Wrapped in Comfort

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Comment by CathyJ248 on June 23, 2009 at 10:29am

I love wooden needles when I am working with a fine yarn and larger needles. I also like wooden needles when working with mohair. The wood or bamboo sort of grips the fibers and helps prevent the yarn from falling off the needle as easily.

Comment by Alison Jeppson Hyde on June 22, 2009 at 10:40pm

Certain yarn and needle combinations can be that way; would switching to, say, a wooden needle give the yarn enough friction to help hold it in place?

Comment by acrononymous on June 17, 2009 at 7:20pm

Ok. I got my book, yarn, picked a pattern. I'm going to lose my mind. I've knitted for 30 years. I've knitted lace and everything under the sun. I picked out Julia's Shawl and a pretty fingering weight yarn. I cannot for the life of me keep the fine yarn from sliding off the size 9 needles. I'm going back to my old book and my size 3's for this weight yarn.

Comment by Alison Jeppson Hyde on June 17, 2009 at 11:33am

Welcome, and I hope you enjoy the book!

Comment by Lorraine Strohkirch on June 4, 2009 at 12:21pm

Hi all, I just joined this knit along. I bet you all are done with your choice of pattern to make..I love shawls, scraves..so I knew I had to join in. I just ordered the book and they will mail it out by the ninth but just looking at the previiew..I want to make them all...I have been knitting for 41 years, have designed my own sweaters patterns, a long time ago..I have just about knitting everything except the new diamond pattern forgot what it is called...one day I will..My twin is also joining this group. hugs,Lorraine

Comment by KnitWhich? on April 22, 2009 at 12:29pm

Hi Kathy, Welcome. I just joined a short time ago myself, but it doesn't look like there's much activity here. I love the House of White Birches patterns. I bet it will be beautiful!

Comment by Kathy Ann Klosowski on April 22, 2009 at 10:03am

Hi Everyone,
I'm new to this group, I made a simple shawl last year and now I am starting a prayer pocket shawl, its so pretty.I got the pattern from house of white birches..

Comment by Alison Jeppson Hyde on April 10, 2009 at 10:39am

My answer seems to have disappeared into the ether; if you get it twice, my apologies. So. What I'd do is wash a length of it in hot soapy water, and when it's dry, compare it to the yarn as it is on the cone. If it's thicker, if it's softer, than the cone has mill oils, which are like dried hair mousse and are used to keep the fibers from flying apart during the spinning process. You can knit it up like that, but softer yarn is more fun to work with, and gauge would be an issue. On the other hand, if it's better to you to go that way than hanking, washing, and re-balling all that yarn, go ahead with it as is.

It sounds though as if your yarn is already ready to go.

Comment by KnitWhich? on April 8, 2009 at 12:48pm

Thanks. I will do that.

One other question. I bought several cones of silk/cashmere (55/45) laceweight yarn. I am not sure if I need to scour them or not. How do yu determine if that is necessary? The person I bought it from wasn't sure, but didn't think it needed scouring because it was "soft and doesn't have a smell".

Comment by Alison Jeppson Hyde on April 8, 2009 at 12:44pm

I think it's the silk rather than the seaweed you're smelling. Letting it air out should take care of it. And thank you for teaching that class!

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