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Permalink Reply by cherubhmm on November 25, 2010 at 12:53am

I bought a KP wool winder a few months ago and thought there was something wrong with it until I reread the instructions! I couldnt get it to wind properly - then I found I had the metal yarn support in the wrong place! I have had no problems since then and love the balls of yarn it produces!!:)

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Permalink Reply by Lois Mitchell on December 2, 2010 at 7:49am

Is it possible to merge two pages into one? I have inadvertently ended up with two profile pages and would like to merge those two into one. I can't seem to figure out if it's possible, or how to do it. Thanks for your help.

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Permalink Reply by cherylbwaters on December 2, 2010 at 10:57am

Send a message to Alison. She can at least contact Ning to see if it is possible. Click here to get to Alison's page. If it won't let you send a message add her as a friend. Then leave a message here and I'll contact her to let her know your problem.

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Permalink Reply by Lois Mitchell on December 2, 2010 at 1:13pm

Thanks, Cheryl. I sent a message to Alison. I am so sorry for all the confusion. I didn't realize I had two pages until I tried to update my email address. I appreciate your help!

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Permalink Reply by cherylbwaters on December 3, 2010 at 12:49am

Alison is really good about trying to get things fixed. Is it possible you have 3 accounts? When I was looking into this, yesterday I saw you listed as "Lois Mitchell" and "GeorgiaKnitter". There is also "Georgia Knitter". But now when I try to search for any of those, I'm not finding you at all by searching the members. I can get to both "GeorgiaKnitter" and "Lois Mitchell" when I click on them through the SAL. Weird! Alison must be working on the problem.

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Moore on December 2, 2010 at 5:30pm

have a gorgeous 100% linen sweater. Something has eaten a few holes too large to repair. Can I rip it and use the good yarn for another project? I certainly hate to throw it out.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Nancy

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Permalink Reply by Nutty4Knitting on December 2, 2010 at 5:44pm

Yes, Nancy, you can. Look at the seams of the sweater.
1) If you see cut ends then the sweater was made by cutting the pieces out of machine knit fabric. You can rip this out, but you will have to tie the ends toether and therefore will have lots of knots in your resulting skein This may not be bad if you make items such as wash cloths or bathing mitts.
2) If you don't see cut ends in the seams, it's likely the sweater pieces were knit individually and then sewn together, just as a handknit one would be. In this case, except for where your hole is, where shaping occurrs and where yarns were added, you should have a continuous yarn and could possible knit another garnent.
In either case, you will want to skein the yarn, such as on a niddy noddy or yarn swift, and then wash it before you reuse it. This will help straighten the yarn so you will not have gauge problems when you make a project out of it.