[Sca-cooks] RE: hot pads

[ruadh]

Jennifer:
I'll be at Hagerstown, Md for Highland river Meleeeeees this weekend,
http://acorn.atlantia.sca.org/0106/hrmelees.htm if you'd like more help with
felting techniques and spinning [ drop or wheel & in the evening]. Most of
the time I will be doing felted Furr Balls with the kids, Then as the crowd
wanes, the die hard kids will start carding wool for another potholder. Ru

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jennifer Thompson" <JenniferT at ptb.com>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 4:14 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] RE: hot pads


> Ruadh, thank you for sharing your experience. I'd wondered if there was
some
> very obvious reason no one did these that I was soon to discover. The
theory
> seemed sound. I've been impressed with wool's flame-smothering capability
> and am terrifically pleased to know that firemen are using felted wool.
Mine
> have 14 by 11 felted pads and will be slightly larger in all.
>
> Stefan, thank you for directing me to the Florilegeum. Interesting reading
> at the very least. I've made felted goods before, but cannot imagine
> devoting the time and effort that a yurt would take. I chose to knit
before
> felting for a couple of reasons. My felting experience has been in toys
(cat
> toys, balls, and color experiments) and I didn't want to take a chance on
a
> thin spot (Youch!) or any shifting (I'm also lightly quilting the finished
> holder to minimize that). Secondly, I was given this wool by a friend to
> practice spinning on, so making it into yarn was kind of the point. She'd
> spun up some of it, but it's so scratchy that she made up a gag gift scarf
> and gave the rest away to folks who need practice. But it's nice and lofty
> and catches heat, so it's ideal for this use.
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