Knitting Yarn 101 , Odds and Ends
Sometimes you don’t have a choice – you just have to deal with it! There are those times when yarn is happy to fall out of the centre of the ball, and there’s no problem… you find the end, start casting on a life is a breeze. Your ‘me’ time is set, feet up, cat […]
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Cable Knitting , Knitting Yarn 101
Find yarns to show off your knitting skills Picking yarns might seem to be easy – just find some colours and make sure the thickness matches your pattern and you’re ready to go through checkout. But hang on – there are some other yarn features you can think about, depending on your pattern. For cable […]
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Whether you’re in the mood to start decluttering craft supplies throughout your house, or just want to focus on your yarn, I have some tips for you to store your yarn in various ways. I’ll go through sorting and storing your yarn first. Because we all organise in different ways I’ve got lots of ideas […]
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The ‘ply’ of a yarn is something that most knitters know exists, but what is it for? The multiple strands twisted together are obviously there for a reason. I’m sure you notice how different yarns knit up with different results. Some might be more fluffy, but perhaps that’s just the different fibre. Some might be […]
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When you’re buying new yarn the world is your oyster, you can pick out patterns from Ravelry, from your local yarn store, from Rowan’s new collections or make it up as you go! But choosing from your yarn stash is another thing. Deciding what to knit with leftover yarn, maybe spare from knitting a jumper […]
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Choosing yarns for knitting can be great fun, and that fun increasing when the yarns do amazing things when you’re only knitting plain knit and purl! Multi-coloured yarns are a great option to add effects to your knitting without a lot of effort. But choosing the self-striping or rainbow yarn that does what you’d like […]
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You’ve started to knit! High five! But there’s one point that might feel like a hurdle. If you don’t understand the yarn that you’re knitting with, you can start to feel stuck. It may not knit up like you expect. The knitting might feel tight or loose, because of the yarn. And the finished result […]
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Last week we took a look at worsted yarn and found out exactly why it’s called worsted and what worsted means. We’re going to go through the intricacies of aran yarn today. And recognise that ‘aran knitting’ is also a widely used term as well as ‘aran yarn’. To subscribe to the Knit With Hannah […]
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There are lots of terms in knitting that we recognise in every day life. Then there are those that confuse us as we’ve never heard them before! Worsted is one of them. The word ‘worsted’ derives from a small village in Norfolk, England which has a strong history connected to wool, sheep, weaving and industry. […]
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Christmas Knitting , Knitting Yarn 101
There’s something satisfying about knitting from yarn stash. And likely or not that means odd balls of yarn, left-over from larger projects, or bought on the sly when no-one was looking!So what to do with odd balls of yarn?Many ideas come to mind. And that’s why I’m here today. You’ll have so many options you’ll […]
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