[Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting with cotton

[Deidre Muccio]

Linda
I hear you. Yarns can be so luxurious. For now this trial knitting cotton is
great. Plus I saw some expensive stuff that was scratchy, believe it or not.
I like some of the mixes too, silk, rayon.... Hand died, all that is readily
available here but until I can do it justice, this cheap stuff is great,
plus Alice says it's wild in a  good way!

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From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of River Woman
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 7:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting with cotton

We have one about 35 minutes away from where I live - PA is very rural
overall - nothing anywhere in my immediate area. But, I like to buy custom
dyed and hand painted yarns so I order them from Vermont or some other
places - we  do have a wonderful yarn store about 1 hour from my home that
deals in really special yarns, too.
Lynda Lambert
River Road Studio, Since 1976
Village of Wurtemburg, PA 16117

Visit my Web Site at:  http://lyndalambert.com Visit my Blog at:
http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com

www.lyndalambert.com
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Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting with cotton


> 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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> On
> Behalf Of River Woman
> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 1:19 PM
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>
> 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
>
> Visit my Web Site at:  http://lyndalambert.com Visit my Blog at:
> http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
>
> www.lyndalambert.com
> www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
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> From: "Deidre Muccio" <deimucc at verizon.net>
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> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 11:36 AM
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>
>
>> 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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