Hobbies

[Terrywoodenpic]

Now that is impressive
Spinning has always intrigued me for some reason. I, sometimes, can actually see myself spinning

Most people learn in about three days... then improve for a further three years.
Few people are taught "long draw" these days, as it seems "impossible" to begin with. but after learning the short draw, that impossability becomes a reality. (You should learn long draw first.)

Long draw produces a soft wollen Yarn Ideal for knitting and the weft in weaving. Short draw produces a worsted harder yarn, better for warps.

Where I live now, People are not interested in hand spinning, it was the capitol of the worlds spinning in the past. and Craft spinning does nothing for them????

 

[Rakhel]

Most people learn in about three days... then improve for a further three years.
Few people are taught "long draw" these days, as it seems "impossible" to begin with. but after learning the short draw, that impossability becomes a reality. (You should learn long draw first.)

Long draw produces a soft wollen Yarn Ideal for knitting and the weft in weaving. Short draw produces a worsted harder yarn, better for warps.

Where I live now, People are not interested in hand spinning, it was the capitol of the worlds spinning in the past. and Craft spinning does nothing for them????

Kind of like driving. I think it's best to learn on a stick-shift than move to an automatic. If you can drive a stick you can drive anything.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

Kind of like driving. I think it's best to learn on a stick-shift than move to an automatic. If you can drive a stick you can drive anything.

True enough

Here are a few of my wheels.

This one is a real Machine I designed it to spin the finest to the Heaviest yarns It has three pairs of ball races (two pairs concentric) to give almost no friction or draw when spinning fine yarns. This is mine but I sold 4 others.

This one I made for my late wife out of Kentish Elm (A poor choice for making a stable wheel as it warps so easily ( But I managed) It was from one of the last Elm trees cut before the Dutch elm disease wiped them out. It is a modified Swedish design with my own flyer mechanism.

The last is A German 18th century Double flyer flaxwheel which I bought in auction as a pile of sticks. the distaff, foot man and one of the flyers, were missing, and the whole lot covered in red lead. (Though I can spin with either hand I can not manage two at once.)

 

[Rakhel]

And you can craft those???damn

 

[Twilight Hue]

Now that is impressive
Spinning has always intrigued me for some reason. I, sometimes, can actually see myself spinning

I agree. That unique and pretty cool.

 

[Storm]

Most people learn in about three days... then improve for a further three years.
Few people are taught "long draw" these days, as it seems "impossible" to begin with. but after learning the short draw, that impossability becomes a reality. (You should learn long draw first.)

Long draw produces a soft wollen Yarn Ideal for knitting and the weft in weaving. Short draw produces a worsted harder yarn, better for warps.

Where I live now, People are not interested in hand spinning, it was the capitol of the worlds spinning in the past. and Craft spinning does nothing for them????

I recently bought my first drop spindle. Haven't tried yet, though.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

I spend my free time Kilgoring.

Same as my work time.

Kilgoring is good anytime.

 

[methylatedghosts]

Magic the Gathering - got into this game about 4-5 years back when I was living with a bunch of Magic freaks I've been hooked since. Haven't bought any of the latest cards, but my favourite deck is currently a black/green infect deck.
Piano - Been playing since I was 7, so... 18 years now.
Guitar - Not as good as I am on the piano, but it's a little more transportable

I have also begun knitting, and had some good success with it. I started this after getting arm-wrenched into knitting baby hats for charity, and just continued from there. I have knitted a couple of baby things for friends, and for myself a Jayne hat (Firefly).

 

[Storm]

I have also begun knitting, and had some good success with it. I started this after getting arm-wrenched into knitting baby hats for charity, and just continued from there. I have knitted a couple of baby things for friends, and for myself a Jayne hat (Firefly).

Welcome to the Dark Side... we have cookies!

 

[methylatedghosts]

Welcome to the Dark Side... we have cookies!

The amount of times I hear that from fellow knitters...

I found a crack shop (called Knit World) the other day. Luckily I've been too busy to go in and shop around, but it's not going to be able to be avoided too much longer, I'm afraid.

I'm hoping I'll be able to last until I find my own place - living on my brother's couch at the moment, and I'd hate to put wool all over his lounge...

 

[Storm]

The amount of times I hear that from fellow knitters...

I found a crack shop (called Knit World) the other day. Luckily I've been too busy to go in and shop around, but it's not going to be able to be avoided too much longer, I'm afraid.

I'm hoping I'll be able to last until I find my own place - living on my brother's couch at the moment, and I'd hate to put wool all over his lounge...

:biglaugh:

 

[9Westy9]

So I am kicking myself now that I have told a friend that I could crochet. I wasn't thinking when she asked me if, when I crocheted, could I crochet names into my works. When I said, "Yes," the next thing I knew, yarn was being thrown at me with a specific pattern. Zebra with pink and white stripes.
So silly me, having never done anything complex in all my crocheting history(the most complex thing I ever crocheted was a teddy bear) I decided to make a pink and white striped crib blanket with a black and white zebra centered on a pink background, followed by a white edging. I only have a month to finish it.

I am not sure I can call it a hobby anymore, as it is now something I have burdened myself with. HAHA. Hobbies are not supposed to be burdens. They are supposed to be fun and relaxing! Maybe when I am done with this blanket I can go back to simple and easy...like stuffies. Yay!!! Stuffies!!!!

So now that I am using this forum as a hobby to escape the blanket, I decided to ask:

What hobbies do you partake in when you want to relax and get back to who you are?

Video games, debating (here), reading (occasionally), board games, RPing (occasionally) and I like to watch anime

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

I recently bought my first drop spindle. Haven't tried yet, though.

Must not knock drop spindles, My wife and I used to demonstrate at shows. She used to take a wheel and I would chat and use a drop spindle. By the end of the day I had usually spun as much as her.
Not only are they a good way to learn but they have been used by native spinners for thousands of years. The Navajo roll them on their thigh rather than drop them.

I have met a fair number of American spinners and apart from their chair wheels, they mostly have a European or Irish tradition and style.

This is a shot at a saddleworth show showing a demonstrator using a great wheel. I had to repair her wheel for her, as the band would not stay on.