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Vintage Knitting Book - How to find proper yarn
HI, Everyone,
I have a vintage knitting book with a pretty baby blanket that I'd like to make. I'm guessing that the yarn they suggest might be renamed by now. Can anyone help me to figure out what yarns might work...The book is called Lovable Hand Knits for Infants to 4 years. They use Bucilla, Bear, and Fleischer yarn. Instructions are for Winsport and size 8 needles. Added instructions are for WinTot, Winsom,, Softtex and WinKnit and size 10 needles. I think I'd like to use size 8. Thank you for any help you can provide! Myrna |
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Vintage Knitting Book - How to find proper yarn
On 5 Mar 2007 07:44:55 -0800, "MP" wrote:
Yarndex.com and search for yarns that knit up at the gauge(s) specified in your pattern. You can narrow the search by fiber type. |
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Vintage Knitting Book - How to find proper yarn
MP wrote:
HI, Everyone, I have a vintage knitting book with a pretty baby blanket that I'd like to make. I'm guessing that the yarn they suggest might be renamed by now. Can anyone help me to figure out what yarns might work...The book is called Lovable Hand Knits for Infants to 4 years. They use Bucilla, Bear, and Fleischer yarn. Instructions are for Winsport and size 8 needles. Added instructions are for WinTot, Winsom,, Softtex and WinKnit and size 10 needles. I think I'd like to use size 8. Thank you for any help you can provide! Myrna Here's a site that has yardages for older yarns; there's a page for each weight - http://www.vintageknits.com/vintyarn1.html sue |
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Vintage Knitting Book - How to find proper yarn
On Mar 6, 4:44 am, "MP" wrote:
by now. Can anyone help me to figure out what yarns might work...The book is called Lovable Hand Knits for Infants to 4 years. They use Bucilla, Bear, and Fleischer yarn. It's all about the gague. You need to find a yarn that allows you to knit at the specified tension.It sounds to me (given the needle size (8) and the yarn specified (Winsport)) that you are after a double- knit weight (Americans call this sportweight?) - about 14 wraps per inch. VP http://www.vintagepurls.net.nz |
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Vintage Knitting Book - How to find proper yarn
kje514 had written this in response to
http://www.sewgirls.com/yarn/Vintage...yarn-8441-.htm : Hi, We have the same knitting book. Did you ever figure out what yarn to use for your pattern. I am Planning to make the blanket on page 10, number 3027 only I want to use the size 10 1/2 needles. Thanks so much! Kathie ------------------------------------- MP wrote: HI, Everyone, I have a vintage knitting book with a pretty baby blanket that I'd like to make. I'm guessing that the yarn they suggest might be renamed by now. Can anyone help me to figure out what yarns might work...The book is called Lovable Hand Knits for Infants to 4 years. They use Bucilla, Bear, and Fleischer yarn. Instructions are for Winsport and size 8 needles. Added instructions are for WinTot, Winsom,, Softtex and WinKnit and size 10 needles. I think I'd like to use size 8. Thank you for any help you can provide! Myrna ##-----------------------------------------------## Delivered via http://www.sewgirls.com/ Sewing Community of the Net Web and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup - rec.crafts.textiles.yarn - 13811 messages and counting! ##-----------------------------------------------## |
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