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Susquehanna Valley Spinners and Weavers | Bloomsburg Fair

Susquehanna Valley Spinners and Weavers | Bloomsburg Fair at the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds.

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00:02 - My name is Mary Jane Hunter, I'm spinning

00:05 - yarn with a drop spindle, it's very old method

00:09 - of spinning used in ancient times by shepherds

00:13 - as they tend to develop blocks, they would

00:17 - still productive in spinning yarn in the fields.

00:29 - I'm sailing my yarn and I am spinning on a spinning wheel, using wool and it is made

00:38 - into, what do we think, what do we think, roving,

00:42 - and then you spin and this will be a single

00:46 - and then you need to take two or three singles and ply them together to kick.

00:51 - Okay, moving along here, so tell me what your role is here in the process.

00:59 - This is Scotland wool, it's from our sheep and

01:03 - I'm knitting like a sweater, it's the 11/11

01:07 - sweater and it's mosaic knitting, so it's

01:10 - where you knit one, slip one, and my name is Melody Mossage by the way.

01:15 - Thank you.

01:16 - Alright, so moving across here, you guys want

01:18 - to tell me a little bit about your name and what technique you're working on here?

01:21 - So my name is Kathy Fry and I'm knitting in

01:24 - the round and I'm knitting with double point

01:27 - needles, there's two ways to knit the round this way and on a circular needle, which

01:35 - Janet is doing, I'm knitting a stocking, alright?

01:40 - I'm crocheting, I'm using store-bought yarn,

01:43 - I'm making a pumpkin, this is about a stitch

01:46 - and it'll turn into a really cute little

01:48 - pumpkin when it's done, but I have a long way to go.

01:52 - Thank you.

01:53 - I'm Anna and I'm knitting in the round, I'm making hats, this is one of the hats

01:59 - I'm gonna make and this is another one, make a lot of hats.

02:04 - And tell me what you're working on over here.

02:06 - My name is Laura, I'm weaving on a rigid

02:09 - huddle loop, I'm using a pick up stick to give

02:12 - it a little bit of texture and it's gonna be a wrap.

02:16 - Just learn cool weather.

02:18 - Tell me about working on the loom here, what's the technique you're using?

02:25 - I'm just weaving back and forth and then turn

02:29 - this up like this and it gives you the texture.

02:33 - It's just back and forth.

02:39 - How long does it take to put one of these together?

02:42 - Well, I started this morning or this afternoon,

02:46 - I have about 12 inches done, I have about

02:51 - 60 inches and tell me about the Susquehano

02:55 - Valley spinners and weavers Guild, what is that?

02:59 - It's a group of people that get together

03:03 - once a month, second Sunday of each month and

03:07 - a guild is different than just a group gathering.

03:11 - We always have a speaker who talks about some type of fiber work.

03:17 - So sometimes you would, you know, maybe we'd

03:20 - like to do that other time, it's just interesting to learn a little technique.

03:26 - All right, well thank you for your time.


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