89922 The Knitters Bible
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GETTING STARTED

choosing yarns

bulky (chunky) tweed wool

aran weight rustic

worsted (DK) soft merino wool

aran weight tweed wool

worsted (DK) tweed wool

iwo sneins tapestry wool

sport (4ply) tweed wool

2ply shetland wool

Gold ribbon star knitted in stockinette (stockjng) stitch using a cotton ribbon yam on size 8 (Smm/UK6) needles.

Rosebud

knitted in stockinette (stocking) stitch usmg a silk and kid mohair yam used double on size 5 (3.75mm/ UK9) needles.

bulky (chunky) tweed wool

luxury

alpaca

bulky (chunky) wool / alpaca mix

worsted (DK) tweed yarn

Natural fibrę yarns

The best knitting yams are madę from natural fibres.Tweeds for a cosy country look. thick yams for warmth in the great outdoors and styfish yams for urban wear.Try using smali amounts of tapestry wools for their great rangę of colours in fair isle or for embroidery. Shown here are truły rustic fisherman (aran). bulky (chunky) and worsted (DK) weight yams in tweeds and soft greens. a soft sport (4ply) 100 per cent alpaca yam. traditional shetland wool sweater yarn and tapestry wools equivalent to worsted (DK) weight

Every one of these adorable bags was knitted in basie stockinette (stocking) stitch (see pages 18-23) and measures 4in (lOcm) sąuare, but the varying ehoices of yam and needle size have resulted in very different effeets. See page 152 for the fuli pattem and details of trimmings.

Heart and bird knitted in stockinette (stocking) stitch using a chunky fleecc effect yam on size 9 (5.5mm/UK5) needles.

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