[Nfb-krafters-korner] thanks for info on cascade

[Eileen Scrivani]

Jewel:

I hate to be the one to tell you this, but Encore by Plymouth Yarn is not a 
yarn that can be used for knitting the military helmet liners.  It has 75% 
acrylic and only 25% wool in it.  It is called a "washable wool" but it is 
not the required 100% washable wool that is required for the knitted helmet 
liner project.  The cascade is 100% wool no matter if you get the super wash 
or the hand wash variety of it.

A lot of people like the Plymouth Encore because of its washibility and they 
say it wears like iron, but I suspect that is due to the high percentage of 
acrylic in the yarn.  I hope you have family or friends that you might be 
able to gift the helmet liner to because for the military anything with 
acrylic or nylon is a safety issue.

Eileen


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From: "Jewell Boll" <jjboll at excel.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 10:35 AM
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Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] thanks for info on cascade

>    Thank you Irene and Joyce.  yes, the yarn will be used for military 
> liners.  I made my first one out of Encore by Plymouth Yarn because I 
> couldn't find Cascade in any of the local yarn shops.  It knitted up 
> nicely, but it seems just a touch scratchy.  so that is why I want to try 
> the Cascade.  There must be a reason why this particular yarn was 
> recommended.
>
> Jewell
>
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