4 from work.
> i would also need to know of what implements i would need and if there
is a
> local merchant that carries them. otherwise, i would have to wait for
the
> mail order to arrive.
> maidenhair
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Miriam Cook [SMTP:zahavabathannah at yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 10:02 AM
> > To:   Northkeep at ansteorra.org
> > Subject:      Re: NK - Re: - Spin class?
> >
> > That would be wonderful!!! (Unfortunaty I have none of
> > the needed impliments, and the next questions was for
> > the most basic spinning, what do I need?) As far as
> > the setting for the class, I was mentioning removing
> > the cats from the-- um, moving fiber matter-- they
> > could be a really big pain.  As far as the smoking
> > goes.... we do not partake of tobacco inside the
> > house, not even a little because of the baby. He
> > hasn't decided to distroy his lungs.
> >
> > The weekends are best for me.... but if someone else
> > can do an afternoon weekday that would be cool too--
> >
> > Zahava
> >
> > --- Vanessa Goins <ly_isabela at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Forwarded to the list for H.L. Debroa bat Joseph
> > > -Isabela
> > >
> > > -- diane hartzmann <dhartzmann at juno.com> wrote:
> > > To: ly_isabela at yahoo.com
> > > Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 17:10:01 -0500
> > > Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Fwd: NK - Raw Cotton Report
> > > From: diane hartzmann <dhartzmann at juno.com>
> > >
> > > Well, I'd be happy to teach spinning cotton but a
> > > regular drop
> > > spindle I'm afraid would be an exercise in futility
> > > considering the
> > > staple length of cotton which is approximately 1/2
> > > inch.  You'll need a
> > > spindle called a takli or one that can be spun
> > > supported.  The fiber
> > > can be spun directly off the seed so there shouldn't
> > > be any need to
> > > worry about washing it, although we might want to
> > > open the package out
> > > of doors at first judging from the description given
> > > for harvesting.
> > > No sense in introducing unnecessary bugs into the
> > > house.
> > >
> > > I have no problem with cats (except for trying to
> > > keep my hands off
> > > them) but I do not handle tobacco well.  Also, my
> > > work schedule is such
> > > that I would need to make this on the early side
> > > (say, ending around 8
> > > p.m.)
> > >
> > > This makes things difficult for most people, I know.
> > >
> > >
> > > If anyone would be interested in getting together,
> > > give me a holler.
> > > If you have a charka spinning wheel, so much the
> > > better.
> > >
> > > Debroa
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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