[Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting questions

[Lovette Yewchan]

There is the cocoon stuff that is neat for scarves but they are just 
worn around the neck. They are warm and neat to work with.  You knit 
on string like stuff between the pompon like stuff and they really feel cozy.
Lovette
At 02:51 AM 9/9/2011, you wrote:
>I've heard that it is recommended that a scarf should be as long as the
>person is tall.  I try it on and base it on whether I can wrap it around my
>neck, get it to comfortably stay in place, and of course look good.
>
>I do not know what the pompom yarn is, but I saw a really neat scarf someone
>at work made with balls hanging off of the yarn that looked like eyeballs.
>She knitted very thick long lengths of I-cord from the eyeball yarn and some
>black yarn.  She laid the i-cords next to each other in a pattern that
>alternated between the 2 types of i-cord, black and eyeball.  The ends of
>the i-cord were not even.  She randomly tacked the I-cords together.  It was
>very fashionable for Halloween.  If I remember correctly, the yarn part of
>the eyeball yarn was shades of read, pink and orange.  Think biology class
>and human body diagrams.
>
>Annette
>
>
>Annette
>
>
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>What is an average length for a scarf?
>
>I am using home spun yarn, so what is that thread like tecture, my needle
>keeps getting caught on?  It feals sort of like a thread of nilon going
>through my yarn.
>
>I saw some yarn for sale, they clamed it to be, Christmas yarn.  Some had
>like a chord then a fuzzy ball, then chord then a fuzzy ball.  What kind of
>yarn is that and what in the world could you make with it.  Do you actually
>knit with the chord and then have fuzzy bumps, through out your work, how
>strange!
>
>Terry P.
>
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