Crocheting and Knitting

you crochet a towel by doing any stitch you would like. you could use a single crochet, double crochet, half double crochet, or triple or treble crochet. you would chain stitch how ever long you want you towels length to be, then use what ever stitch you would like back and forth across.

The terms used by yarn manufacturers are very varied and there is no standard meaning to any of them. Chunky and bulky are obviously similar in meaning, but the only way to see if yarns are equivalent is to compare the weight to length information given on the ball band.

Warp yarns are threaded on the loom and form the long-ways fibers. Weft yarns are woven in and out of the warp yarns side-to-side during the weaving process. The weft yarns tend to be the fluffier, larger, or more decorative yarns in the project, but this isn't always true.

Google will give you websites with images of colored string. Trust me, this makes it easier to follow. Start with something simple, Search friendship bracelts, right knot. This is the foundation for all other styles.

Good luck and happy craftmaking.

When it comes to making a scarf, the amount of yarn needed to make a scarf is depended on the size of the scarf one wishes to make. If someone were to make a large scarf at the size of 8 feet one would need 4, 120 yard balls of yarn to make that scarf.

No. Wool is the raw material, yarn is another name for the string that's made from it. Yarn can be made from many materials including acrylic, cotton, nylon, bamboo and others. Wool can be used for many items besides yarn like socks and sweaters, for example.

Yarns that are spun from short fibres, like cotton. The staple is the length of the fibre, so you might say 'Egyptian cotton is better quality than Indian cotton because it has a longer staple.' Many artificial yarns are extruded, that is made like squeezing toothpaste from a tube, so they don't need to be spun to make a long thread.

A plain knit is simply knitting each stitch on the front or public side of the fabric and purling each stitch on the back or private side of the fabric. This stitch is called stockinette stitch.

Garter stitch, where each and every row is knit across, regardless of whether you are working the front or back side, produces horizontal ridges that are somewhat similar to ribbing turned 90 degrees and somewhat stretchy, but not as stretchy as ribbing.

Ribbing is created by knitting a sequence of knit and purl stitches to create raised vertical ridges in the fabric which are especially elastic and well suited to cuffs and necks.

The most common ribbing patters are 1 x 1 and 2 x 2.

For 1 x 1 ribbing: *K1, P1, repeat from * across

For 2 x 2 ribbing: *K2, P2, repeat from * across

There are other combinations possible, such as 3 x 3 or 2 x 3 or what ever your heart desires, but 1 x 1 and 2 x 2 are the most commonly used rib patterns.

A plain knit is simply knitting each stitch on the front or public side of the fabric and purling each stitch on the back or private side of the fabric. This stitch is called stockinette stitch.

A rib knit is created by knitting 2 stitches, and purling 2 stitches, over and over.

Example: cast on 10 stitches.

knit 2,purl 2, knit 2, purl 2, knit 2

next row: purl 2, knit 2, purl 2, knit 2, purl 2

Repeat these rows for about 4 inches, and you'll see the rib knit pattern.

Another version of rib knit, is, knit 1, purl 1, knit 1, purl one.

You'll get the same pattern as above, just in more narrow rows.

Rib knit is commonly seen on sock cuffs, and sweater cuffs.

I believe it's 10 ply. I needed to know it too and looked it up on the net.Hope it's helpful.

The difference in woven and knit garments lies in the construction of the fabrics. The knit garment is tougher and better able to withstand wear, but the woven garment has the ability to be more versatile in it's construction. The woven garment is the most common in clothing construction. Because of the ability to cut the material and shape it by means of sewing, it is far more popular in the garment industry. Material made by weaving is thinner as a rule and is not prone to raveling in handling. This allows the garment maker to cut shapes that are not ordinarily available to the knitted garment. Garments made by this method can be embellished by any number of add on items such as buttons, woven in patterns, or different types of lace and contrasting materials sewn to the fabric. The knitted garment is softer and more supple because its thread is treated differently. Knitted is produced by using needles to pull threads up through the preceding threads to produce fabric. Items such as sweaters and stockings are made by the knitting method and will readily "give" in response to pressure of the body. The disadvantage to the knit garment is that it is easily damaged by pulling of one thread in the garment which will distort or even destroy the garment. Examples of this problem is seen by the "run" in stockings and "pulls" in a sweater. For a more complete look at the material construction of the two methods, see the links.

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The advantages of weaving is that it is sometimes easy to use but, it depends on if you are using a machine or if you use your hands and if you make a mistake you can undo it and try again . There are also loads more... ;)

The only way I know to crochet letters onto an already completed afghan would be to use surface stitching.

Another method, which is not crochet but which would give a very nice look, would be to cross-stitch them on. This can be done on single crochet or tunisian crochet (afghan stitch).

Another way to get letters on an afghan would be to crochet strands of chains or single crochet strips and shape them into the letters needed, then attach them to the ghan. That would give a 3-D effect.

It appears that there is no readily available answer to this specific yarn (Unger's Roxanne). The reason is that Unger's went out of business, got bought out by another company, or another reason.

One way to figure out what the yarn weight of a ball of yarn would be to knit a stockinette gauge swatch, (or a crochet gauge swatch), then by counting the stitches, for four inches, and dividing by 4, you get an average stitches per inch. From there find your yarn weight at the Yarn Council recommended standards to get a guess at the yarn weight,

---Otherwise, take the yarn to your local yarn shop and see what weight they guesstimate for you <--this is probably your best bet at finding your yarn weight and information, btw

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First off, there are two "types" of needle sizing. The first is the US method of measuring needles, and the second is the UK/Canada method of measuring. Therefore, there are two answers to your question.

For US knitting needles, there are sizes:

0 (2.0 mm)

1 (2.25 mm)

2 (2.75 mm)

3 (3.25 mm)

4 (3.5 mm)

5 (3.75 mm)

6 (4.0 mm)

7 (4.5 mm)

8 (5.0 mm)

9 (5.5 mm)

10 (6.0 mm)

10 1/2 (6.5 mm)

11 (8.0 mm)

13 (9.0 mm)

15 (10.0 mm)

17 (12.0 mm)

19 (16.0 mm)

35 (19.0 mm)

50 (25.0 mm)

For UK/Canada sizes, there are:

14 (2.0 mm)

13 (2.25 mm)

12 (2.75 mm)

11 (3.0 mm)

10 (3.25 mm)

9 (3.75 mm)

8 (4.0 mm)

7 (4.5 mm)

6 (5.0 mm)

5 (5.5 mm)

4 (6.0 mm)

3 (6.5 mm)

2 (7.0 mm)

1 (7.5 mm)

0 (8.0 mm)

00 (9.0 mm)

000 (10.0 mm)

First it is shorn from sheep. The fleeces are then scoured (washed) and carded (de-tangled). A spinner twists the yarn and winds it onto a bobbin, then twists two or more twisted strands together in a "ply." Properly plied yarn does not kink. After the yarn is spun, it is wound onto a niddy noddy to form a large circle, usually 1.5 or 2 yards in circumference, called a hank. The hank is very gently washed and hung with a weight pulling down at the bottom to "set the twist." It's similar to putting curlers in wet hair and letting the hair dry to hold the curl shape except the shape for the yarn is a spiral twist. Once the yarn dries it can be dyed, twisted into a braid, or wound into a ball and sold or used for projects.

It depends on what weight the yarn is. There are charts giving approximate values for common weights such as worsted and fingering, but to find out the exact number you have to measure for yourself or consult the label, if it's a commercial yarn.

650 grams is 22.945 ounces, which is approximately 23 ounces of yarn. Assuming 50 yards per ounce (according to a chart at Annie's Attic), you'd have 1147, or to round it off about 1150, yards in 650 grams.

To add to that, I have a skein of Red Heart Super Saver Worsted Weight yarn in hand. It says 7 oz. 198g, 364 yds, 333 m. Using that measurement, 650g would be about 1165 yards.

That said, not all worsted weight yarn weighs the same, so 650 grams of one brand may not be equal to another brand. If you are purchasing yarn for a particular project, I suggest buying more than you think you need to be sure you have enough of the same dye lot for your project.

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Stitch length is going to depend greatly on the fabric. You are going to use a longer stitch length on denim than you are on chiffon. That is why it is important to test and adjust your stitch length on a scrap of fabric before you begin sewing your project.

I have added links for Internet sites which have patterns for yarmulka and kippahs. I think I've given you a few choices to help you with your project.

It means decrease a stitch. You do this by putting two stitches together by leaving the last loop of a stitch open and completing it with the next stitch. For example, to decrease using single stitches:

Insert hook, yarn over, pull through (so far, a normal sc), yarn over, and pull through only one of the loops on hook.

Then, leaving the two loops on the hook, insert hook into next stitch, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, and then pull through all loops on hook.

This can be done with any stitch, simply leave one loop of the stitch on, then on the next stitch pull through all loops.