Comments on: Heavenly Slivers…in my own town http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/87 Handwoven Textiles & Studio - Passionate about Weave Mon, 21 May 2012 00:59:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: jackie http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/87/comment-page-1#comment-10014 jackie Thu, 05 Jul 2007 13:12:50 +0000 http://curiousweaver.id.au/?p=87#comment-10014 I recently made a trip to a mini-mill too! What a wonderful experience! I recently made a trip to a mini-mill too! What a wonderful experience!

]]> By: Karen http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/87/comment-page-1#comment-9958 Karen Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:17:19 +0000 http://curiousweaver.id.au/?p=87#comment-9958 Thanks for posting the pictures -- it's great to see how all of this is done. I'm currently spinning some Freelance Fibre alpaca/silk/merino blend in the sandstone colourway, and I love it! It wants to be spun very fine. I plan on knitting a lace shawl from the yarn. Thanks for posting the pictures — it’s great to see how all of this is done. I’m currently spinning some Freelance Fibre alpaca/silk/merino blend in the sandstone colourway, and I love it! It wants to be spun very fine. I plan on knitting a lace shawl from the yarn.

]]> By: Abby Franquemont http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/87/comment-page-1#comment-9957 Abby Franquemont Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:59:01 +0000 http://curiousweaver.id.au/?p=87#comment-9957 Hey, I grew up with exactly that sort of exposure to fibery stuff, including being put to work doing plenty of it. For the first few years after I moved out on my own, yeah, I tried to rebel against it and not be a textile person. But that didn't work out. ;-) I complained in my teens, too, about having ended up with a skillset that nobody cared about; but I grew out of it. And now people tell me they think I've forgotten more about textile stuff than a lot of folks know there is to know in the first place... all because of that upbringing. So there! Tell your daughters a grownup (I guess I'm a grownup) who got hauled to textile stuff all the time said so! Hah! *grin* Hey, I grew up with exactly that sort of exposure to fibery stuff, including being put to work doing plenty of it. For the first few years after I moved out on my own, yeah, I tried to rebel against it and not be a textile person. But that didn’t work out. ;-) I complained in my teens, too, about having ended up with a skillset that nobody cared about; but I grew out of it. And now people tell me they think I’ve forgotten more about textile stuff than a lot of folks know there is to know in the first place… all because of that upbringing. So there! Tell your daughters a grownup (I guess I’m a grownup) who got hauled to textile stuff all the time said so! Hah!

*grin*

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