[Nfb-krafters-korner] cotton blend yarns

[Blindhands at aol.com]

Lion Brand has a Vanna's Choice  cotton acrylic blend worstered weight  
yarn that feels wonderful and works up well.  It is soft to the touch and  as 
you knit it, it becomes much softer.  It is also washable and I think  
dryable by machine.   
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
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In a message dated 2/19/2013 2:00:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
deimucc at verizon.net writes:

Ok you  experience fiber artists and knitters, here is a question for      
you.
Why does cotton knit up with bigger loops or holes on a  size 5
needle than an acrylic yarn I am knitting on size 7 needles? The  cotton 
yarn
has a good twist to it and feels thicker. Is it that the  acrylic sticks 
more
to itself once knit?
I'd like to knit  with a cotton that knits tight like many sweaters
I've worn in the past.  What would I need to get that kind of tight knitted
quality? Some kind of  blend? So far I have never seen a cotton yarn that
isn't much thicker than  a light string. Does it exist? I looked at 
something
called bulky cotton  yarn and there was even a knitted scarf there to show
how it knit up. It  was scratchy which is not at all how I think of cotton.
it was expensive  and nothing I was attracted to. I've seen blends I liked
but I think they  likely are too fine for me to work with at this stage. 

Deidre


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