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Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 04-03-2013, 04:00 AM
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Posted By mullerslanefarm
Check out youtube videos by Abby Franquemont. ...

Check out youtube videos by Abby Franquemont. She also has a wonderful book Respect the Spindle. She is a wealth of knowledge on spindle spinning and always willing to answer questions. She hangs...
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 08-15-2012, 07:11 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,027
Posted By mullerslanefarm
If you want to try to replicate it, weight is...

If you want to try to replicate it, weight is your best option. This is where a drum carder comes in handy.

Congrats on the Icelandic thel!!! Be careful with it though, thel will felt if you look...
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 08-13-2012, 08:06 AM
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Posted By mullerslanefarm
Yes, using a pair of dog slickers works very well...

Yes, using a pair of dog slickers works very well for carding and blending.

As for is alpaca needs to be carded, it depends!

Is the alpaca raw (straight off the animal) or in a roving form?

Raw...
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 06-21-2012, 08:56 AM
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Views: 1,137
Posted By mullerslanefarm
Welcome Bren! For only spinning 6 months, your...

Welcome Bren!

For only spinning 6 months, your yarns are very professional looking! The yarn from the "never ending braid" ... WOW!



Well, doctors do tell us we should include fiber in our...
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 11-27-2011, 02:05 AM
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Posted By mullerslanefarm
You are doing quite well for new yarns ... give...

You are doing quite well for new yarns ... give yourself a couple weeks, you're a natural spinner!

:yay:
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 11-26-2011, 08:26 PM
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Posted By mullerslanefarm
Gotta see this 'sweet yarn'! (I already saw your...

Gotta see this 'sweet yarn'! (I already saw your hands!)
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 11-25-2011, 12:34 PM
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Views: 1,083
Posted By mullerslanefarm
Well, you'll have sweet yarn for sure! Worse...

Well, you'll have sweet yarn for sure!

Worse case, you'll just have to rinse all that sugar out so it won't be sticky.
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 11-21-2011, 01:09 PM
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Posted By mullerslanefarm
Try taking small clumps of the fiber and shaking...

Try taking small clumps of the fiber and shaking it. You can also comb or card the bits out. If you don't have fiber combs or carders, regular comb will work, as do dog slickers.
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 08-30-2011, 10:52 AM
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Views: 1,299
Posted By mullerslanefarm
Sean, It will depend on what color your sock is...

Sean, It will depend on what color your sock is now and which color you choose to dye it with. (red+green = brown, purple+yellow=brown, orange+blue=brown) <--okay that's pretty simple, but you get...
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 05-20-2011, 01:19 AM
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Views: 2,884
Posted By mullerslanefarm
It IS optional, depending on how you want your...

It IS optional, depending on how you want your dye to strike.

If you want an evenly dyed yarn, then the wool needs to be wet.
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 05-19-2011, 09:51 AM
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Views: 2,884
Posted By mullerslanefarm
Kool aid is merely flavored egg dye. Both need a...

Kool aid is merely flavored egg dye. Both need a good mordant of acid (vinegar). You can do this in two ways, either add the vinegar with the dye or pre-mordant your wool by soaking it in water...
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 05-13-2011, 09:31 AM
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Views: 3,116
Posted By mullerslanefarm
The Traveller was my main wheel for 6 years. I...

The Traveller was my main wheel for 6 years. I did add a Jumbo flyer/bobbin so I could ply two full regular bobbins onto one jumbo bobbin.

In 2008, I started travelling quite a bit for work and...
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 05-12-2011, 08:53 AM
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Posted By mullerslanefarm
You can never go wrong with any of the Ashford...

You can never go wrong with any of the Ashford wheels. They have been around forever and parts are always available for them. They are sturdy wheels and hold up forever.

For fat, art yarns, yes you...
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 05-07-2011, 05:41 PM
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Views: 1,472
Posted By mullerslanefarm
Do you know about Carol Lee at The Sheep Shed?...

Do you know about Carol Lee at The Sheep Shed? http://thesheepshedstudio.com/

A lot of her wool is mill ends from the Brown Sheep fiber mill.
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 04-23-2011, 11:20 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,385
Posted By mullerslanefarm
Welcome to the wonderfully addicting world of...

Welcome to the wonderfully addicting world of fiber!

I'm going to recommend a youtube video for you from Abby Franquemont. Abby is a great teacher of all thing spindle and will take you step by...
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 03-21-2011, 12:08 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,690
Posted By mullerslanefarm
Meg is correct about the double coat of most dog...

Meg is correct about the double coat of most dog breeds. My daughter has a Pom and she gives me the undercoat that she brushes out to spin.

Additionally, I have a couple of farm collies (a...
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 01-25-2011, 02:10 PM
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Views: 2,314
Posted By mullerslanefarm
Check out Rexenne's YouTube...

Check out Rexenne's YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGQXo5ZQYMo&feature=related) videos on fiber arts.

She's a hoot!
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 08-29-2010, 10:08 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,637
Posted By mullerslanefarm
Susan is north of me (I'm in IL) but is truly a...

Susan is north of me (I'm in IL) but is truly a gifted fiber artisian! To talk to her, she sounds a bit ditzy, but I swear to bob that what you are hearing is all the index cards in her brain...
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 08-28-2010, 02:59 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,637
Posted By mullerslanefarm
I have a Patick Green Deb's Deluxe. One of the...

I have a Patick Green Deb's Deluxe.
One of the most important things to look for, in my opinion, is the TPI (teeth per inch). Geth the highest TPI you can afford.
Fine fibers need a lot of teeth per...
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 03-15-2010, 02:45 PM
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Views: 1,848
Posted By mullerslanefarm
There is no specific way to unwind a ball of...

There is no specific way to unwind a ball of yarn. Handspinners that have been put the yarn into a ball generally use a ball winder of nostepinne which creates a center-pull ball.

If a handspinner...
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 02-24-2010, 01:16 AM
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Posted By mullerslanefarm
Alpaca will felt easily, so be sure you don't...

Alpaca will felt easily, so be sure you don't agitate. Other than that, treat it as any other animal fiber. It picks up dye very well.
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 02-24-2010, 01:14 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,619
Posted By mullerslanefarm
Yes, it is milk as in MOOOO. Milk weed fiber is...

Yes, it is milk as in MOOOO.

Milk weed fiber is a baste fiber made from the stalks (also very nice to work with!)
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 11-30-2009, 11:40 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,428
Posted By mullerslanefarm
Wow! That is gorgeous!!! What did you use to...

Wow! That is gorgeous!!!

What did you use to dye it?
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 08-28-2009, 01:57 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,318
Posted By mullerslanefarm
I lurves newbie yarn!!!! It's gorgeous! I made a...

I lurves newbie yarn!!!!
It's gorgeous!
I made a little bag from my first yarn to hold my spinning stuff on my wheel.
My next yarns went into crocheting a simple shawl.
Forum: Creating Yarn: Spinning, Dyeing, etc. 08-28-2009, 01:55 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,441
Posted By mullerslanefarm
It's okay. store bought yarn will have oz/grams...

It's okay. store bought yarn will have oz/grams on it and your pattern may say use so many 50 gram balls of 'such & such' yarn
With homespun yarn, 50 grams of fiber spun into lace weight yarn will...
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