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

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.

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

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

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

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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






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