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 for mystery yarns. I purchased my WPI Tool and Knit Card from Knit Picks at http://www.knitpicks.com

Duration : 0:5:49

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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 rise.

MPR’s Ambar Espinoza visited Julie Mackenzie’s sheep farm in Sauk Centre, Minn., to get a look at what it’s like on shearing day.

Duration : 0:1:54

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