[Nfb-krafters-korner] Working with cotton

[Blindhands at aol.com]

I agree with the others.  I have used a cotton blend and it worked up  so 
beautiful and soft, but I would stay away from using 2 different types of  
yarn in one project.  If you had 2 colors of the same yarn it might work a  
lot better for you.  The poly and cotton blend didn't have much if any  
shrinkage that I could tell.
 
Joyce  Kane
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In a message dated 3/31/2012 1:13:58 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
slerythema at gmail.com writes:

That is  pretty much what I figured but wanted to ask here just in case I
might get  the answer I really wanted. I used a cotton/acrylic blend once 
and
loved it  and it didn't shrink (if it did, it was very little that you
couldn't  really tell), but again, that was where the yarn was actually a
blend and  not two separate yarns.

Thanks for the help. I may end up buying yarn  after all.

Cindy S.

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> I would not mix cotton with other yarns.  The cotton  will 
> shrink so if you 
> could pre shrink it, it might  work.  The acrylic yarn will 
> not shrink. JoAn
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> >I have a question for our more experienced knitters. I  want 
> to know if 
> >I  will have a problem using a  cotton with an acrylic in a shawl 
> >pattern.
> >
>  > The cotton is Bernat handicrafter's, worsted (4) and the acrylic is  
> > Lionbrand Pound of Love, worsted (4).
> >
> >  I'm trying to use yarn from my stash for a prayer shawl but want to 
>  > make sure the cotton shouldn't cause any shrinking. The 
> pattern  is a 
> > feather and fan repeat and I was going to alternate the  yarns in 
> > stripes.
> >
> > Cindy S.
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