thank you @paladinkit!! unfortunately iirc most of our local spinning events are Paid Classes but we might also just...not be looking in all the right places? we'll probably start searching also she's joining kintsugi soon so she'll be able to ask around herself :D
Still more fiber news from my corner - a new unboxing video for my fiber club! I feel like I was more relaxed this time.
I'm getting too deep. Now I want a hackle and comb set. I have these lovely color samples of wool top that are too small to do anything with on their own (I think they're made for needle felting) but they would be absolutely the BEST blended on a comb.
JOIN THE MADNESS I don't own any blending tools yet, but I have a little bin full of 2oz-or-less fiber bundles for when I get blending tools.
So far I actually haven't spent that much money on the hobby because I keep getting gifted things. A couple drop spindles, a pair of broken hand carders that just needed a little glue, the spinning wheel which just needed some TLC and parts replaced.... If I wait long enough, do you think someone will drop a drum carder and a hackle and comb set into my lap?
goddamnit I'm gonna do some practice waffle stitching because i've fallen deeply in love with the look of that blanket
My family has just been very indulgent in my love of fiber. Also I set aside my share of profits from our knit business for fiber tools. And I feel like I've been blowing up this thread non-stop, but I've been playing with that new Russian spindle I got this weekend and I'm not super great at it yet (I need a better bowl) but- HOLY SHIT IT'S SO PRETTY Plus I can spin while curled up on the couch like a fatigue gremlin so that's super nice
I am hilariously slow at crochet, because of lack of practice and having a hard time understanding where the next stitch is (it's not as clear as knitting!!!) but I made 3 rows of practice waffle stitch and I can see the pattern and I was able to do it and have the correct number of stitches and such. I love the way it feels, but hoo boy this will take a lot of yarn and a lot of time I don't even know if stitch is the correct terminology here lol
It is! I'm definitely glad I learned crochet first though, learning knitting first would have been so much harder.
(it's funny to me when people say "crochet is not as clear as knitting," because i have tried at least 4 times to learn to knit, sometimes with someone there teaching me and sometimes alone watching tutorials and reading guides... and it is completely opaque and mysterious to me. i can't understand how it works at all. meanwhile crochet made intuitive sense to me almost immediately and i picked it up the first time someone showed me how! funny how different such similar crafts can be.)
I picked up knitting pretty fast but it makes my hand cramp and having to count on so many stiches makes my head hurt. With crochet I do the first initial count and from there I just wing it till it looks right. Knitting in my experience is a lot less forgiving with attempts at winging. Even if you're making up your own pattern, unless you're really good and intuitive, you still have to write down and carefully follow the pattern. Plus crochet is faster so it gives you that dopamine hit of "accomplished a thing!!" more. But Knitting is much more versital. I get really tired trying to find new patterns for crochet and inevitably get met with 1000+ afghan throws.
Crochet shaping is less intimidating to me Create more stitch by doing a stitch, and then another stitch in that same spot Decrease stitch by making 1 stitch that connects to 2 stitches in the row below knitting: learn these 3 new techniques to make a hat crochet: hook makes all Knit: u need dpns or a circular needle, also cable needle I like knitting and the fabric it produces is nicer to wear but its not as easy imo
I miiiiiight be able to help with this? I've taught a lot of people how to start, and that's pretty much the second hardest thing to grasp. The first hardest is where the end of the row is, but I guess that's just a subset of the problem. I look for the Vs! if you're looking down at the top of th row, you want your needle to go under the V. if you're looking at the side of the row, you want your needle to go through the V there. (two different Vs) I'll take pictures when I get home tonight
you should make yourself a straight up homesteading review blog and see if someone sends you it for free
