[Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting with cotton

[Deidre Muccio]

Linda
	The work/scarves you describe sound like I'd want them too!
	Don't you have a Michael's where you are? 

	Deidre
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Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 1:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting with cotton

I bet you will love your new cotton scarf. I have done several vertical
knitted scarves and they are really nice. I did one for my husband but I got
carried away and cast on waaaaaay too many stitches to begin with. The scarf
was enormous and there is no way he would ever wear it - he is short.  But I
put it for sale at the Christmas Boutique I do, and a very tall large framed
woman found it and went beserk - she was in LOVE. Her complaint was that she
can never find a scarf long enough for her body - she looked amazing in my
scarf and I had a good sale. So, that worked out.

Wool is very nice to work with and you get spoiled after using good
materials. I have some all wool scarves I wove on my Macomber loom about 20
years ago. They are as beautiful as the day I cut them off the loom 20 years
ago. I always get compliments on them.

What a great price you got on cotton yarn. Lucky girl.
The sock yarn I use is $20. and it makes one pair of socks - and that is a
normal price for good cotton yarn, so you really scored big.

Lynda
Lynda Lambert
River Road Studio, Since 1976
Village of Wurtemburg, PA 16117

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From: "Deidre Muccio" <deimucc at verizon.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 11:36 AM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting with cotton


> Hello fello beginner knitters, and anyone else who might be interested.
> Yesterday I had my neighbor, Alice,  cast cotton yarn on a size 5
> circular needle for me so I could see how it would feel to knit. The 
> bamboo
> needles were the only ones I could get my hands on. They were slippery so 
> I
> figured the cast on would be nearly impossible for me to do.
> I am going to knit straight down not across. I mean the stitches in
> the scarf will be knit straight down the entire set length of the number 
> of
> stitches cast on, and I will stop when I get close to running out of yarn 
> or
> whenever I feel it is wide enough for my liking.
> The nice thing about this method is that the scarf is very stretchy
> across, whereas knitting back and forth, or whatever the correct term is,
> leaves the cloth flat and nowhere near as elasticky feeling. I'm talking
> about things knit with all wool yarn too. It's a great discovery for me.
> I've seen the result  in a scarf Alice has been wearing for a few winters
> that was knit that way. It's mostly mohair with some other wool.  And I 
> love
> the way it expands when you play with it by deliberately stretching it. It
> does not stretch or lose its shape  over time either.
> I bought 5 grams of all mercerized cotton in a color called
> psychedelic. I hear it's beautifully vibrant, not natural looking, but
> wonderful all the same. I went to Michael's to get it since you pay almost
> nothing with coupons for whatever you buy thee, and all together I spent
> $1.19 for the two balls of cotton I bought. Originally they were $1.99 a
> piece. My neighbor says it's great yarn with a great twist. I figured for
> that price I sure did not need to go look for anything fancy, or, let's 
> say,
> from a more fancy place or with a fancy name.
> What I have found so far is that the cotton is easy to knit, though
> the yarn feels a bit dry and lifeless, compared to handling wool. There 
> must
> be other cottons that don't have such a dry feeling to them because I 
> think
> that I have felt such yarn. Maybe you don't notice it if the stitches are
> much tighter.
>
> I think this will go fast since the cotton does not split easily
> although last night I already by passed where I needed to change hands, 
> and
> just kept knitting all around over and over. I knew something was very
> different. Somehow the tail was not hanging down but was stretched across
> between the two needles and it confused me. I knew something was off but
> continued anyway and wound up knitting the row beneath the tail which is
> where I should have changed hands.
> It sure is lucky for me that I have someone close by that can help
> in these instances, and lucky too I can tell when something is very wrong!
> Only problem I had today was that I neglected to throw out the
> faulty cable I got from Knit Picks (which they promptly replace) and the
> needle came off since it could not be tightened with the key. I had
> misplaced it and meant to trash it, but somehow I found it yesterday and 
> for
> some unclever reason had the yarn cast on that set. Now I have to find the
> needles that are fine and shift it over to a different set. I hope that 
> goes
> well.
>
> Deidre
>
>
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