sick but true.

[2eclipse]

the sheer beauty of this shawl has decided the fact that i must learn to bead.
and spin lace.

i NEED one.
and i have a %30 off coupon at the yarnery. :)

Comments

[frog-lady.livejournal.com]

I think it's a good idea to set twist anyway. Even when spinning crapwool. I have a fuzzy sense that it helps the fibers stay put in their new arrangement, and it is definitely helpful in distributing plying twist. And if you're not washing your spun yarn now, you're not going to know what your knitted yarn will do when it's washed.

Maybe you'd want to read Alden Amos's Big Book of Handspinning, so you know what to look for when you start paying attention to more details?

[2eclipse.livejournal.com]

i actually have that book (on loan).
but i find that i have to take what he says with a grain of salt.
i also have a spinning group i go to once a month, who have varying opinions about setting twist and when it's necessary. most of them say that they do it sometimes, and that sometimes they only do it with water or wool wash, and that they almost never do any more than that....it is all very interesting. i want to find out what works.
but i will DEFINITELY be swatching this stuff and washing the swatch to see what it does. i have an endless supply of this stuff (the bag is as big as me) that i got for free. so if things are a little sloppy? i can always fix them. right now i have six skeins spun. ravelry link here (http://www.ravelry.com/people/eclipse/stash/crapwool-handspun)