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Pom Pom Yarn
Pompom yarn is quick to work with and makes lovely gifts, but is not without its limitations.
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Crochet Ribbing
It is possible to add ribbing to garments through crocheting, rather than knitting. Two types of rib can be used, according to your requirements.
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How to Choose Knitting Yarns
Many factors go into choosing the right yarn for a knitting project. Besides the type of fiber of a yarn, a yarn's weight is also important in making a selection.
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The Characteristics of Wool Fiber
Wool fleece can be spun into yarn because of the special properties of wool fiber.
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Buying Yarn—Different Types of Yarn
There are many different types of yarn, including multiple-plied yarn, sock yarn, brushed yarn, boucle yarn, chenille yarn, felting wool and superwash wool.
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Buying Yarn—Reading a Yarn Ball Band
A yarn ball band tells the yarn fiber, suggested care, length, gauge, suggested needle size, yarn weight, color and dye lot. Yarn comes in balls, hanks, or skeins.
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Yarn Fiber—Plant Fiber in Yarn
Many yarns are made from plant fiber, particularly cotton and linen. Silk is a unique type of fiber. Understanding yarn fiber helps when choosing yarn for a project.
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Yarn Fiber—Animal Fiber in Yarn
Most natural yarn comes from animal fiber, particularly sheep wool, mohair, cashmere, angora, and alpaca. Understanding yarn fiber helps when choosing yarn for a project.
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Where to Buy Yarn Online
Here are some websites where knitters and crocheters can buy yarn that is hard to find or at a deeply discounted price.
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Knit Picks Quality Knitting Yarn
The Knit Picks company sells quality knitting yarn at an affordable price, and makes it easy to buy yarn online by supporting an online knitting community.
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Knitting and Crochet Without Wool
Many people are allergic to wool and prefer to knit with other fibres.The following are the three most commonly available alternative yarns.
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Queensland Collection's Kathmandu Aran Yarn
The Kathmandu Aran is a natural fiber yarn made from Merino Wool, Silk and Cashmere. Great for chunkier scarves, hats and sweaters.
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Ideas for Knitting with Luxury Yarns and Fibers
Knitting with luxury yarns can be expensive. Here are some useful knitting tips and ideas, however, to help make the most of these lovely exotic and unusual yarns.
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Purchasing Your First Spinning Wheel
In part three of these articles on choosing your first spinning wheel, a selection of questions are asked for the beginning spinner to consider when making the purchase.
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First Spinning Wheel: Drives, Treadles and More!
Single or scotch drive and double drives, single versus double treadles, and folding wheels: what they mean and what they can do for you.
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Your First Spinning Wheel: Styles & Ratios
In part one of this three part series, we first look at the different wheel styles, including Saxony, Castle, Charkha, and The Great Wheel, as well as drive ratios.
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Knitting With Handspun Yarn
Knitting with handspun yarn is a real treat, with lots of natural variation in the color and thickness of the yarn. Flexible patterns work well with handspun yarn.
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Affordable Yarn Shopping Websites
This is the second in a three-part series on Web retailers that reliably deliver knitting products of terrific quality for a manageable cost.
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The Basics of Hand Spinning Yarn
Spinning yarn by hand is growing in popularity as knitters and crocheters take up spindles and start treadling wheels.
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Affordable Yarn Shopping Websites
This is the first in a three-part series on Web retailers that reliably deliver knitting products of terrific quality for a manageable cost.
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Your Yarn Stash
Why this writer embraces, doesn't deny, why your knitting and crochet yarn stash can bring you joy, happiness and pleasure. Even if your stash will outlive you.
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Yarn: Weight and Style
A discussion of yarn weight, the differences of yarn weight, and what needles or hooks to use to obtain the right gauge.
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Yarn: Natural Fibres
Wherein we discuss the origins and properties of some of the most popular natural fibres around, including wool, cotton, cashmere, silk, and more!
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Vegan Knit and Crochet
Vegan choices for crafters within knitting and crochet can be difficult to find, but there are options out there for vegan fibre artists. I interviewed some vegan knitte
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New Ideas for Machine Knitting
It is time to take another look at machine knitting and how it can bring something different to the craft of knitting and benefit the contemporary knitter.
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