Made a Survey and Did Some Spinning
I moved into primary research while continuing to practice. Plus, some thoughts on yarn math.
After our group meeting with Elizabeth last week I decided to start thinking about research questions. I had thought about doing interviews with knitters and pattern designers since September but I hadn’t really made a move to create a question set. I made a base set to go over this week and continued my practice.
I tried to spin some of my wool samples on a drop spindle, and it’s very hard to stay coordinated.
A big step was trying to embed the thread in one of my wool samples. I quickly realized that I was going to need more conductive thread for a larger sample to create a continuous line of electricity, but I press on with a 30ft spool I had from Adafruit and made a small sample of yarn that only measures about 5 yards.
This is enough to try to embed next to non-conductive yarn and see if it will turn on a light, but it illuminated some problems I suspected I would have with the equipment I used.
