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Sunday morning, 4 Feb

Today I'm dyeing 2oz bundles of Romney roving. I plan to spin froghair and ply two contrasting colors with black wool/silk for sock yarn.

It is obvious to me that I'm not supposed to be knitting right now. I can't maintain a consistent gauge (witness the sweater planned as a

45" chest that morphed into a 50" chest after 6" of stockinette body), so I should be spinning.

Also, if anybody out there has a hank of Cascade220 in shade 2410, a dark grapey purple non-tweed solid and is willing to trade it away to me I'll be eternally grateful: I'm working on a sweater for my son and I've run short :\

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WoolyGooly
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I can't help you with the yarn, Wooly, but I have a question. You said that you couldn't maintain a consistent gauge. How about spinning? Will you be able to spin a consistent whatever-it-called-that-means- something-similar-to-gauge? Thickness, I guess.

Higs, Katherine

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Katherine

Hi Katherine.

Yes, I can draft pretty consistently. I use long draw quite a lot and not inchworm, so I don't need much of a pinching motion or pinch pressure.

My problem with knitting gauge is that since the accident (broken elbow, wrist damage) and surgery (wrist fixed, sort of) I have some fine motor control issues with my left hand. Since I tension around my left pinkie, under the ring & middle and over the pointer and pinch squeeze my hands together to maintain tension, well, sometimes the squeeze just doesn't happen, especially when I'm on autopilot.

I may have to just choke and admit that I'll have to start throwing.

Reply to
WoolyGooly

Wooly,

I will ask the local group.

Hugs & God bless, Dennis & Gail

Reply to
Spike Driver

LOL You know, Wooly, throwing is not that bad. Admittedly, it will slow you down some, but thousands of knitters work that way. OTOH, if you would just like to spin and pass your finished product on to someone else, I can think of several folks who wouldn't say no.

Higs, Katherine

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Katherine

Yes, I know, but I won't like it and you can't make me! :D

Gosh, I can't imagine who you might be talking about...

Reply to
WoolyGooly

Hi Katherine and the Gang, Regards from the frozen North. No water here this morning, so my thoughts immediately turned to dyeing and felting! Never mind, I wanted to chime in on the fluctuating gauge issue. I concur with you, Katherine, when the hands get too numb to knit, spin. I spent two years not knitting before my brain grew into my "disability." I have rheumatoid arthritis and neuropathy from diabetes and I knit in German style. I have found that no matter how unpredictable my knitting is, time and washing will even out the stitches. Yesterday I was wearing a sweater I knit about 15 years ago, from Brown Sheep yarn. The stitches look as if they were machine knit. Very even, although I know I had problems then too. Knitting is good for our fingers, but keeping a death grip on the needles can tire you out very soon and can be dangerous for the needles as well. :-) Sorry, I cannot help with Cascade yarn. Back to knitting the itty bitty MP3 player pouch ( Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece) With warm regards, Antje is Die Wollhexe in frozen Sodus Center, NY

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Wollhexe

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