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Permalink Reply by lin on May 9, 2008 at 3:03pm: I'm making a gorgeous top with Shine Sport and am getting very worried that I'm going to be one skein short! Is there a place to ask if anybody has one for sale? I need just 1 of Shine Sport in Crocus, color # 8055, dye lot # 3778. I'd be a happy girl is someone has one sitting in their stash!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Knit Picks Admin on May 28, 2008 at 9:24am: No promises, but you could try calling Customer Service at 1-800-574-1323 and asking if they have a ball hiding in the warehouse...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by hippochic on May 28, 2008 at 6:25am: some of your lace weight yarns say 2/16. I looked up weight in the tutorial pages and didn't see that covered in the article about yarn weight, Can you explain, please?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tina on June 6, 2008 at 8:23am: Yardage is calculated based on the numeric count of the yarn. All of our lace weight yarns are 2/16nm. The first number is how many plies: 2. The second number is how many thousand meters per KG: 16000 meters.

This means that the lace yarn is made of 2 plies, each ply (strand) is spun to go 16000 meters per KG.

So, the calculation goes like this:
16000 meters / 2 plies = the distance per KG for this yarn = 8000 meters per KG
Our skeins are 50 grams each, which is .05 KG, so each skein contains 400 meters.
A meter = 1.1 yards, so each skein contains 440 yards.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Susan the Blue Lake Knitter on June 5, 2008 at 6:39pm: I bought enough of the Suri Hand Dyed and Suri to make the Abundance Afghan. I started it the other day, but didn't really think it would be heavy enough for an afghan. I am using it for a shaw instead. I know this yarn is listed as super bulky, but I just wouldn't categorize it that way. All the "fuzz" makes it seem pretty full, but it doesn't knit up even on large size needles like I thought it would. Some of the sport weight yarn is fuller than Suri, though I think it is beautiful and the shaw is coming our quite nice after about 10 rows of knitting.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by LuvLuvLuv2Knit on June 5, 2008 at 8:07pm: I am wondering which natural fibers have the greatest elasticity. From my knitting experience I've noticed that wool has more give or elasticity than cotton. Is there an even more elastic natural fiber than sheep's wool?

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Permalink Reply by Tina on June 6, 2008 at 8:27am: Wool is the most elastic by far, meaning that it can stretch and then return to its original shape. Alpaca stretches too, but not as much as wool, and also does not as easily return to its original shape. For the best "bounce" - stretch and return - wool is the fiber of choice. It has to do with the crimp of the fiber. The individual hairs already have waves in them, like natural springs. Alpaca fibers have less crimp, and cotton has virtually none.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Domestic Arts on June 6, 2008 at 4:44pm: Love the idea of the sock blanks and dye process. Too fun! Good job.

Dianna
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Permalink Reply by apalmer on June 9, 2008 at 7:03pm: I just got Bare 100% Peruvian Highland wool yarn for a shrug. I also got Jacquard dye. I read the Knit Picks dyeing tutorial, and it says to simmer the yarn for 30 minutes. Won't the yarn shrink? What if I want to make a felted project out of extra yarn? Will the dyeing process affect the felting process?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tina on June 10, 2008 at 8:03am: The yarn may shrink in length, but it won't felt if you are careful to not go above a simmer and do not stir the yarn much. Felting is a result of moisture, heat and agitation, so if you don't have all three at the same time, it should not felt.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by MostlySox...Mostly on June 9, 2008 at 7:11pm: I knit some socks out of Palette yarn so I could felt them. I never felted before and I don't have a top loader washing machine. I did find an article about felting on a stove top so I tried that. Dumb question...did I just totally ruin my pot for cooking now that I have boiled red Palette yarn in it? The socks did felt nicely and I do have a very nice pair of felted slippers now.; ▶ Reply to This