Spinner, dyer, knitter, goldsmith, dabbling in all sorts of crafts.
Living in the country side in Denmark, with my husband Stu, my son Ronni, dog, cats, rabbits, poultry etc.
Spinder, farver, strikker, guldsmed, fusker med alskens håndværk.
Mail: lewis dot kathe at elromail dot dk
Spinner, dyer, knitter, goldsmith, dabbling in all sorts of crafts.
Spinder, farver, strikker, guldsmed, fusker med alskens håndværk.
Comment by mycraftsdenmark — January 10, 2008 @ 8:26 pm
Jeg kan se at du havde et sybord til salg sidste år. Er det solgt eller har du det endnu og er det stadig til salg?
mvh Kate
mobil: 5121 7114
Comment by Kate Farcinsen — June 25, 2009 @ 9:04 am
Hej Kate,
Det er desværre væk.
Hilsen
Kathe
Comment by mycraftsdenmark — August 22, 2009 @ 9:11 pm
I saw your blog on your wool combs. They are beautiful! Do you have any instructions on how to make them? I especially like the idea of the stationary hackle accompanied by the hand tool. Where do you get the tines? Are they nails? Any help would be great. Thanks.
Comment by Nancy — May 12, 2008 @ 7:04 pm
Hejsan Kathe!
Du är ju ett riktigt profs. Ska titta lite närmare på allt fint du gjort mamma mia……
Så vackert du stickar rena konstverken. Produserar du all ull själv??? Hur många Kaniner har du??
Jag har inte lärt mig spinna ännu. Mija va här så jag har provat ca 2 meter med knutor tjockt & smalt i en enda röra;)). Säljer du färdiga plagg också?
All Lycka & Framgång fantastiska Kvinna
Sköt om dej
Kramiz Carina
Comment by Carina — October 21, 2008 @ 8:37 am
I love your kittens, I have two cat girls, love your yarns, and all that you do.
Continue with your special touch in everything that you do.
Comment by Annette Marie Gonzalez — December 30, 2008 @ 8:45 am
I found your blog through the KMahholics group. You are very talented! I loved all of your blog but particularly loved reading about the wool combs you made. I am very envious – I would love a set but they are so expensive to buy. I tried making some using long nails but they didn’t really turn out so great. Yours are beautiful!
Comment by Marjorie — January 8, 2009 @ 1:04 pm
Hi Marjorie,
Thank you very much for your kind words!
Yes, wool combs are very expensive, and it is understandable because it takes very long time to make them.
I have seen some reasonable ones here (I’d go for the 4-pitch ones)
http://www3.telus.net/public/rayt1/page2.html
but of course, it is still a bit of an investment.
cheers,
Kathe
Comment by mycraftsdenmark — January 9, 2009 @ 11:41 pm
I received your note about drum carders. I like my Pat Green Happy Hybrid very much, although I am in the process of selling it now to upgrade to the electric model. I use the regular ration the most, and it’s quite easy to change between regular and slow with a simple movement of the belt between wheels.
The slower ratio is supposed to be for finer fibers; it just pulls them in more slowly I think so they aren’t able to clump up as much.
The one thing I will say about the HH is that I don’t have a ton of luck carding angora and cashmere on it, when I’m trying to blend them into a fine wool. It’s supposed to do fine fibers, but I think Angora and cashmere are too fine and would require the fur drum (which I don’t have), which is just a finer toothed drum.
Good luck with your project!
Comment by Jennifer — November 30, 2010 @ 2:59 pm
Hi Jennifer,
Thanks for your reply! You are quite right, a fur drum is needed for angora and such fine fibers, another thing that I discovered makes the difference is using an antistaict spinning oil, like the one sold by http://www.worldofwools.co.uk, under specials. Do you happen to have a picture showing how the ratio mechanism works? And when trying angora, did you find the slower ratio to be better?
What is the fineness of the drum on the happy hybrid?
Best regards, Kathe Lewis, Denmark
Comment by mycraftsdenmark — November 30, 2010 @ 11:31 pm