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Questions about the use, properties and selection of yarn.

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How can I determine a yarn's weight?

These methods, along with experience, will usually get you quickly to that 'good-enough' answer about yarn weight and thus yarn yardage, so that your project can proceed as smoothly as possible. … So, if while figuring out available yardage for a mystery yarn, you need a more exact yarn weight answer, there is one other option: a "Yarn Balance". …
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Turtleneck Sweater Design: What to consider?

One more very important thing to take into consideration when designing / knitting a sweater: how much ease will you be building into the design? The great news is, you’re the boss of this pattern, s …
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Is a blanket stitch doable for first-time knitters?

OK, you have yarn and needles, and you have YouTube. Most importantly you are a crocheter, so you’ve got this! You know your way around a pattern and you know how to wrangle yarn. …
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How can I keep my yarn relatively stationary while working?

wound; {c} any of the above and your knitting environs require that you keep the yarn closer to your person, that is, when it is not practical to use a yarn bowl or yarn bowl alternative (e.g. one of … Place the lid back on the bottle, effectively trapping the starting end of the yarn inside. Now, begin winding your yarn around that little bottle. …
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How can I keep my yarn relatively stationary while working?

HOW TO KEEP YOUR SUPER SLICK YARN ORGANIZED WITH CROCHETED YARN HOLDERS Since posting the above answer on How to Wind a Center Pull Ball of Yarn, I have had the “challenging pleasure” of working with … One last perk of crocheting your own yarn holders: you can put the yarn tag into the holder before you put the yarn ball in, so that you will always have the yarn information right there with your yarn
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Can a wool coffee cozy sustain high temperatures?

In addition to being extremely insulative, wool is ideal for something like a coffee cozy because it is stable in the presence of a fairly high degree of applied heat, it is un-meltable, and it has a …
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