Please be sure to subscribe to Naztazia’s channel! This video shows the basics of yarn, including fiber content, textures, sizes, standards, weights and substituting yarn in knitting and crocheting patterns. Yarn label guides such as weight classification and gauge are covered. Also discussed are tools to measure WPI or Wraps per Inch [...]
Yarn Basics – Fiber, Texture, Weight, How to substitute in patterns
August 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Knitting Size
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Shearing day at the sheep farm
July 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Knitting Size
The most recent agricultural census finds a growing number of women farmers in the U.S. It reports a nearly 30 percent increase in women farmers from 2002 to 2007. And for those women raising sheep, being a wool producer comes at a time when the number of knitters fueling the knitting industry is on the [...]
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