tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975233729836030720.post4322379882677755335..comments2024-03-27T18:12:02.867+00:00Comments on Wool - Tribulations of Hand Spinning and Herbal Dyeing: Dyeing Wool and Alpaca with Mahonia BerriesFran Rushworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09742656242582509967noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975233729836030720.post-78677639956340545932014-02-17T00:31:42.948+00:002014-02-17T00:31:42.948+00:00Thank you - I will ask for that course for my birt...Thank you - I will ask for that course for my birthday. I would love to knit lace patterns. I am cracking on with the alpaca, though it has taken ages, I am on the last lap.Fran Rushworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09742656242582509967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975233729836030720.post-18053768280821726762014-02-17T00:29:35.767+00:002014-02-17T00:29:35.767+00:00Creative thinking - I like this.Creative thinking - I like this.Fran Rushworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09742656242582509967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975233729836030720.post-28639641927156083402014-02-16T22:37:38.690+00:002014-02-16T22:37:38.690+00:00Dear Fran
I was lucky enough to learn Shetland Lac...Dear Fran<br />I was lucky enough to learn Shetland Lace knitting from Elizabeth Lovick's course which I bought online from her (Northern Lace on Ravelry). Somewhere in the tips she provided was how to use a LIFELINE - a yarn of a different colour that you feed through the loops on your needle so you have a marker row to unravel to if you make a mistake. You pull the lifeline out after, say, every repeat of the pattern and re-insert, so even a numpty like me can make progress.<br /><br />Hope it helps.<br /><br />Kirsty in New Zealand - a beginner spinner who got carried away and bought a whole alpaca fleece to practise on..... eeek!<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975233729836030720.post-29979120154394398762014-01-14T02:30:35.400+00:002014-01-14T02:30:35.400+00:00"Yet again, I have created beige." Yes, ..."Yet again, I have created beige." Yes, I have done that, although I imagine the color that might be there if only the light were a little different.spinlilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01399816284922227028noreply@blogger.com