I did spin some Orenburg goat down for several projects.
And I also got a white dress for 18'' America girl and alike like doll. Made in China, but surprisingly ok sewing job, seams are finished with the serger. It is bit tight fit on AG so, and I wonder if it will fit looser on a different 18'' doll, AG are somewhat wider.
So some of this yarn will become doll shawl sampler, and some will be Fleur de Grace series r another one... I'm still deciding, did not ply the yarn yet as you can see from the photos below.
so let us begin:
what do we have here from left to right... silk to ply with, plastic N6 container (not goot for cooking but good for spinning rig part), 2 holiday boxes, bottom row as 21cm Orenburg spindles with down singles, 2 30cm spindles have down single and silk (upper left corner) reeled, last spindle on the right also has Orenburg goat down single, but it spun thicker than the other fiber in the photos and the intention of this is thicker doll item, as you can see there is not a lot spun for this separate project. Lighter gray down - more than one project and I have more of this color to spin, so there is no shortage of yarn in the house if I need more, I'll spin more, that was my weekend work and some during the week.
Plying... one can ply directly single and silk on the wheel , there are tips and tricks to it to avoing the doawn single "runns" over silk and bacicaly creating not desirable art yarn type an effect, not desirable in the shawl that is, i would make not exactly desirable yarn for the particular application, for some other project that type of yarn is quite usable, but that's not what I'm making.
Rigs: want to avoid "running" over silk, reel the 2 together and make it nice and tight.
One can do it like so
that's wher first holiday container becomes useful. Another way of controlling the spindle with the singles is this
taller plastic container (or glass or ceramic)
if one decides to use wheel and ply of the spindle this way, positioning the spindle like so may help
that's where the second holiday container becomes useful, one can attach a small elastic band to keep the top from rolling around too much.
Now.. the yarn when it will become some shawls will add to this set. I did play with white dress and different shawls and different looks a little bit. Learning my doll model. I do not know what is this exact doll, but will find out some time, so she does not have a name yet
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Saturday, February 11, 2012
experiment 2
еще один эксперимент. Берем кайму платка вот такое делаем. ну там подхимичить надо, иначе углы тянуть будет. это пряжа как на платок. она не тонкая паутиночная, и узор платочный.
еще одну делала до того. вот фотка тут пряжа тонкая паутиночная. но это шерсть, тоже эксперимент. тяжеловата получилась из шерсти - 18 грам. Спрашивала у англичан (у них тонкие ажурные изделия делают, вернее делали раньше, сейчас они не делают, если только для себя, потому что это просто экономически не выгодно), говорят что примерно такой вес от шерсти и ожидается. вязалось все (и тонкая и толстая нитка на 1.5 милиметровых спицах)
растянуто на мате из-за формы. на пяльцах-раме такое растягивать можно, но просто не хочется. мат куплен в местном магазине, это под тренажеры кладут, чтоб они полы не царапал. мат выдерживает Е-образные иголки. они не ржавеют, поэтому ими можно накалывать без нитки как есть даже белое. на гвозди белое натягивать без нитки нельзя, ржавчина очень тяжело отстирывается. серое тоже натягивать нельзя прямо на гвозди.
натянуто на мате сильно, поэтому гантели ее и держат. иначе мат поднимаетмся сантиметров на 10 от пола. гантелями очень хорошо прижимать такое.
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