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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. 6: Here's to New Advent-ewes!

Check out this episode! Marsha talks about her progress on her St. John Cardigan. She completed the first of her Merry Socks and cast on for the second sock. First Merry Sock made with Punta Yarns Merisock Hand Painted. She is close to completing her St. John Cardigan and her needles can never be idle. Really, can anyone's? She talks about swatching with Hope 55 from Valkyrie Yarns & Fibers for her next project in her queue, the Featherweight Cardigan . Valkyrie Yarns & Fibers Hope 55. Kelly talks about her progress on the Gala tunic. One side is done and the second side has been started. No sleeves, so the end is near! She hopes she looks this cute in the finished project ;-) And then Marsha's reveals her BIG surprise! A Lil' Herbie spinning wheel. She discusses why she wanted a spinning wheel, why she wanted a Lil' Herbie, how she found it, and what it means to her. Lil' Herbie safely strapped in for the ride home.

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.

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Ep 45: Winners and a Wooly Road Trip!

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