My $1.25 per pound yarn
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firecatNewton's Yarn Country is letting go of their yarn overstock at $1.25 per pound, which is basically just the price of shipping. 20 pound minimum. My yarn arrived.
Left to right from top:
Single ply off-white nubby cotton yarn, approx. worsted weight. It has flecks of pastel yarns in it. The sticker says 745 yards - I assume that means per pound.
Cherry and black strands lightly twisted together. Fingering weight. The sticker says: "McBess Industries Acrylic So Lara 2/24."
Variegated gold/pink/light green with fuzzy white chunks on it. Sticker says "Astrodye 60% cotton 40% poly 3000 yards." No size on it, but it's one twisted strand about the same thickness as the yarn labeled 2/24.
Pink, 2 plies that vary slightly in thickness. Sticker says "7/2 Acrylic Pink 4997." This is about fingering weight as well.
Soft medium-saturation blue. Sticker says "Italy PTA 20336 BE A76882 Col 8 Avio 2/28 Flanella" Ultra-fine weight, I guess.
Off-white, 2 ply, fine weight. This cone doesn't have any identifying stickers on it. It feels like cotton or cotton rayon.
Rust. Sticker says "Templon 2/8 100% wool Bittersweet S-07378". Sport weight.
More white, 1 ply, even finer than the blue. Feels like cotton or cotton rayon. Sticker says "Cescion 2 ASPase 2 C 20 LB Section #3 5C SPA 30 lbs"
Sage green. Feels like wool. Sticker says "PDW size 2.8 KEL.5370 FF.ANP orange J60 2/8 9/2 H[3 unreadable characters]SM K92.88"
I'm not used to the machine knitting yarn sizing system, but I found this page that seems to explain it.
If you see something you want, I'm open to swap suggestions.
Left to right from top:
Single ply off-white nubby cotton yarn, approx. worsted weight. It has flecks of pastel yarns in it. The sticker says 745 yards - I assume that means per pound.
Cherry and black strands lightly twisted together. Fingering weight. The sticker says: "McBess Industries Acrylic So Lara 2/24."
Variegated gold/pink/light green with fuzzy white chunks on it. Sticker says "Astrodye 60% cotton 40% poly 3000 yards." No size on it, but it's one twisted strand about the same thickness as the yarn labeled 2/24.
Pink, 2 plies that vary slightly in thickness. Sticker says "7/2 Acrylic Pink 4997." This is about fingering weight as well.
Soft medium-saturation blue. Sticker says "Italy PTA 20336 BE A76882 Col 8 Avio 2/28 Flanella" Ultra-fine weight, I guess.
Off-white, 2 ply, fine weight. This cone doesn't have any identifying stickers on it. It feels like cotton or cotton rayon.
Rust. Sticker says "Templon 2/8 100% wool Bittersweet S-07378". Sport weight.
More white, 1 ply, even finer than the blue. Feels like cotton or cotton rayon. Sticker says "Cescion 2 ASPase 2 C 20 LB Section #3 5C SPA 30 lbs"
Sage green. Feels like wool. Sticker says "PDW size 2.8 KEL.5370 FF.ANP orange J60 2/8 9/2 H[3 unreadable characters]SM K92.88"
I'm not used to the machine knitting yarn sizing system, but I found this page that seems to explain it.
If you see something you want, I'm open to swap suggestions.
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Re: Machine yarn description
Date: 26 Sep 2005 08:14 pm (UTC)Elasticity is not going to be affected by rewinding. It's pretty much set in the spinning process.
Machine knitting yarns tend to be a lot more tightly spun than hand knitting yarns because more spin makes them more durable, and less prone to stretch breaking.
As hand knitting is a low tension process, and machine knitting a high tension process, you need different yarn qualities for each type. You can use machine knitting yarn for hand knitting, but often can't use hand knitting yarn for machine knitting.
If you like working with balls, a hand winder is inexpensive and easy to use. I like them because they allow you to pull from the center, reducing the cat attractant factor from the ball rolling.