By Tara, on January 29th, 2009%
Ask Tara is a weekly-ish feature in which I attempt to answer your questions about spinning, dyeing or confusing knitting acronyms. If you have a question, ask it in the comments and I’ll answer it here with either a post or a video!
Sodalimegirl, a YouTube viewer, asks:
Could you show how you initially get your wool onto the wheel and how it gets all set up to spin. In your videos you already have spun wool on the wheel when you do your demos.
Excellent question! This is something so innate, I barely think about it. In preparing for this video, I realized I might do it completely different from someone else. How do you do it?
Here’s how I start each skein of yarn:
What do you think?
Is this how you get started? If not, how?
Have a spinning . . . → Read More: Ask Tara – Getting the yarn to the bobbin
By Tara, on January 28th, 2009%
Spinning inspired by couples, suggested by you! . . . → Read More: Month of Love – Week 2
By Tara, on January 27th, 2009%
“Begin as you mean to go on”
I heard this phrase at the beginning of 2008, on Breda Dayne’s Cast On. I was struck by it then – such a clever phrase – but never explored it. It’s really lovely, so much more poetic than the idea of New Year’s Resolutions and with so many more implications. Every new project that can be started with the notion of “Begin as you mean to go on”.
At the beginning of this year, as I started work on my new website, it came to me again. How do I want to go on in 2009? How do I want the new website to go on?
I don’t “do” resolutions. I love lists and I love setting intentions. But the concept of “resolutions” doesn’t resonate for me. I’d rather remind myself on a regular . . . → Read More: Begin as you mean to go on
By Tara, on January 22nd, 2009%
In which we discuss yarn measurement, what it all means and what we should do about supercrazybulky yarn. . . . → Read More: Ask Tara – Understanding WPI
By Tara, on January 21st, 2009%
This week’s Love Yarns: PB+J, Cheech+Chong, Louis+Marie . . . → Read More: Love-inspired Yarn, Week #1
By Tara, on January 15th, 2009%
A weekly-ish feature in which I attempt to answer your question. This week – my spinning wheel! . . . → Read More: Ask Tara: How does a spinning wheel work?
By Tara, on January 15th, 2009%
A good place to start if this is your first time here. . . . → Read More: Welcome!
By Tara, on January 14th, 2009%
The beginning of the Month of Love Series and a CONTEST in which you could win 50% off your next purchase! . . . → Read More: Month of Love Contest
