[Nfb-krafters-korner] Home spun yarn

[Eileen Scrivani]

Yes, they are a part of the yarn and you just knit the yarn as it comes up.



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From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 10:03 AM
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Home spun yarn

> Eileen;
> So you are saying it is best to let the lumps flow into my knitting as 
> best as I can.  I was not sure if the outcome was supposed to be lumpy or 
> not.  I think it is supposed to be lumpy and soft.
>
> Terry P.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eileen Scrivani [mailto:etscrivani at verizon.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 9:23 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Home spun yarn
>
> 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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