AskTheBellwether's Fiber Mine

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.

Handwoven's Yarn Chart

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:59:35 -0800

Handwoven's Yarn Chart: B/W silhouette of all yarns used in Handwoven magzine since 2000 — updated yearly. Great reference/visual on yarn weights.

the Soxophone Player: Ain't it a Splice

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:09:17 -0800

the Soxophone Player: Ain't it a Splice: Color (colour — he’s Canadian, dontcha know it) changes on the sock machine … so there are no ends to weave in!

Biscuits and Jam -- Stripe Maker

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:08:37 -0800

Biscuits and Jam -- Stripe Maker: you put in colors, # of rows total, widest stripe and it generates a random stripe pattern for you. See some results at Soxophone Player’s Blog

nonaKnits: Sidewinders: The Prologue

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:27:06 -0800

nonaKnits: Sidewinders: The Prologue: a really cool sideways sock knitting pattern!

Rosemary Knits: Pseudo-rolags

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:39:45 -0800

Rosemary Knits: Pseudo-rolags: making rolags without handcards.

Little Dee by Chris Baldwin -- the vulture spins and knits

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:32:04 -0800

Little Dee by Chris Baldwin -- the vulture spins and knits: on a spindle, natch.

from daily felt: Tutorial on dyeing very fine wool

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:03:17 -0800

from daily felt: Tutorial on dyeing very fine wool

Needles on the Move » Spin-In: Plying from your Spindle

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:00:00 -0800

Needles on the Move » Spin-In: Plying from your Spindle: Sliding the cop onto straws and onto a lazy kate or shoebox kate.

Nahuala Spinning by Harry and Olive Linder - Spin-Off

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:06:15 -0800

Nahuala Spinning by Harry and Olive Linder - Spin-Off: A really cool spindling technique from Guatemala!