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YARN sa SPINNING sa STRING sa YARN BLOCKING sa YARN CRAFT sa YARN DOLL sa YARN HOLDER sa YARN PLYING x KNITTING YARN x WEAVING YARN xx SPINNING xx THREAD Choosing yarns for a weaving project. Guide to choosing warp and weft yarns, color, and how to evaluate yarns. Includes a guide on calculating how much yarn you'll need. How to produce handspun variegated yarns that simulate ikat when woven. Includes instructions for spinning and weaving a lap robe and a vest, a shrug and a bog jacket. How to spin yarns for weaving linsey-woolsey. Understanding yarns. Covers yarn fibers, spinning, wool, cotton, linen, silk and sizes. Also gives tips on purchasing mill ends. The warp/weft calculator for the Apple II computer. Program is written in Applesoft Basic and computes the yardage necessary for a given sett. Tips on ways to use thrums (short lengths of yarn) as weft. A guide to buying and using mill end yarns. Includes suggestions on how to test fiber content, for colorfastness of dye, and for shrinkage. Also includes names and addresses of mill end suppliers. Suggestions from a production weaver on how to handle novelty warp yarns and minimize the problems. Exploring the fun and fantasy of weaving with novelty yarns. Includes information on supplementary warps and double weave. Tip: Place drinking straws over warp threads to prevent matting and tangling when weaving mohair. Fill-in-the-blanks form to calculate the amount of yarn you need to purchase for your warp and weft. How to evaluate the properties of yarn to decide how best to use it. An accompanying article explains the general characteristics of linen, rayon, silk, cotton, wool, Lurex and novelty yarns. How to incorporate an assortment of yarns in a project. Tips on taking differences in elasticity, diameter, texture and softness into account. Tip: Spray sticky yarns, such as mohair, with "Static Guard" while it is on the warping board to eliminate sticking on the loom. Using the yarn you've got. Suggestions for weavers on using leftovers creatively. How to test yarns for lightfastness before using them. An explanation of how rayon chenille is made and some of the "rules" for using it when weaving. Gives suggestions on using chenille as warp and weft, for washing chenille and for using it as fringe. Tips on cost-controlled weaving. Suggests ways to obtain inexpensive materials and design considerations that show off fancy, more expensive yarns while incorporating less expensive material as warp. Use warping board to block skeins of handspun yarn. Spinning techniques for blending fibers and colors to create heathered yarn, tweeds or garnetted yarns, variegated or ombre yarns and interesting color blends. Tip: How to wind two yarns onto a bobbin or quill more smoothly. Tip: Use "Post-it Notes" on ends of yarn on cones to note quantity remaining. Recycling thrums. Describes a method for turning short (4"-6") pieces of wool yarn into wool fibers which can be respun or felted. Weaving with sticky yarns. Advice on handling brushed wool, mohair, acrylic and boucle. Tip suggests a Rolodex file system for keeping track of a yarn collection. Do-it-yourself chenille. How to make chenille yarns. Yarn counts. An explanation of the numbers that identify a standard thickness and length per pound of yarn in a given fiber. Two-page chart lists a representation of yarns in a range of materials, sizes and yardages. Using cotton novelty yarns in weaving. Suggestions for techniques that will allow them to be used with little or no abrasion. Yarncalc. Computer program written in BASIC that calculates the yarn quantities for a weaving project. Spinning for busy weavers. How to combine handspun with commercial yarn as supplementary weft or pattern warp in a weaving project. The measure of linen yarns. An explanation of the size number and suggested plain-weave setts. Tip suggests using old pantyhose as wash bags for skeins of yarn. A system for keeping track of weaving yarn leftovers. Rule of thumb translates number of stitches per inch into types of yarn and number of plys. Suggestions on how to select and test substitute yarns for knitting and crochet projects. How to recycle yarn. How to unravel a hand knitted or crocheted piece, renew the yarn, and wind it into skeins. Controlling the size and texture of handspun yarn. Novelty Yarns. How to create color and texture through experimenting with a variety of wools and in the dyepot. Spinning fancy yarns. The precise control of size and quality in handspun yarns. How to control twist in handspun yarn. Yarn count and sett. An examination of the concepts and computations. Includes a table of yardages of various yarn counts, formulas for determining estimated wraps per inch for given yarn size and a table of yarn count and sett for tabby and twill. Weaving with chenille. An explanation of how to select chenille, plan a project, warping the loom, and tips on finishing the fabric. Spinning for warp. An explanation of what makes a yarn suitable for warp and a technique for sampling twist. Weaving and tailoring handspun yardage. Includes plans for a yarn blocker and a pattern for a blouson jacket. How to design yarn. Criteria for judging handspun yarn and suggestions on how to do the judging. How to extract Kudzu fibers for weaving. How to produce designer yarns. Instructions for producing slubs and spirals. How to create novelty yarns. Covers dyed, carded fleece, space-dyed roving, handspun/commercial combinations, space-dyed yarn, crepe, adding nubs, loopy yarns, and plying commercial yarns. Designing fabrics on the spinning wheel. How to spin a hard twist crepe. Includes information on spinning technique, fiber selection, setting twist, weaving crepe and finishing the fabric. Specifications for four fabrics included. Tips from five experts on finishing spun yarn. Tips on how to know if you're putting in the appropriate amount of twist in your yarn. Elements of yarn structure. Covers content, fiber preparation, twist, grist and plying. Twist demystified. An explanation of the effects of twist in yarn. How to spin for a specific angle of twist and specific number of twists per inch. Finishing mohair yarn and yardage. Tips on winding a ball of handspun yarn to minimize yarn tension. How to wind balls of yarn by hand, without a ball winder. How to prepare handspun yarn for use on a flatbed knitting machine. How to finish a handspun knitting yarn. Various ways to determine how much twist is needed when spinning yarn. Describes two easy ways to measure twist. Includes tables of the standard amount of twist for ramie and linen yarns, silk and cotton yarns, and worsted and woolen yarns. Tip: Use two plastic hangers for lightweight blocking of skeins of fine singles. Tips on how to handle handspun silk yarn so that it doesn't kink back on itself. Chart of Australian yarn-ply, needle size and knitting gauge for American knitters. Explains how to wrap yarn around a ruler to approximate gauge. Weaving with handspun yarns. Explains evaluating the yarns, choosing a project, using handspun yarns as warp, washing yarn and fabric, dealing with yarn elasticity and combining commercial yarns with handspun. Tip: How to block yarn in an microwave oven. Niddy noddy made from PVC pipe holds yarn under tension. Judging handspun yarn. Suggestions on establishing classes for competition, the criteria used for judging and a sample judging form used by Patsy Zawistoski. Tip: How to make a skein of yarn. Tip on making egg-shaped balls of yarn with a pull-tail from the center. How much yarn is enough? Estimating yarn requirements for knitting projects by (1) using the weight of a similar article or (2) calculating the area of the project. How to choose the right size knitting needles. What's so good about beginners' yarn? Ideas on what you can do with it. Crimp and curl go linear. A technique called linear programming and how it can be used to compute the cost of fiber invested in each skein of yarn. Measuring yarn. Part 1. Length, weight and grist. Measuring yarn. Part 2. Thickness. Counting wraps per inch and how to monitor the yarn thickness as you spin. Tip shows how to use a knitting needle gauge to select the correct needle size for a particular yarn. Measuring yarn. Part 3. Twist. How to measure the angle of twist and count the twists per inch. Tips for knitting with handspun yarn. How to estimate gauge and choose the appropriate needle size. How to produce hand-designed yarn that incorporates a commercial yarn or thread in the spinning process. Emphasis is on how to incorporate "glitz" into hand- or drum-carded batts. Tips for knitting with small amounts of leftover yarn. Very small projects. What to do with small amounts of handspun yarn. Suggestions include (1) buttons, (2) miniature baskets filled with skeins of yarn for Yule tree ornaments, (3) knitting needle pins, (4) tiny mittens, (5) headbands, (6) needle holders and (7) greeting cards. Making skeins of handspun for competition. Tip describes recarding and respinning yarn thrums. Novelty act. A look at beaded novelty yarns and how they are assembled. An easy and accurate technique to compare the thickness of two yarns and to check yarn while spinning to maintain consistency. Tip: Hang skeins of yarn from a fish stringer. Tip: How to splice yarn ends instead of using knots. Tips for avoiding common problems when weaving with textured novelty yarn. How to design yarns that incorporate exotic fibers along with wool. Explains the design process for both handspun yarns and for blending commercial yarns. Tip: How to wind yarn into a center-pull ball without using a mechanical ball winder. Designing knitwear with spring and summer yarns (cotton, linen, rayon and blends.) Advice on developing a design, creating a swatch, and a look at specific yarns and their characteristics. Includes pattern for knitting a sleeveless shell using rayon ribbon yarn. It has slipped-stitch cables on front and back and an armhole ribbing that give a mock capped-sleeve effect. Advice on a storage system for yarns and fleece. How to make a foolproof yarn ball that pulls from the center without tangling. A technique for making loosely wound yarn balls. How to remove the kinks from used yarn. How to divide one skein of yarn into two equal balls. Tip suggests using a hand-held electric mixer to unravel a knitted sweater. Tip on recycling the yarn from better quality knitted sweaters. All about mohair boucle. An explanation of its characteristics and a simple pattern for a boucle jacket to knit. Tips on straightening unraveled wool yarn. Simple yarn balance for estimating yards per pound of unmarked yarns. Kasuri-like-effect weaving. Creating handspun yarns that will resemble Japanese resist-dyed Ikat when woven. Texture with handspun. Creating color and texture in handspun yarns that can be woven into a multicolored jacket fabric. Yarn count system charts and formulas for converting from the old indirect count to Tex count. How to evaluate a yarn for use in rugs. A look at factors to consider when planning a weaving project using handspun yarn. Tips on weaving yardage for a matching dress and jacket. A guide to Bradford and English yarn count systems. Yarn design. Experiments with black wool, variegated carded wool and white wool spun and plied in various ways. Suggestions for beginning machine knitters on how to determine how a specific yarn will perform. | |||||||||
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