tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589391921788659741.post7135863892691766999..comments2023-09-17T07:37:53.925-07:00Comments on The Sewing Directory: Y is for YarnThe Sewing Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15137533380922935904noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589391921788659741.post-48341352354561846392011-01-03T04:57:42.014-08:002011-01-03T04:57:42.014-08:00I say yarn too! There are some words that have be...I say yarn too! There are some words that have become generic - like biro and I still talk about hoovering the sittingroom even now I have a Dyson! But I think it is so much clearer - after all as you say we do not just have the choice of Wool or plastic now. My mother was a spinner, spun any fibre she could get her hands on including hair from our poodle!<br /><br />Thank you for such a clear explanation of different weights etc, I am going to try and set up a link from my blog but I am very new at this and it may not work!Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06744601510746298605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589391921788659741.post-77805579594204994362010-12-21T03:48:04.683-08:002010-12-21T03:48:04.683-08:00Good article! I have dabbled with knitting but n...Good article! I have dabbled with knitting but not with any great success. I have knitted with felting wool and made a bag for myself though and loved the whole process. The oversize bag knitted up really quickly too! Watching it shrink in the wash was amazing too. <br /><br />Similar new fibres, bamboo, hemp, soy and odd animal fleeces are being used in quilt battings too ( .. or waddings if your want to be English! Hahaha ! )<br /><br />Merry Christmas!Traceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05509492213836220873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589391921788659741.post-14046731512455881372010-12-20T14:34:24.991-08:002010-12-20T14:34:24.991-08:00Hi Julia!
Yes, the '100% plastic' I was r...Hi Julia!<br /><br />Yes, the '100% plastic' I was referring to is indeed acrylic yarn. I do appreciate that it has it's place, but for me I felt cheated as I understood it to be wool since that is how it was referred to by both my wee knitting Nana and by the owner of the local yarn shop.<br /><br />I can only speak for one brand of possum yarn, but Jamie Possum recover the possum fur from animals which have been culled in New Zealand as part of the NZ governments attempts to control the highly destructive possum population. I do appreciate that this can be hard to come to terms with, but their ecological argument is very powerful and I'd encourage anyone with doubts or concerns to read both sides of the argument on possum fur & yarn.Vonniehttp://www.thelifecraft.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589391921788659741.post-81789241571328219082010-12-20T12:39:45.397-08:002010-12-20T12:39:45.397-08:00Interesting article .. i am intregued by the 100% ...Interesting article .. i am intregued by the 100% plastic - is that 'acrylic' yarn? And alarmed by the possum yarn .. do the possum's die????JuliaBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08796157310429701087noreply@blogger.com