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MMario
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 Posted - 09/29/2005 : 07:34:39 AM
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Human hair
red cedar bark (the inner bark)
MMario - I don't live in the 21st century - but I play a character who does. |
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Lanthir
Warming Up
USA
54 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2005 : 2:11:34 PM
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Cedar bark? I bet that smells wonderful!
"And we shall call it 'This Land'"
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Tgz
Chatty Knitter
Portugal
205 Posts |
Posted - 10/26/2005 : 06:19:38 AM
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Originally posted by MMario
Human hair
red cedar bark (the inner bark)
MMario - I don't live in the 21st century - but I play a character who does.
How do you spin human hair? You see, I haven't learned to spin yet, but I have VERY long and VERY abundant hair and have been thinking of cutting it... and it has crossed my mind that I should keep it stored to spin it later on. (I'm not joking).
Did you get nice results? The resulting yarn probably is not so soft, but probably very resistent.
Thanks,
TGZ
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Crey
Seriously Hooked
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Posted - 10/26/2005 : 06:23:26 AM
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NMario - How did you prepare the cedar? I am doing cattail now - I tore the leaves into tiny long fibers - do you do the same for the cedar? - Crey
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MMario
Permanent Resident
2202 Posts |
Posted - 10/26/2005 : 06:34:29 AM
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the human hair didn't spin too well - kept pulling apart. The cedar bark was pounded and split and combed into little fibers.
Also tried spinning some chinchilla once - but wasn't very successful - the hairs BRANCH - which makes for a very messy yarn - but it does felt.
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GrandmaHatter
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
440 Posts |
Posted - 10/29/2005 : 10:26:35 AM
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Plastic wrap, with cut up bits of magazine inside of it for decoration. A little time consuming, as you have to cut the wrap on the roll, unroll it, and then add the magazine bits- but the results were very interesting!
Kristin
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Valk_scot
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/29/2005 : 2:11:27 PM
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Originally posted by kbshee
I've mentioned this before, but I *tried* to spin dryer lint. Just because it looked like it needed spinning.
I spun a mix of cream merino, toffee alpaca and a sprinkling of silk noils dyed rust, ochre and dark green. It felt fantastic...but belive me, it looked like dryer lint, or something out the hoover bag.
Val.
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