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From: glenn@sage0.gsfc.nasa.gov (Glenn Piner)
Subject: Re: Inkle Loom Plans
Organization: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 14:26:56 GMT

motto@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (mary.rita.otto) writes:

>I was hoping that someone could help me obtain plans to build an Inkle
>Loom for Card/Tablet weaving.  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

Mary,
        Well, first of all, you don't really need an Inkle loom for 
Card Weaving.  All you really need are a set of good, stiff cards
with holes punched in the corners.  With card weaving, the warp is tied to a 
doorknob or chair arm or some other stationary point; the ends of the warp 
are threaded through the corners of the cards; and the turning of the card 
pack in any direction creates a shed for your weft.  This is a really brief 
explanation.  Interweave Press, the publishers of _Handwoven_ and _Spin-Off_
magazines, publishes a line of weaving/spinning/dyeing/basketry books.  They 
just published a book on card weaving this past year with wonderful, explicit
directions and a pack of weaving cards for you to work with.  The book is 
called _Card Weaving_.  I bought it for my husband who poked holes in every 
playing card we had in the house after he heard about card weaving.  
        Inkle weaving is a different sort of game.  I've never tried it
personally, but it seems to me that the inkle loom (which looks like an abstract
hatrack to me) is a variation of the ancient backstrap loom.  It seems that
someone crossed a warping board with the bead loom.  The general idea is that
you warp your threads in the order you want them around all of these pegs which 
hold them in place.  Basically you use a pick-up method to create various 
patterns in the woven strip.  
        Both Card Weaving and Inkle Weaving create woven bands or strips of 
cloth.  Great if you're going to finish the edges of that stylish cape or attach a carry-strap to a purse.  Not great if you're making an evening gown.
        I don't know what part of the country that you're in, but in Maryland
there is an 800 number for Interweave Press.  Call them and they'll send you 
literature about their publications.  Check with your local weaving supply 
store, if you have one.  
        Good luck with your inkle/card weaving.  I hope you find what you need.

                jill@super.org
                Jill Scott-Piner
		(back on the net after many months of silence....)

From: pkee@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Pamela L. Kee)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 22:42:35 GMT
Subject: Re: Anyone Crochet?
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles

	I live in California and love to knit with wool.  I have run
across the same dilemma that you have.  The local yarn store here
collects scarves and caps to send to the children shelter at Xmas.
Apparently, even in warm places there is a need for little items.
They are very quick to make and will be use up small amounts of
project yarn.  Plus, the kids really like them.  The store had taken
pictures of all the kids wearing their presents.
	There is an organization that will send you the yarn to make
baby afghans and they give them to ill newborns.  You can make almost
anything to your heart's content and give it away to someone who could
use it.  
	My family is complaining that I've stuffed their closets full
of sweaters....
From: carl@silver.lcs.mit.edu (Carl J.M. Alexander)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Flight suit pattern?
Date: 23 Aug 92 23:13:39 GMT
Organization: Organization???

I spent a couple of hours the other day going through pattern books 
looking for something I thought would be fairly easy to find:  a 
pattern for a men's flight suit.  (At least that's what they call 
it in the Army surplus store; there may well be a more common name 
I don't know about.  It's a one piece garment, like overalls, 
except that it's provided with enough zippers to be snug everywhere 
except the joints, where it allows good mobility.)  If anyone could 
give me a pointer to a pattern for such a garment, I'd greatly 
appreciate it.
 
E-mail, please, to save bandwidth.  In the unlikely event that there's 
a lot of interest, I'll post a summary.
 
Thanks in advance,
 
Carl Alexander
carl@silver.lcs.mit.edu
From: jael@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Jael)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Re: Lacemaking
Keywords: Lace
Date: 2 Sep 92 21:13:54 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center


I tat, knit, and am trying to learn how to make needle lace.  I also do 
net embroidery.

Where do other lacemakers get threads?  My projects either look clunky or
take forever, because the only useable threads I can find are crochet cotton
and quilting thread.

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From: ntitley@axion.bt.co.uk (Nigel Titley)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Re: Knitting Machines
Date: 2 Sep 92 09:52:32 GMT
Reply-To: ntitley@axion.bt.co.uk (Nigel Titley)
Organization: British Telecom Research Labs


In article <1992Aug28.152031.9891@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca>, jmacdonald@mta.ca writes:
|> I would like to know more about knitting machines.  Is there a FAQ on this?
|> 
|> If not, here are some questions I have but any info/recommendations
|> appreciated:
|> 
|> 1.  What does a knitting machine do best?  Worst?

Best is large areas of stocking stitch, typically about 5 minutes to do the back
of a drop shoulder sweater. Worst is something with lots of small areas and lots
of increase and decrease, gloves probably being the worst thing I can think of.

|> 
|> 2.  What kinds of projects (aran, guernsey, lacy-patterned) are best/worst
|>     suited to a machine?

Any of these are fine on a reasonable machine. I'm a beginner (I've had my machine
for about 9 months) and I can typically turn out a drop shoulder sweater in about
2 evenings. Lacy takes longer, especially on a Japanese machine which may need 3
carriage passes for each row of stitches, also anything that needs large amounts of 
casting on and off (raglans are slower than drop shoulder for example).

|>                                                     
|> 3.  What are the limitations of knitting machines?

See above. I find the most tedious part is the making up, which I have to
do by hand. What happens is I accumulate a pile of un made up sweaters etc
which I have a blitz on now and again. I'm also lucky in that I have a friend 
who loves sewing but hates knitting so we do have a mutual arrangement where
I knit and she sews.

|>   
|> 2.  What kinds of features should one look for in a knitting machine?

I would say that a minimum is a ribber, then punchcard. Ability to do tuck stitch
is nice, especially if you want to knit chunky yarns on a standard machine. An
intarsia carriage is good if you fancy picture knitting.

|> 
|> 3.  Any recommendations on brands/models.
|> 

I have a Toyota 910 with ribber. It works fine, but I can't say how much
better or worse it is than any other.

|> I will summarize and post if there is interest.  Thank-you for you help.

Good luck. Mail me if you want any other information.

Nigel

Email: NTitley@axion.bt.co.uk
Snail: British Telecom Research labs, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
"Well, I'm disenchanted too. We're all disenchanted." (James Thurber)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
From: xxmills@alliant1.lerc.nasa.gov (Christine Mills)
Subject: Crewel
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 19:53:28 GMT

>How about crewel?  I love crewel work, but the materials are almost impossible
>to get (linen twill and crewel yarns).
>

I also like to do crewel.  More like painting (for those of us who can't
paint).  I've given up on linen twill, and use any sort of like fabric, such
as cotton twill.  Granted, I've only done two things so far, but I've been
pleased with both.  I also substitute persian yarn, and separate the threads.
Another option is pearl yarn (am I calling it by the correct name?  I know
it when I see it...), which is softer, smoother, and makes a lovely picture.

Christine Mills
From: sam@hpsad.sad.hp.com (Vicky Hansen)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 18:00:22 GMT
Subject: Re: Nancy's "Inspiration" booth
Organization: HP Signal Analysis Division - Rohnert Park, CA
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles

>In rec.crafts.textiles, mouse@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>I'm writing this to ask fellow netters for ideas and advice.
>...
For her booth, she asks:
>What would you LOVE to find... but can't?

There are 2 hobbies I have trouble with:
 * I do Hardanger embroidery and can usually find the traditional white
   Hardanger fabric.  Many places also sell tiny pieces of colored fabric.
   I have never found somewhere to buy colored Hardanger fabric off a bolt.

 * I like to make blankets from a fabric that has blocks -- I think it is
   called 'Ann' fabric but I am not sure of the name right now.  It is a
   cross stitch fabric that has lines (every foot or so) woven in -- often
   in another color.  The problem is that most places offer a very limited
   color selection and almost everywhere sells it pre-cut in a small size.
   I would like to be able to purchase it off a bolt as well since I am
   not always making a baby size.
      
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From: dmiller@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Dick and Jill Miller)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Yep, We crochet
Date: 1 Sep 92 17:24:59 GMT
Organization: Laboratory for Computer Science, MIT

In article <1992Aug31.220739.1943@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>
   dancer@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu (Dream Dancer aka Martha Underwood) replies:

>In article <1992Aug31.213411.15653@thelema.uucp>, STella@thelema.uucp (STella) writes:
>> 
> ---Lots of stuff deleted---
>
>> More silk!  I'd LOVE to crochet in silk but I can't find anything
>> remotely close to worsted weight.  (A silk sling would be hideously
>> expensive, but I betcha it'd feel WONderful.)
>
>Well, I have intentions of having as many natural fibers as I can. I might
>be able to find worsted weight silk but _I_ don't want to think about it's
>cost! I've one place that will sell me a silk that has about 2000 yards
>per pound, at $123 a pound WHOLESALE! I'm assuming this is a thread weight
>and very very fine. Sorry, I'm not likely to carry it unless LOTS of people
>here in PGH want it. :-)

It is possible to build up thicker yarns from multiples of thinner ones.  I 
read about this in Threads about a year ago and tried it on a doily for my 
mother-in-law.  I used three strands of cotton-covered polyester sewing 
thread to simulate Knit-Cro-Sheen.  I mixed colors and used various colors 
in various areas of the doily.  It came out really nice, shiner and more 
drapy than the regular cotton, and she loved it.

Extending the principle to larger-size yarns should work well altho I would 
think that more than about 5 strands would get difficult to handle and you 
might want to start with larger-than-sewing-tread size yarn to acheive the 
desired thickness.

--Jill
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From: bkt@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov (Barrie Trinkle)
Subject: Gilmore looms
Organization: Image Analysis Systems Group, JPL
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 07:29:49 GMT

I'm thinking of purchasing an 8-harness Gilmore loom, sight unseen.
Has anybody used one of these looms?  If so, please let me know
what you think.  Thanks. 

bkt@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov
bkt@logos.jpl.nasa.gov

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Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
From: westphal@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com (Dorothy Westphal)
Subject: Re: >>>winnie the pooh patterns
Organization: Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 18:41:46 GMT

In article <17g4k2INNdde@soap.ksu.ksu.edu> marj@soap.ksu.ksu.edu (Marjorie P Devlin) writes:
>To the one who volunteers to copy and mail the entire series of winnie
>the pooh characters, I would love to get a copy of them as well.
>These would make perfect gifts for my kids for christmas!!  I would	
>also be more than happy to incure the costs of copying and shipping.		You can send me email and I'll get you my address.  Thanks!
>
>                                             Marjorie Devlin
>                                             Kansas State University
>                                             marj@soap.ksu.ksu.edu
>
Me, too!                                      Dorothy Westphal
                                              

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Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
From: Marina.Salume@corp.sun.com (Marina Salume)
Subject: Re: charts for persian wool colors
Organization: Cornell University, Ithaca NY
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 19:10:56 GMT

Someone asked me where they could find charts for persian
wool, similar to the DMC floss charts. I just saw this
little ad in the July/Aug issue of Needlepoint Plus
magazine:

For $5.50 postpaid, they will send charts comparing Paternayan
persian wool and 33 other threads, including DMC. (Colors are
not shown, just color numbers, I believe.) Send a check to:

Needlepoint Plus
Color Comparison Chart
Box 5967-NCC391
Concord, CA 94524

These charts were originally published in five separate issues,
now they are all available in one place. Also included are
charts that convert old Paternayan numbers to new and which
threads work best on what size canvas.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

If you want to buy a set of sample 2 yd pieces of every color
(405) of Paternayan yarn, it costs $59.50 plus 3.50 shipping from
The Busy Thimble, RD 1 Box 209, Sidney Center, NY 13839

They also sell a color card with actual yarn samples for $8.50,
no postage mentioned.

I have not purchased anything from either of these two places,
so I can't vouch for their service. I just saw their ads in this issue.


--marina



Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
From: btysingr@med.unc.edu (Barbara R. Tysinger)
Subject: BUTTONS: Circa 1920-1960
Originator: btysingr@pelham
Keywords: Buttons
Organization: UNC-CH School of Medicine
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 14:54:43 GMT

FOR SALE: Hundreds of old clothing buttons. Mixed lot from about 1920 to
about 1960. Shell, wood, leather, mother-of-pearl, glass and plastic. Most
loose, but some still on original cards. Many full sets. Best offer takes
the lot!

             * * * * * * REPLY BY 9 September 1992 * * * * * *

.....................All opinions are entirely my own....................

Barbara R. Tysinger
Health Sciences Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
btysingr@med.unc.edu

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.................was begat by lightning." -- Thomas Fuller...............
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: e-mail address
From: Len Alshan <LMACC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Date: Tuesday, 25 Aug 1992 17:14:35 EDT
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center

Sorry to use the list in this manner, but have lost Sue Bowden's e-mail
location.  So Sue if you are there get in touch.
Len
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Re: Lacemaking
From: kguyre@cabell.vcu.edu (Kenneth C. Guyre)
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 14:37:58 GMT
Organization: Virginia Commonwealth University
Keywords: Lace

nforest@cabell.vcu.edu (Nancy R. Forest) writes:
>Hello out  in Textile Land!

>Do any of you make any kind of lace?  I've made crocheted, tatted,
>and bobbin lace for three or four years now

>I'd love to hear from you.  Thanks.
>
My wife and I have been making English bobbin lace for almost 10 years now.
My speciality is Honiton style although I also enjoy Bucks point as well.
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Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
From: motto@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (mary.rita.otto)
Subject: Inkle Loom Plans
Followup-To: rec.crafts.textiles
Summary:  Looking for Plans
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:32:31 GMT

Greetings.

I was hoping that someone could help me obtain plans to build an Inkle
Loom for Card/Tablet weaving.  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

Mary Otto

P.S. Please email info so I can get it sooner.
From: sallyh@StarConn.com (Sally Holmes)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Re: I think I'll knit again...
Date: 30 Aug 92 22:23:25 GMT
Organization: Starnet-Public Access UNIX--Los Altos, CA  415-949-3133

morrison@cup.hp.com (Bobbie_Morrison) writes:

>First:  (this is kind of a local question)  what are the good/interesting
>yarn shops in the San Francisco Bay Area?  I'm only really interested in 
>natural yarns, and would love to find a wide variety of silks, wools,
>cotton etc..  

Uncommon Threads, on State Street in Los Altos, has some lovely yarns
and patterns. It's well worth a detour.

Email me if you want directions.

Sally Holmes
sallyh@starconn.com
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
From: Marina.Salume@corp.sun.com (Marina Salume)
Subject: Re: knitting questions
Organization: Cornell University, Ithaca NY
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 23:27:41 GMT


>First:  (this is kind of a local question)  what are the good/interesting
>yarn shops in the San Francisco Bay Area?

I think it's called Straw Into Gold, it is definitely in Berkeley,
and it is a warehouse of great yarn. All kinds of neat stuff.
 
> I read in Threads about how you can stabilize the
>shoulders by sewing bias tape along the shoulder seam and across the back.

I've done that, it works kind of. At least it keeps the shoulder seam
from ending up at your elbow.
>
>What about lining the whole sweater?  Would I have to tack the sweater
>to the lining all over (not just the seams?)

I tried to line a small vest, and discovered that if you cut the 
fabric lining to the same size as the knitted pieces, it will be
too small, because the knitted pieces stretch and the lining doesn't.
So I gave up. Maybe someone else has solved this? 
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles,alt.sewing
From: westphal@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com (Dorothy Westphal)
Subject: Re: Sandwashed Rayon
Organization: Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 18:39:46 GMT

In article <1992Aug21.172449.10574@sco.com> caroline@sco.COM (friend of a fiend) writes:
>
>In article <SHAFER.92Aug18202549@ra.dfrf.nasa.gov> shafer@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) writes:
><....>
>>Somehow, I came home with 3-1/2 yards of purple sandwashed rayon (and
>>pattern and notions).  I mean, I just walked by the bolt and it reached
>>out and grabbed me and followed me home.
>>

Sandwashed fans: I don't know if New York Fabrics is a national
chain, but I believe that in their ad that starts August 30
they have that stuff reduced from about 15 to about 10 per yard.

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From: dmiller@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Dick and Jill Miller)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: knitting
Date: 25 Aug 92 17:30:19 GMT
Organization: Laboratory for Computer Science, MIT

In article: <1992Aug21.111719.17741@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au>  
ccd@ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au (Carol C Denehy) says:

> To all those who replied to my novice questions about knitting,
> An Announcement. I have just sewn together my very first
> sweater/jumper. IT FITS! It actually looks very nice! I am
> THRILLED! There are a few mistakes (a knit where I should have
> purled etc) but "fortunately" I make most of my mistakes at
> the edges, which then cleverly get made into the seams. I am
> gung ho to make another one, but it is getting towards spring
> here and I don't want to be wrestling with bulky yarn in hot
> weather. 
> 
> Oh Goody. A new craft to add to my list of accomplishments.

Carol:

Have you thought of knitting a cotton top for summer?  I just said goodbye 
to a visitor from Czechoslovakia.  She had knit the most marvelous cotton 
top with a combination of intarsia and Fair-Isle techniques in yellow and 
black with various accent colors.  It went beautifully with her hair, too, 
which was dark and frosted.

She inspired me to try knitting with cotton which I've been avoiding 
because I had the idea it was difficult or would be uncomfortable or 
something.  Funny how we have these prejudices. :')

--Jill
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From: morrison@cup.hp.com (Bobbie_Morrison)
Subject: I think I'll knit again...
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 22:04:58 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Cupertino, CA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3


Hi,

While I don't post to this group much, I've been lurking regularly. ;-)
I used to knit quite a bit before I moved to California 5 years ago.
I just got too busy with other things and my knitting got shoved to the
back of the closet and then before I knew it 5 years had passed.  

Anyway, I'm back in the mood to do some knitting and I have a couple of
questions for the net.

First:  (this is kind of a local question)  what are the good/interesting
yarn shops in the San Francisco Bay Area?  I'm only really interested in 
natural yarns, and would love to find a wide variety of silks, wools,
cotton etc..  I live in San Jose but I don't mind going to S.F. / Oakland
etc. to do the occassional yarn shopping.  (Also, is there a yarn "outlet"
shop in S.F.?)

Second:  One of the problems that I had with my knitting is that the
sweaters didn't hold their shape too well; -- they stretched.  While I'm
thinking that I might be able to control that with needle size I was
wondering if anyone has any experience in lining or stabilizing sweaters?
(thats two questions.)  I read in Threads about how you can stabilize the
shoulders by sewing bias tape along the shoulder seam and across the back.

What about lining the whole sweater?  Would I have to tack the sweater
to the lining all over (not just the seams?)

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. (!)

Thanks.
--Bobbie Morrison
  Hewlett-Packard
  Cupertino, CA

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