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Questions about the use, properties and selection of yarn.

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Blocking Acrylic Yarn

Knit a swatch from the same yarn (if you made a gauge swatch, just use that). …
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What does "100-150rp" mean (yarn)?

In that context, it would most likely be some measurement that would allow you to choose a different yarn and make sure it's suitable to the pattern. … (Source: the Ravelry pages for Yarn Art Dolce and Himalaya Dolphin Baby.) That falls into a range of 100-150 yards per 100g. …
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How to rehab tightly wound yarn?

But don't soak the yarn while it's wound into balls. First, put your yarn up in hanks. Yarn balls would take a long time to dry, and they could get moldy. … The easiest way to wind a hank is to use a yarn swift. If you don't have one, this question has some good advice: How to wind a hank of yarn without a swift? …
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Can hand-winding crocheting yarn into a ball have any negative effects?

With an inelastic yarn like mercerized cotton, this shouldn't be a problem. Another possible issue when winding a ball is if your winding technique twists the yarn. … If you add twist to the yarn, when you work with it, it will tend to fold back on itself and form kinks. The added twist can also affect the tension of your knitting and cause it to bias. …
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Evenly spaced increase

Evenly spaced stitches means that the number of stitches between increases is approximately the same. Since you are increase 50 sts over 94 current stitches, and 94/50=1.88 you should put (on average) …
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I am trying to identify / describe this wool thread / yarn

So you know you want a 2-ply wool yarn smaller than 20/2 or 2/20. When you purchase weaving yarn, sometimes they don't tell you the yarn size. Instead, all they tell you is yards per pound. … In their regular weaving yarn section they have a 40/2 linen, but no wool yarn even close to as small as you want. …
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