Comments on: Skeining http://chappysmom.com/2007/02/15/skeining/ A Boykin Spaniel, some yarn and some books . . . what more could a girl ask for? Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:27:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carrie K http://chappysmom.com/2007/02/15/skeining/comment-page-1/#comment-6439 Carrie K Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:17:53 +0000 http://chappysmom.com/2007/02/15/skeining/#comment-6439 Me too. Can't read romances, it's probably a terribly unfair prejudice I have, but there it is. Aw, Chappy's such a sweet boy! Hugging his mom when she's skeining. Got his exercise that night, did he? lol. I so did not need to see swifts! I want one. Waaaaannnt. Those cream pups look delicious! Me too. Can’t read romances, it’s probably a terribly unfair prejudice I have, but there it is.

Aw, Chappy’s such a sweet boy! Hugging his mom when she’s skeining. Got his exercise that night, did he? lol.

I so did not need to see swifts! I want one. Waaaaannnt.

Those cream pups look delicious!

]]> By: Teyani http://chappysmom.com/2007/02/15/skeining/comment-page-1/#comment-6438 Teyani Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:14:35 +0000 http://chappysmom.com/2007/02/15/skeining/#comment-6438 ah yes... I know this drill too.... skeining off can be a pain in the arse at times. Usually when this happens to me, I have forgotten to remove ALL tension from my wheel (as in zero, zippo, nil, nadda.) The bobbin on the wheel must spin freely, with zero tension in order to properly wind on the skein.... THEn, it requires that we move slowly (think zen-like) to wind it on. Too fast = disaster, bobbins twirling mid air, fiber spinning off into whirly-gigs of mess onto the floor... but slow and steady wins. I've done this too, we all have I think. Glad your yarn is much more pleasing :-) and yeah - I'd love to find a great romance novel - a realistic one. Got any ideas? ah yes… I know this drill too…. skeining off can be a pain in the arse at times. Usually when this happens to me, I have forgotten to remove ALL tension from my wheel (as in zero, zippo, nil, nadda.) The bobbin on the wheel must spin freely, with zero tension in order to properly wind on the skein…. THEn, it requires that we move slowly (think zen-like) to wind it on. Too fast = disaster, bobbins twirling mid air, fiber spinning off into whirly-gigs of mess onto the floor… but slow and steady wins.
I’ve done this too, we all have I think.
Glad your yarn is much more pleasing :-)
and yeah – I’d love to find a great romance novel – a realistic one. Got any ideas?

]]> By: Kristi aka Fiber Fool http://chappysmom.com/2007/02/15/skeining/comment-page-1/#comment-6437 Kristi aka Fiber Fool Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:27:05 +0000 http://chappysmom.com/2007/02/15/skeining/#comment-6437 I have a friend with the same set up - Little Gem and Skeiner and I don't think she has had any trouble. I'll ask her about it and if there were any tricks. I'd love to get a skeiner. I had been using my swift when dyeing and with the handspun I just suck it up and use the niddy noddy, but that gets rough on my shoulders and the swift really doesn't work as a skeiner. I have a friend with the same set up – Little Gem and Skeiner and I don’t think she has had any trouble. I’ll ask her about it and if there were any tricks.

I’d love to get a skeiner. I had been using my swift when dyeing and with the handspun I just suck it up and use the niddy noddy, but that gets rough on my shoulders and the swift really doesn’t work as a skeiner.

]]> By: Mary http://chappysmom.com/2007/02/15/skeining/comment-page-1/#comment-6436 Mary Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:08:28 +0000 http://chappysmom.com/2007/02/15/skeining/#comment-6436 Re: swift. Try rubberbands, or perhaps a rubber washer if you can find one that would fit, on the underside of the pegs. From the pic it looks as if there might be room under there. You could try rubberbands around the pegs twisted to go around the underside tips as well. None of these solutions will help if you really tug on the fiber while winding, but they just might stabilize the pegs enough to hold them steady. =M= Re: swift. Try rubberbands, or perhaps a rubber washer if you can find one that would fit, on the underside of the pegs. From the pic it looks as if there might be room under there. You could try rubberbands around the pegs twisted to go around the underside tips as well. None of these solutions will help if you really tug on the fiber while winding, but they just might stabilize the pegs enough to hold them steady.
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]]> By: Beth S. http://chappysmom.com/2007/02/15/skeining/comment-page-1/#comment-6435 Beth S. Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:35:07 +0000 http://chappysmom.com/2007/02/15/skeining/#comment-6435 I adore Elizabeth Peters! The Peabody books, anyway. I gave Vicky Bliss a try once, and it just wasn't the same. I admire your persistence with that skein of yarn. If only the skeiner would behave! How frustrating to get the results you want (finally!) only to be thwarted by equipment failure. ;-) I adore Elizabeth Peters! The Peabody books, anyway. I gave Vicky Bliss a try once, and it just wasn’t the same.

I admire your persistence with that skein of yarn. If only the skeiner would behave! How frustrating to get the results you want (finally!) only to be thwarted by equipment failure. ;-)

]]> By: Risa http://chappysmom.com/2007/02/15/skeining/comment-page-1/#comment-6434 Risa Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:12:18 +0000 http://chappysmom.com/2007/02/15/skeining/#comment-6434 The instructions that came with my majacraft skein winder told me to glue the pegs in place with a wood glue. I haven't had any problem with mine, except the little knobby peg for turning the thing broke off the first time I used it. Like Lizzy, I used my fingers to provide tension and let the bobbin run freely. The instructions that came with my majacraft skein winder told me to glue the pegs in place with a wood glue. I haven’t had any problem with mine, except the little knobby peg for turning the thing broke off the first time I used it. Like Lizzy, I used my fingers to provide tension and let the bobbin run freely.

]]> By: Kim http://chappysmom.com/2007/02/15/skeining/comment-page-1/#comment-6433 Kim Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:35:32 +0000 http://chappysmom.com/2007/02/15/skeining/#comment-6433 Oh the frustration! The yarn looks great though. Years ago, I picked up a romance novel (bodice ripper with bared chested Fabio) out of curisoity and randomly opened and started reading. About a paragraph later, I read, "He resurrected his glass in a toast." Ridiculous. I put it back on the shelf. Oh the frustration! The yarn looks great though. Years ago, I picked up a romance novel (bodice ripper with bared chested Fabio) out of curisoity and randomly opened and started reading. About a paragraph later, I read, “He resurrected his glass in a toast.” Ridiculous. I put it back on the shelf.

]]> By: Lizzy B http://chappysmom.com/2007/02/15/skeining/comment-page-1/#comment-6432 Lizzy B Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:28:26 +0000 http://chappysmom.com/2007/02/15/skeining/#comment-6432 Well, the method I use to avoid tight skeining is the same I use for swifting existing skeins. I make the yarn go through my fingers and adjust tension that way. When skeining from a bobbin on a wheel I take the tension brake off to get rid of some of the pull on the yarn, but I find that running it through my fingers helps keep it pretty even and not too tight. Well, the method I use to avoid tight skeining is the same I use for swifting existing skeins. I make the yarn go through my fingers and adjust tension that way. When skeining from a bobbin on a wheel I take the tension brake off to get rid of some of the pull on the yarn, but I find that running it through my fingers helps keep it pretty even and not too tight.

]]> By: Carole http://chappysmom.com/2007/02/15/skeining/comment-page-1/#comment-6431 Carole Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:22:03 +0000 http://chappysmom.com/2007/02/15/skeining/#comment-6431 The niddy noddy is a pain in the ass, too. The niddy noddy is a pain in the ass, too.

]]> By: Laura http://chappysmom.com/2007/02/15/skeining/comment-page-1/#comment-6430 Laura Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:36:22 +0000 http://chappysmom.com/2007/02/15/skeining/#comment-6430 Oooh. Frustrating. That's just a nasty thing. Yarn slippage. Shudder. It's amazing to me all the different configurations a swift comes in. I have a wood umbrella swift, and you'd have trouble prying it out of my cold dead hands. Such is our love. LOL Bummer about the DVD player. Ooh, that Fitted Knits book looks intersting! Those Harlequins... I don't even consider them books. LOL Oooh. Frustrating. That’s just a nasty thing. Yarn slippage. Shudder. It’s amazing to me all the different configurations a swift comes in. I have a wood umbrella swift, and you’d have trouble prying it out of my cold dead hands. Such is our love. LOL

Bummer about the DVD player.

Ooh, that Fitted Knits book looks intersting!

Those Harlequins… I don’t even consider them books. LOL

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