"be kind, be calm, be safe"
homegrown yarn and fibre
homegrown linen ~ crowing hen farm ~ how permies works
"be kind, be calm, be safe"
homegrown yarn and fibre
homegrown linen ~ crowing hen farm ~ how permies works
"be kind, be calm, be safe"
homegrown yarn and fibre
homegrown linen ~ crowing hen farm ~ how permies works
And he said, "I want to live as an honest man, to get all I deserve, and to give all I can, and to love a young woman whom I don't understand. Your Highness, your ways are very strange."
Gardens in my mind never need water https://permies.com/t/75353/permaculture-projects/Gardens-Mind
Castles in the air never have a wet basement https://permies.com/t/75355/permaculture-projects/Maison-du-Bricolage-house
r ranson wrote: I might try pinning the far end of the fabric to something to see if this improves efficiency because right now I'm feeling all thumbs.
Gardens in my mind never need water https://permies.com/t/75353/permaculture-projects/Gardens-Mind
Castles in the air never have a wet basement https://permies.com/t/75355/permaculture-projects/Maison-du-Bricolage-house
Pearl Sutton wrote:
r ranson wrote: I might try pinning the far end of the fabric to something to see if this improves efficiency because right now I'm feeling all thumbs.
You know how I am, never do things normally... I use C Clamps to hold things still. I can pull on them and it doesn't come loose. Pins come loose.
:D
"be kind, be calm, be safe"
homegrown yarn and fibre
homegrown linen ~ crowing hen farm ~ how permies works
"be kind, be calm, be safe"
homegrown yarn and fibre
homegrown linen ~ crowing hen farm ~ how permies works
"be kind, be calm, be safe"
homegrown yarn and fibre
homegrown linen ~ crowing hen farm ~ how permies works
Gardens in my mind never need water https://permies.com/t/75353/permaculture-projects/Gardens-Mind
Castles in the air never have a wet basement https://permies.com/t/75355/permaculture-projects/Maison-du-Bricolage-house
"be kind, be calm, be safe"
homegrown yarn and fibre
homegrown linen ~ crowing hen farm ~ how permies works
The only thing...more expensive than education is ignorance.~Ben Franklin
I've used some of Hubby's "emory cloth" - a type of very fine cloth backed "sand paper"(I'm not sure it's sand that's on it) to remove rust and burs from needles and even to sharpen machine needles so I can use them longer before replacement.I've been using vintage needles but I notice that some of them have rust or burs on them, so I haven't used those ones. Most of the needles I have seem to be regular or carbon steel. Some of the needles have gold eyes.
When I cut a piece of thread, I hang it from one hand and pinch it lightly with my other thumb and finger and slide down to the end a couple of times. This seems to remove a bit of the twist and reduces the problem. Despite that, I often still have to do so again part way through sewing with it. I think the key is to do so before it becomes a knotted mess.As for waxing the thread, I find it tangles just as much, if not more, than unwaxed thread. I've tried threading the needle from both ends of the thread - but this makes no difference.
Visit Redhawk's soil series: https://permies.com/wiki/redhawk-soil
How permies.com works: https://permies.com/wiki/34193/permies-works-links-threads
“Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.” —Ronald Reagan
Patience with my ignorance is required as this new to Growies old lady tries to build a food forest in the arid high desert. Thank you for all the advice.
"Also, just as you want men to do to you, do the same way to them" (Luke 6:31)
When I cut a piece of thread, I hang it from one hand and pinch it lightly with my other thumb and finger and slide down to the end a couple of times. This seems to remove a bit of the twist and reduces the problem. Despite that, I often still have to do so again part way through sewing with it. I think the key is to do so before it becomes a knotted mess.
I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but, I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
Ask me about food.
How Permies.com Works (lots of useful links)
Julia Winter wrote:My mom had a pin cushion shaped like a tomato with a sand filled strawberry for cleaning the points of the pins and needles. My daughter is doing a lot of sewing and has made a pin cushion, I've been thinking we should attach a little sand bag. Any advice as to a particular sort of sand to put inside?
I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but, I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
"Also, just as you want men to do to you, do the same way to them" (Luke 6:31)
r ranson wrote:another clamp: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/115198381/kakehari-japanese-third-hand-clamp-and?ref=shop_home_feat_1
"be kind, be calm, be safe"
homegrown yarn and fibre
homegrown linen ~ crowing hen farm ~ how permies works
“Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.” —Ronald Reagan