How To Pick Yarn When You Can't Get To A Yarn Store

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Norma Jean Holman

Hi Hannah,
I’m so glad I found you. I haven’t knitted for 50 yrs, then I found a book at the Dollar Tree called, ‘Knitivity’ by Fiona Goble. It’s about knitting a Nativity Scene. So far I’ve knitted the donkey and Mary. Since I don’t know a knitter I had to dig out my knitting books to figure the stitches. Even though it’s been difficult relearning to knit I find it relaxing. I have left all the mistakes in each piece trying to repair them along the way. Since it takes so little yarn I’ve gone to thrift stores to find remanents. It’s really fun.
I do have a question, making the sheep calls for ‘specialist cream yarn’, it must be a different kind of yarn because it’s for the sheep which are fluffy. Where can I find this? I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks,
Norma Holman

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Hannah Gilly

Hi Norma, Yes I’ve seen that book, it’s a fun project for sure. 😀 You’d probably want to look for a white or cream bouclé yarn. That will be fluffy enough but still be relatively easy to knit with. Just be sure that the description on the website or info on the yarn’s ball band recommends 4mm -5mm needles, otherwise you’ll end up with a very big or very small sheep! LOL happy knitting! Hannah

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