AskTheBellwether's Fiber Mine

A Charmed Wife: Extraordinary Measures

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:52:45 -0800

Some notes on using various body dimensions and money as fill-in measuring devices when the tape measure just isn’t available. A quarter’s diameter is an inch — that was good to know!

The Plinth Project features a spinner

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:16:37 -0700

The Plinth Project features a spinner:

The plinth project in the UK puts real humans up on plinths where statues usually are. This one is a spinner, spinning for an hour on her wheel. Yay spinners!

At the American Museum of Natural History, Gossamer Silk From Spiders - NYTimes.com

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:39:19 -0700

At the American Museum of Natural History, Gossamer Silk From Spiders - NYTimes.com

Woolcombing Part 1 (via ADHUK) … an excellent video on the...

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:35:13 -0700

Woolcombing Part 1 (via ADHUK) … an excellent video on the whole process on English combs.

Loxosceles - $15 Wool Combs (Some Assembly Required)

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:25:29 -0700

Loxosceles - $15 Wool Combs (Some Assembly Required):

Make your own wool combs — terrific for the DIY crowd!

A simple nalbound treasure pouch

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:15:22 -0700

A simple nalbound treasure pouch:

An article in Piecework 1994, now up on the Interweave website, on making a little amulet pouch in simple nalbinding.

Valkyrie's Turkish Spindle Instructions (PDF)

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:00:06 -0700

Valkyrie's Turkish Spindle Instructions (PDF):

A nice little booklet on spinning with a Turkish spindle.

Dye Techniques

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:19:34 -0700

Dye Techniques:

an interesting blog of dye techniques, mainly acid dyes on sock yarns.

Dyer's Pot

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:10:42 -0700

Dyer's Pot:

Natural dye plant information site

4096 Color Wheel Version 2.1

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:21:57 -0700

4096 Color Wheel Version 2.1:

A fun interactive color wheel, that has the plus of giving you the web color-codes too. saturation/value tool, too, and it’s using subtractive (i.e. pigment) color combining.

Kiton Acid Dyes Rainbow Dyeing

Thu, 28 May 2009 19:25:48 -0700

Kiton Acid Dyes Rainbow Dyeing:

Cushings Dyes are Kiton Acid Dyes … their best colors to use as mixing primaries are (light) Canary, Cherry and Peacock, and (dark) Yellow, Blue and American Beauty.

sock prØn.: crochet chain roving braiding

Wed, 06 May 2009 16:10:51 -0700

sock prØn.: crochet chain roving braiding:

how to crochet-chain roving into a pretty presentation (for display or storage)

Weaving a Life: Sley that Warp

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:10:19 -0700

Weaving a Life: Sley that Warp:

speed-sleying :)

Hatchtown Farm on Winding on a Nøstepinde a/k/a Nostepinde a/k/a Nostepinne

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:19:25 -0700

Hatchtown Farm on Winding on a Nøstepinde a/k/a Nostepinde a/k/a Nostepinne:

instructions with drawings, on winding on a nostepinne (however you want to spell it)!

Knot sample

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:56:19 -0700

Knot sample

Tying a New Warp onto an Old Warp

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:55:43 -0700

Tying a New Warp onto an Old Warp:

tutorial. relies on knowing how to make a weaver’s knot (my next tumble…:-) )

bowerbird knits: A Corrie-Tale

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:21:51 -0700

bowerbird knits: A Corrie-Tale:

lovely photo essay of combing and spinning a Corriedale fleece for a sweater — great comb shots!

Rosemary Knits: Pseudo-rolags

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:41:20 -0700

Rosemary Knits: Pseudo-rolags:

The detailed instructions on the pseudo-rolags (pre-color ;-) )

Knittermobile's pseudo-rolag color work

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:40:44 -0700

Pseudo-rolags: stripes & layers - a set on Flickr See this for a photo guide to striping and layering a hand-made (no hand-card) rolag. See the next entry for instructions on these hand-made rolags…

Woven ~N~ Spun » Blog » My New Cone Winder

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:11:10 -0700

Woven ~N~ Spun » Blog » My New Cone Winder:

Turning a weaving bobbin winder into a CSM cone winder.