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Food & crafts => Crafts => Topic started by: Fleecewife on August 19, 2012, 11:51:31 am
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I need something to add a bit of sparkle to some brown (Heb) yarn. It's already spun so I can't use angelina - it needs to be a fine yarn which will knit in with the homespun.
Any ideas? :knit: :knit: :knit: teehee I've wanted to use that since it appeared :yippee: :knit: :knit: ;D
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I'm not a spinner or a knitter :-\ but I used metalic thread a lot when card making ;)
Would it be possible to twist the thread around the yarn to add a bit of spakle ?
Here's a link http://www.willowfabrics.com/acatalog/Madeira-Metallic-Threads.html (http://www.willowfabrics.com/acatalog/Madeira-Metallic-Threads.html)
HTH
Karen :-*
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Corr bloimey Karen :wave: there's lots of lovely sparkley things there :yippee: It reminds me of going into fishing shops with my younger son who's very into fly tying - fishes seem to like glitzy stuff too. I would need to estimate what length I would need to complete the shawl, maybe only using sparkley every alternate row - it's easy to knit with the two yarns together :thumbsup:
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You do like :knit: this don't you, Fleecewife?
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You do like :knit: this don't you, Fleecewife?
:knit: :yippee: :knit: :yippee: :knit: :yippee: :knit: :yippee: :knit: :yippee: :knit: :yippee: :knit: :yippee: :knit:
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Here's a link http://www.willowfabrics.com/acatalog/Madeira-Metallic-Threads.html (http://www.willowfabrics.com/acatalog/Madeira-Metallic-Threads.html)
...and just how many words can you think of to describe something sparkley! Brilliant!
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Hi Goosepimple and thank you. That is the same URL Karen gave, so that is obviously the place to go for sparkle :thumbsup: .
I'm starting to wonder now what effect using a non-stretch yarn along with a stretchy one will have on the finished garment. :knit:
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You do like :knit: this don't you, Fleecewife?
:knit: :yippee: :knit: :yippee: :knit: :yippee: :knit: :yippee: :knit: :yippee: :knit: :yippee: :knit: :yippee: :knit:
I love the way the knitter :knit: periodically pulls some more wool from the ball :knit: :knit: and then uses it up... :knit: :knit:
Now, if you really want to get FW dancing :yippee:, Rosemary .... find us that spinning wheel! :eyelashes:
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I love the way the knitter :knit: periodically pulls some more wool from the ball :knit: :knit: and then uses it up... :knit: :knit:
I hadn't noticed that. Now I want to use this one. Think, Lesley, think. I know. I haven't done any :knit: for a while as I am using extreme needles and they're too long to have while I'm lying on the sofa. Maybe I should start :knit: something else on smaller needles.
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You're all a bunch of knit-wits :D
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If the metalic thread is plyed with the wool yarn once washed it will make a textured yarn as the wool curls up around it. Have you thought of using a sewing machine thread. they do nice metallics and have a bit more 'pull' to them.
The other idear is to thread small beads onto a plain sewing thread and either knitting this with your wool or plying, beads are a bit more fun and add interesting texture. Ok now can i use this :knit: :knit: :knit: :knit:
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If the metalic thread is plyed with the wool yarn once washed it will make a textured yarn as the wool curls up around it. Have you thought of using a sewing machine thread. they do nice metallics and have a bit more 'pull' to them.
The other idear is to thread small beads onto a plain sewing thread and either knitting this with your wool or plying, beads are a bit more fun and add interesting texture. Ok now can i use this :knit: :knit: :knit: :knit:
Hi Chris. I hadn't thought of beads :idea: . I've not used them before - how many do you thread on? I've never been quite able to picture this. There's probably a Utube clip for it somewhere. I can't get to the shops yet so everything will have to be bought online, and descriptions are often a bit lacking. But I do like the beads idea - thank you.
The yarn I'm using has already been plied - I just want something to lift it a bit above the ordinary, as an afterthought. :knit: :knit: :knit: it's great isn't it :thumbsup:
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You can always re-ply, just remember to ply in the reverse direction of the last spin (if that makes sense). Beads you can add as many as you like, I thread onto a sewing yarn, and feed them along the thread as you work. :knit: :knit: :knit: see used it again :excited:
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I don't want to be left out :knit: :knit: :knit: :knit: :knit: :knit: :knit: :knit: :knit: :knit:
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You need Rumplestiltskin input Fleecewife, here I'll use this one, I know you like it too 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
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You're all a bunch of knit-wits :D
Yes but we're lovely with it. :roflanim: :knit: :roflanim: :knit:
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;D
(http://freesmileyface.net/smiley/manga/knitting-048.gif) (http://freesmileyface.net/free-manga-smileys.html) :knit: (http://freesmileyface.net/smiley/manga/knitting-048.gif) (http://freesmileyface.net/free-manga-smileys.html) :knit: (http://freesmileyface.net/smiley/manga/knitting-048.gif) (http://freesmileyface.net/free-manga-smileys.html)
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;D ;D ;D brilliant!
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;D
(http://freesmileyface.net/smiley/manga/knitting-048.gif) (http://freesmileyface.net/free-manga-smileys.html) :knit: (http://freesmileyface.net/smiley/manga/knitting-048.gif) (http://freesmileyface.net/free-manga-smileys.html) :knit: (http://freesmileyface.net/smiley/manga/knitting-048.gif) (http://freesmileyface.net/free-manga-smileys.html)
Fantastic! ;D
Daaaannnn! Y'need to pick that one up! :eyelashes:
Uh - just noticed .... that wee knitting :knit: pusscat :cat: has a forked tail (http://freesmileyface.net/smiley/manga/knitting-048.gif) (http://freesmileyface.net/free-manga-smileys.html)... ???
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;D
(http://freesmileyface.net/smiley/manga/knitting-048.gif) (http://freesmileyface.net/free-manga-smileys.html) :knit: (http://freesmileyface.net/smiley/manga/knitting-048.gif) (http://freesmileyface.net/free-manga-smileys.html) :knit: (http://freesmileyface.net/smiley/manga/knitting-048.gif) (http://freesmileyface.net/free-manga-smileys.html)
Do you think she is knitting a TAS jumper?
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;D
(http://freesmileyface.net/smiley/manga/knitting-048.gif) (http://freesmileyface.net/free-manga-smileys.html) :knit: (http://freesmileyface.net/smiley/manga/knitting-048.gif) (http://freesmileyface.net/free-manga-smileys.html) :knit: (http://freesmileyface.net/smiley/manga/knitting-048.gif) (http://freesmileyface.net/free-manga-smileys.html)
:roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim:
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SILVER-LUREX-METALLIC-GLITTER-YARN-500-gram-CONE-FREE-1ST-CLASS-POST-NEW-/271045709367?pt=UK_Crafts_Knitting_Crochet_EH&hash=item3f1b954e37 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SILVER-LUREX-METALLIC-GLITTER-YARN-500-gram-CONE-FREE-1ST-CLASS-POST-NEW-/271045709367?pt=UK_Crafts_Knitting_Crochet_EH&hash=item3f1b954e37)
I found this, plus a similar gold one, so they should arrive tomorrow. Much cheaper than buying 25gms at a time but I've no idea how it will look until it arrives. :knit: :knit: :yippee: :knit: