Author Topic: sparkle  (Read 11930 times)

Fleecewife

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sparkle
« on: August 19, 2012, 11:51:31 am »
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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Re: sparkle
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2012, 01:21:48 pm »
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
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Karen  :-*

Fleecewife

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  • South Lanarkshire
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Re: sparkle
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2012, 02:05:30 pm »
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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Rosemary

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Re: sparkle
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2012, 02:48:54 pm »
You do like  :knit: this don't you, Fleecewife?

Fleecewife

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Re: sparkle
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2012, 07:18:27 pm »
You do like  :knit: this don't you, Fleecewife?

 :knit: :yippee: :knit: :yippee: :knit: :yippee: :knit: :yippee: :knit: :yippee: :knit: :yippee: :knit: :yippee: :knit:
"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.

goosepimple

  • Joined May 2010
  • nr Lauder, Scottish Borders
Re: sparkle
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2012, 07:36:42 pm »

Here's a link 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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Fleecewife

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Re: sparkle
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2012, 12:10:07 am »
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:
« Last Edit: August 20, 2012, 11:42:53 pm by Fleecewife »
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SallyintNorth

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Re: sparkle
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2012, 12:12:17 am »
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:

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Lesley Silvester

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Re: sparkle
« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2012, 11:23:26 pm »


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.

goosepimple

  • Joined May 2010
  • nr Lauder, Scottish Borders
Re: sparkle
« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2012, 05:42:26 pm »
You're all a bunch of knit-wits  :D 
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Chris H

  • Joined Oct 2011
Re: sparkle
« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2012, 01:50:50 pm »
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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Fleecewife

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Re: sparkle
« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2012, 03:05:25 pm »
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:
"Let's not talk about what we can do, but do what we can"

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

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Chris H

  • Joined Oct 2011
Re: sparkle
« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2012, 04:31:51 pm »
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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Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: sparkle
« Reply #13 on: August 22, 2012, 04:40:45 pm »
I don't want to be left out  :knit: :knit: :knit: :knit: :knit: :knit: :knit: :knit: :knit: :knit:
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goosepimple

  • Joined May 2010
  • nr Lauder, Scottish Borders
Re: sparkle
« Reply #14 on: August 22, 2012, 07:41:20 pm »
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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