As someone who’s been known to home-brew, I probably shouldn’t cock an eyebrow at people who shear and spin their own wool for knitting:
Hand-spinning is growing in popularity, especially among young people, said Natasha Thoreson of the Minnesota Weavers Guild (www.weaversguildmn. com) in Minneapolis. “We have quite a few members who start with the sheep,” she said, but most take advantage of the sheep farms that also sell cleaned wool, as well as a growing number of yarn shops that now sell roving — bundles of wool that’s been washed clean of lanolin and combed smooth, ready for spinning.
Thoreson said the guild can’t offer enough spinning classes to meet the demand. In addition, two weaving groups meet monthly to spin together.
For me, of course, the next obvious stop would be making my own gyros and souvlaki.
I used to get so much fur out of my Samoyed that a friend would turn it into wool and use it in various knitting projects. It wasn’t uncommon to pull a grocery bag or two of some very soft, fine fur off him daily for 3 weeks during his sheds twice a year.
And Sammies are much easier keepers than sheep, and more fun to keep around the house.
When your toes and fingers are warm you won’t cock an eye at all. Trust me…hand spun rules. You can make your own souvlaki, I’ll make my own socks.
Nerdboy said: “And Sammies are much easier keepers than sheep, and more fun to keep around the house.”
True. Unless you’re Kermit.
141st said: “When your toes and fingers are warm you won’t cock an eye at all.”
Or if you just point it away from your eye.
It’s a cool thing, as long as it’s being done for art, recreation, and fun; I’ve got a friend who spins, knits, and weaves. (And, if she shoots, she scores . . . while she’s not a gun person, she actually took the beta carry class before the MCPPA passed . . . )
I brushed our Somali (clue to ac: the cat, silly) and thought, at one point, I could talk her into knitting me a whole new cat…
AC – it’s not nice to pick on words like that, it IS funny, but not nice.
Of course, no one said you were trying to be nice, but you sure are fun(ny).
BTW – I don’t think Mitch ever answered whether he thought the 2nd amendment was incorporated, mind telling me if you do (speaking of MCPPA)?
speaking of MCPPA
Which, in this thread, we were not.
I don’t think Mitch ever answered whether he thought the 2nd amendment was incorporated
It was ratified. It is in the constitution. It’s the law of the land. And when the SCOTUS finally rules on the DC appeal, I’m fairly confident that there’ll be no doubt, and all legal canoodling will be moot.