Seduced by Yarn....

 

For those not familiar with my general modus operandi, here's a head up. I like to try lots of different things, usually all at the same time. Saying that, it doesn't mean that I am constantly productive; I usually get a lot of things completed in a very short space of time or nothing at all for very long periods of time. Call me the productive-lazy or lazy-productive, either way consistency is not a given.

Let's take weaving for example. I first decided to make it a "new" interest 12 months ago but only bought my Ashford Knitter's Loom 5 weeks ago. Since then I have made 2 scarves and pencilled in a cushion cover and table runner. Additionally, I have decided that I need to learn to dye & spin yarn.

That last decision came off the back of another one; the need to learn about yarn. To learn, you must buy magazines. I bought a copy of Spin Off (Winter 2008 - spinoffmagazine.com).

Apparently, authors of Spinning and Techie-Nerd articles share DNA.

 

This is the opening line of my favourite article in Spin Off (winter 2008, pg 40); Serendipitous Spinning with Batts by Shannon Okey.

 

"In the same way that rolags are default format for handcards, batts result from using a drumcarder to card or blend fibre."

Compare this to a techie-nerd blurb Exporting a SVN Working Copy with ANT by Duncan Loxton and well, case in point.

 

"Once you have installed the SVN task to Eclipse, you can begin to look at the possibilities. For example in a deployment scenario you could use ANT to export the HEAD revision so you have a clean set of files ready for moving by FTP or some other means. There certainly isn't any VooDoo here, it's all very straight forward."

Needless to say this magazine isn't much use to a beginner unless they are content to look at the pictures. I am. I love nothing better than to look at glossy photos of colourful yarns & fabrics. So I am going to learn to dye and spin.

 

To learn, you must buy magazines (with glossy photos).

 

Spin Off is a great magazine; it's my complete ignorance of all things spin that makes it a poor read. I am assuming once I have had a go at spinning, the articles will make sense.