Comments on: Newpaper Yarns – What can Spinners do with the News http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/101 Handwoven Textiles & Studio - Passionate about Weave Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:24:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Manasi http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/101/comment-page-1#comment-11855 Manasi Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:58:23 +0000 http://curiousweaver.id.au/?p=101#comment-11855 Such beautiful textiles & wonderful accomplishments! :) Manasi Such beautiful textiles & wonderful accomplishments!
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Manasi

]]> By: brenda http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/101/comment-page-1#comment-11654 brenda Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:42:17 +0000 http://curiousweaver.id.au/?p=101#comment-11654 Kaz, Thanks for sharing info with all of us! I hope to try this myself sometime soon and so am glad that you have forged a path! Do you have plans for this yarn? Kaz,

Thanks for sharing info with all of us! I hope to try this myself sometime soon and so am glad that you have forged a path!

Do you have plans for this yarn?

]]> By: Jane http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/101/comment-page-1#comment-11585 Jane Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:08:40 +0000 http://curiousweaver.id.au/?p=101#comment-11585 This is great! I am going to have a go with shredded mail! We usually compost it - we have a wormery and the little beasties love it - but we get so much post they are a bit overwhelmed. Watch this space! Thanks for posting this Kaz, This is great! I am going to have a go with shredded mail! We usually compost it – we have a wormery and the little beasties love it – but we get so much post they are a bit overwhelmed. Watch this space!
Thanks for posting this Kaz,

]]> By: Leigh http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/101/comment-page-1#comment-11581 Leigh Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:20:32 +0000 http://curiousweaver.id.au/?p=101#comment-11581 Oh, this is encouraging! What an excellent start. I too, had thought that the newspaper needed to be wetted just a little bit. I have yet to give any of it a try however. Is your first yarn fairly stiff? Oh, this is encouraging! What an excellent start. I too, had thought that the newspaper needed to be wetted just a little bit. I have yet to give any of it a try however. Is your first yarn fairly stiff?

]]> By: Val http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/101/comment-page-1#comment-11579 Val Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:35:08 +0000 http://curiousweaver.id.au/?p=101#comment-11579 Kaz I tried this way too, with similar results. I think that the artist featured on that website must have used an electric spinner of some kind as I think they do not force the yarn through a 90 deg from the orifice onto the bobbin. Kaz
I tried this way too, with similar results. I think that the artist featured on that website must have used an electric spinner of some kind as I think they do not force the yarn through a 90 deg from the orifice onto the bobbin.

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