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What do you know about yarn? |
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By: jpcher Date: December 3, 2024, 2:45 pm |
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I know nothing. My mother is an avid knitter. During my last |
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visit with her she pulled out a very large bag full of hats and |
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scarves that she knitted and will be donating (she's been doing |
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this for years). She mentioned that she's using her remnant |
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pieces so some of the hats used a variety of colors, still with |
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a nice pattern. Gorgeous, every one of them. She also said that |
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the price of yarn has nearly doubled at the Walmart and there |
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isn't a yarn shop in her town. |
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So, I would like to give her a bunch of yarn for Christmas, but |
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I don't have a clue as to what to look for in yarn. How do you |
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know it's good quality? |
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Do you have any tips or pointers on buying good yarn? Any help |
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would be appreciated! Thanks! |
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eta: Would something like this be good? |
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https://www.amazon.com/52-Acrylic-Yarn-Skeins-Inscraft/dp/B07QWP89Z8/ref=sr_1_1… |
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Re: What do you know about yarn? |
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By: Aleko Date: December 4, 2024, 1:40 am |
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Any avid knitter like your mother will have developed her own |
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preference for the types and weights of yarn she likes to knit |
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with. Do you have any pieces of hers that you could take to a |
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yarn shop and ask them to identify, and say what yarns they sell |
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that are equivalent? Then you could be pretty confident that if |
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you bought some of those, they would be suitable for her. |
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Also, unless �Oh, what a lovely surprise!� when opening |
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Christmas presents is important for you and your mother, you |
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could just ask her straightforwardly what knitting project she |
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would really like to make if she had the right yarn, and what |
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that yarn would be (and how much of it, of course - maddening to |
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be given lovely yarn but not quite enough of it to make what you |
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want!) and get it for her. If you wanted to retain some element |
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of surprise could also throw in as well some small amounts, |
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enough for a beanie or a scarf, of quite different yarns that |
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just look interesting and special. |
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Re: What do you know about yarn? |
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By: oogyda Date: December 5, 2024, 6:31 am |
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Is there any way you could look for the labels/wrappers of the |
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yarns she is currently using or has set aside for future use? |
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Re: What do you know about yarn? |
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By: jpcher Date: December 5, 2024, 2:44 pm |
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Thanks, Aleko. I was sort of trying to keep it a surprise. She |
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did give my DD#2 one of the hats she made. Now all I have to do |
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is find a reputable yarn shop in my area. Good idea! |
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oogyda -- that's a great suggestion. I wish I would have thought |
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of that when I visited her last. And I won't see her again until |
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Christmas. But you gave me an idea. I'll contact my sister and |
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see if she could do some snooping. Thanks! |
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P.S. I think I'm videoed out about yarn. So much to learn! |
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