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Exuberant Band Care
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This wild-looking, two-ounce hat-band or collar is one of the simplest of ‘collapse’ textiles, composed solely of a hand-spun skein of single-stranded yarn.
Each strand of any yarn is unbalanced on its own, and seeks to untwist. Plied yarns and threads are balanced by virtue of two or more singles “untwisting” around each other, reaching equilibrium: pure physics.
However, there is only one continuous strand here. When released from tension, the whole skein collapses because the stored energy in the twisted yarn forms local double-stranded events. (Much like you would in a lively, sinuous game of Twister.)
©2001 Ruth Walker, Feltmaker
www.feltmaker.com
The Taming of the Skein:
The Taming of the Skein:
Portions of the yarn may get caught on rings, fishhooks, or stray pacifiers, and the whole skein may look irreversibly messy. Do not despair!
- • Hold the constriction with one hand.
- • Insert your other fist through the opening next to your first hand;
- • pull your hands apart gently.
- • Allow them to come together, and the whole skein will follow, evening itself.
- • You may need to pull apart gently two or three times.
- If a portion remains stubbornly knotted, cut off each end of the knotted strand just next to the constriction.
- To Wash: (Do not dry clean; do not agitate.) Place in lingerie bag and soak in cool water with 1 Tbsp shampoo. Gently rinse. Spin out or blot dry in towels; block to desired shape. This will also refresh the springiness.
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