[Nfb-krafters-korner] Home spun yarn

[Eileen Scrivani]

Terry:

It's in the nature of these buccle yarns to "bunch" up like that if you pull 
with too much tension while knitting.  Both the Lion Brand Home Spun & the 
Lion Brand Buccle yarns are examples of similar types of yarn that can do 
the exact same thing.  I suspect that they are all spun very loosely that is 
what makes them so soft to the touch, so if you pull the working yarn with 
too much tension it will happen  with all of them.  I am a very tight 
knitter so even when I make the effort to handle those yarns more gently it 
can happen.  If I find it occurring I just gently take my fingers on the 
working strand of yarn and push the bunching fibers towards the knitting 
needle so it will even up and get knit into the project.  Try not to push it 
down towards the ball because then the bunch will just get worse.  I don't 
know if this is the best way or if there are other ways of dealing with it, 
but it works for me.

Honestly, I have not yet received my order of the Circus yarn, but based on 
the description, I am anticipating it is going to be a nubby, soft buccle 
yarn and will have these characteristics.

Eileen


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From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 8:28 AM
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Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Home spun yarn

>
> I have a question about this yarn for Eileen and Linda and anyone else who 
> has had experience with it.
> You know how you find all these lumps in the yarn, I have found thay will 
> slide down the length of the yarn and make my current yarn, you might say, 
> smooth.  I am wondering if I should be doing this or am I damaging the 
> yarn, before it is to late.  I have done about six inches of the scarf.  I 
> just do not know how to handle the bumps, especially when they move and 
> collect in clusters.
> thanks for any advice.
>
> terry P.
>
>
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