Knitting, crocheting and general craftery
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May 2016
10:35am, 27 May 2016
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Meglet
Also love the sewing bee. In fact it's one of few programmes I watch with both my children. I enjoy sewing and I'd be fine at the pattern challenge, but would completely fail on the alterations! It does make me want to sew more stuff, but time gets in the way, there's too much craft stuff I *could* be doing. On that note, I've done my swatch for my jumper, changes needles twice, measured and calculated and decided which size with which needles. Just going to wash my swatch and remeasure, hopefully it won't change! |
May 2016
10:43am, 27 May 2016
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EvilPixie
Fabric chosen as it was sweet and pink! Loved the evening and kept thinking what I could do! Used a Singer 1 which costs about £450!! |
May 2016
10:58am, 27 May 2016
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Red Ant
£450 crikey! Sounds good Meglet 
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May 2016
2:25pm, 27 May 2016
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Meglet
All basic machines will go forwards, backwards and make zigzags. For more money you get more features, such as fancy stitches, easy buttonholes, digital stitch length, different feet, etc. Plus will cope with more fabric types. Mine was about £250 in 2012 IIRC and has all the features I need plus a few more, and it's so much better than my old one (that I got for my 21st and stopped working when I dropped it :-o) I think John Lewis have demo machines you can try, hope I've remembered that correctly. |
May 2016
2:46pm, 27 May 2016
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Helegant
I have one of those machines that requires atraining course to thread, so will be using it properly in another place and another time (planned but not yet here). Meanwhile my basic machine does all I need, but I am getting close to neediong more features than it has e.g. spare feet.
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May 2016
3:19pm, 27 May 2016
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Helegant
We met some aquaintances yesterday. they keep sheep, various types including Jacob and Ryland (I presume at least some of their breeds are only any good for carpet but Jacob???). They sheared the sheep a couple of weeks ago and burned the fleeces - there is no value in them. I'd like to offer them a better alternative for next year. Ideas?
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May 2016
3:20pm, 27 May 2016
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Helegant
Sorry - Ryeland
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May 2016
3:26pm, 27 May 2016
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Meglet
How did they manage to burn the wool, I thought wool was quite fireproof? I have heard that fleeces aren't worth much. I guess it depends on the type of sheep but you'd think someone would have a use for them. They are using wool for insulation in green houses (as seen on Grand Designs) |
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May 2016
3:33pm, 27 May 2016
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Helegant
After speaking to a lad in Devon a few weeks ago I understand that it's very hard to turn a profit on wool. She is part of a local collective that can collect enough fleeces for a load to go to the factory to be prepared and spun, but even selling it at £10/100g she doesn't make more than a few pennies per fleece. She does it for love, but she also hand-spins some of her own fleeces and weves rugs, which are more profitable. This couple wouldn't have time for any of that. They sell the meat.
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May 2016
4:29pm, 27 May 2016
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HellsBells
It does seem a shame Latest socks for Middle Boy ravelry.com |
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