Author Topic: Hello...  (Read 4657 times)

Crafty Soo

  • Joined Jul 2012
  • Hampshire
Hello...
« on: July 19, 2012, 12:23:12 am »
I arrived following a search for "Turkish Spindle" and found an amazing thread. I have just acquired several Scottish Blackface fleeces and need good advice on how to put them to the best use possible, This is obviously the best place to find it and I'm very happy to be here.  :wave:

HappyHippy

  • Guest
Re: Hello...
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2012, 01:06:55 am »
Hello from a fellow crafter  :wave:
Although I've not progressed to spinning yet  :D
Look forward to hearing more from you.
Karen x

Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
  • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Hello...
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2012, 01:59:18 am »
Hi there  :wave:
 
Maybe you should put a question in the crafts section to get more replies about the Blackie fleeces - easier to discuss there.
 I have not spun Blackie, but I think they might have similarities to Hebridean which is a double coat with a hair over layer, which can be separated and used to spin for warp.  Do they have a woolly undercoat ?
 
I love Turkish spindles and have ....erm...several  :eyelashes:
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Hello...
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2012, 05:27:33 am »
Hello Soo  :wave: and welcome

We used to have Blackies - Hexhamshire type though - on this farm but now the only horned sheep are my little Castlemilk Moorits.  The Hexhamshire Blackie can have a delectable fleece, though they aren't all.  But I hadn't started spinning when we had them around so I haven't tried it personally, sorry.

As Fleecewife says, post your question in the Crafts section.

Cheers
Sally
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Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Hello...
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2012, 09:46:13 am »
Hello and welcome from sunny Carnoustie  :wave:

I love Turkish Delight  :love: otherwise have no idea what you're talking about - but obviously our talented spinners and crafters do  ;D

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Hello...
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2012, 09:49:47 am »
Crafty Soo, Welcome to the forum.   :wave:
I have only recently started to spin and am using Ryeland fleece so can't help with your Blackies but hopefully someone else will know
Sally (the other one)
Life is like a bowl of cherries, mostly yummy but some dodgy bits

darkbrowneggs

  • Joined Aug 2010
    • The World is My Lobster
Re: Hello...
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2012, 10:23:32 am »
Hi and welcome from Worcestershire  :wave: .  I think I shall have to "Google" Turkish spindle myself.  Still I shall probably just end up back here  ;D
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Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Hello...
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2012, 11:36:39 am »
Still I shall probably just end up back here  ;D

Ah well, worse things can happen  ;D

Dans

  • Joined Jun 2012
  • Spalding
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Re: Hello...
« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2012, 12:49:12 pm »
Welcome Soo from a fellow trainee spinner!

Look forward to reading your thread in the crafts section!

Dans
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Crafty Soo

  • Joined Jul 2012
  • Hampshire
Re: Hello...
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2012, 02:42:26 pm »
Thank you for the warm welcome everyone. Fleecewife, it was your acquisition of two new Turkish Spindles that got me here and pointed me in the direction of IST Crafts. The craft section will be my first port of call as this is a totally new endeavour for me and they are raw fleeces.  :fc:

Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
  • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Hello...
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2012, 03:47:29 pm »
Thank you for the warm welcome everyone. Fleecewife, it was your acquisition of two new Turkish Spindles that got me here and pointed me in the direction of IST Crafts. The craft section will be my first port of call as this is a totally new endeavour for me and they are raw fleeces.  :fc:

Do you think I get a bonus for attracting a new member  :innocent: :D .   I think I have made a new handspinner this morning at Biggar Show where I was demonstrating spinning, and have given a whole lot of children a beginners view - makes sitting in the wind all day well worth it  :thumbsup:   
 I have replied to your thread in crafts, to get the ball rolling.
"Let's not talk about what we can do, but do what we can"

There is NO planet B - what are YOU doing to save our home?

Do something today that your future self will thank you for - plant a tree

 Love your soil - it's the lifeblood of your land.

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: Hello...
« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2012, 04:43:18 pm »
 :wave:  Hi and welcome from sunny Shropshire.  When my ex and I had a spinning and weaving workshop on Isle of Arran, we were surrounded by Scottish Blackface. Customers often commented on their lovely, silky looking fleeces so my ex spun some as a sample.  It would have made excellent string or could be knitted into hair shirts.  Otherwise, I'm afraid it is no use.  I wouldn't even use it for the rugs I made.

Crafty Soo

  • Joined Jul 2012
  • Hampshire
Re: Hello...
« Reply #12 on: July 24, 2012, 11:01:14 pm »
:wave:  Hi and welcome from sunny Shropshire.  When my ex and I had a spinning and weaving workshop on Isle of Arran, we were surrounded by Scottish Blackface. Customers often commented on their lovely, silky looking fleeces so my ex spun some as a sample.  It would have made excellent string or could be knitted into hair shirts.  Otherwise, I'm afraid it is no use.  I wouldn't even use it for the rugs I made.

Hi Mad Goatwoman of Madeley  :wave:  Whatever it's like I will find a use for it. Maybe make some dog beds from it, cushion stuffing, insulation or maybe hair shirts for the S & M community. Living in the pig county of Hampshire the wild birds will love it  :thumbsup:

Mammyshaz

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • Durham
Re: Hello...
« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2012, 07:33:47 pm »
Hello and welcome from Durham.   :wave:

Hoping to take up spinning if Santa is kind this year  :fc:   :eyelashes: until then I'm following the posts in the crafts section

 

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