by DesignerLynne | May 25, 2012 | Casting On, Knitting, Techniques, Video
Knitted Cast On In this third video in the Beginners Guide to Knitting series, I would like to show you a method of casting on that I really don’t like and seldom use. Why on earth would I want to show you how to cast on using a method that isn’t very useful? The...
by DesignerLynne | May 17, 2012 | Casting On, Knitting, Techniques, Video
Cable Cast On In this second video tutorial in the Beginners Guide to Knitting Series, I will show you one of the most popular methods for casting on, called the cable cast on. It’s called cable simply due to the neatly twisted cable appearance that is both...
by DesignerLynne | May 16, 2012 | Casting On, Knitting, Techniques
Lynne’s Simple Long Tail Cast On I am delighted by the strong resurgence of interest that is taking place around the yarn arts, such as knitting and crochet, and more especially amongst the younger generation for whom knitting was something that happened to...
by DesignerLynne | May 2, 2012 | Art Yarn, Indian Head Spinning Wheel, Long Draw Spinning, Spinning Wheel, Techniques, Throw
The weather over the Easter weekend was so lovely, that as I sat at the spinning wheel outside, I decided to capture it on camera as a casual lesson in long draw spinning. Sewing Machine Treadle Mounted Spinning Wheel There was a lot of interest in the long draw...
by David | Apr 30, 2012 | Animals, Factlets, Things Llama
Camelids have prehensile lips, meaning they have the ability to grip things with their finger-like lips. Llamas, alpacas, camels, vicunas and guanacos have a cleft or split in the upper lip that enables them to manoeuvre grass and twigs, rotate them and even to draw...
by DesignerLynne | Apr 20, 2012 | Knitting, Mega Knitting, Projects, Techniques, Throw
Part One ~ Using Knitting Needles with Hooks I’ve been wanting to make this video for a long time, but amazingly, getting the fibre, the project and the weather to line up at the same time as finding a gap in the mountain of other tasks has taken a long time. The...
by David | Apr 6, 2012 | Animals, Caring For Animals, Things Llama, Video
Digging through our photographic archive, I found this short video clip and thought it would make a nice little camelid cameo. Although Llamas in the Raw is not a registered charity, several of our llamas are rescued animals, adopted or collected from people who no...
by David | Mar 28, 2012 | Animals, Caring For Animals, Homeopathy, Philosophy
If we choose to keep an animal, we take on a considerable amount of responsibility to care for that animal to the best of our ability and it is a sad reflection of our fast-paced society that animals often aren’t given the same degree of care and consideration as...
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