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Ep 45: Winners and a Wooly Road Trip!

Posted by Two Ewes on July 08, 2016

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Yes You Can Use Handspun Singles!

What are singles? A singles yarn is a yarn that is only one ply. Most of the time spinners make yarn with the intention to ply it. Most often spinners will make a two-ply yarn or a three-ply yarn. But there are times when a one-ply yarn, a singles yarn, is useful. Some well known examples of singles in commercial yarn are Tosh Merino Light and Lopi yarns. Twist and Energy When twist is introduced into the fibers, it can be thought of as energy. That energy can be seen to "balance" itself when a newly twisted yarn hangs free and it twists back on itself and stablilizes. When fiber is twisted into a singles and then it is made to stay that way for some time it will seem to stabilize without twisting back on itself. However, if soaked in water, the energy will be visible again. The yarn will, once again, twist back on itself. It's similar to the way hair that is curled or straightened with heat or time in curlers will return to it's original form once

Ep 65bee: Best Bee Weekend Ever.

This bonus episode is all about bees. Our regular knitting, spinning, and fiber adventures episode will be published in Episode 66 on the weekend of May 12/13. Kelly picked up two packages of treatment free bees to add to her apiary. They rode home in the car and were successfully installed the same day. She is so happy with the improvement of her beekeeping skills since 2015. The next day the existing hive that had been cut out of a drain pipe and had been progressing well swarmed. She saw the swarm from start to finish and describes the incredible experience. These are my first attempts to create YouTube videos. We won't be changing the podcast to video, but it was fun to document the experience for a YouTube supplement.

Ep 60: The Power of Clicking Needles

Marsha and Kelly both attended marches and they talk about the experience. So many knitters made so many Pussyhats! The Ewes have also been thinking about 2017 goals. The political realm, along with some personal challenges of the past year, have played a part in that thought process. The Women's March website and the Indivisible Guide website are both mentioned in this episode. If you are a new listener, you might want to listen to a different episode first. This one is not typical of the podcast, but we thought it was an important discussion to share with you.

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Ep 45: Winners and a Wooly Road Trip!

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