Knitting has been and remains an incredibly popular handicraft. Not only grandmothers devote their free time to this activity. A lot of fashionable patterns and patterns await you on the pages of magazines. Look after the model, arm yourself with knitting needles and run to the store for yarn!
Instructions
Step 1
The quality of a hand-made knitted product depends not only on the skill of the needlewoman, but also on the material. Threads need to be selected when you already know what exactly you want to do. After all, a warm scarf and an openwork summer blouse should not be knitted from one yarn.
Step 2
Needlework threads are made from different materials. The main types of yarn: woolen, cotton, mohair, linen, synthetic, silk and blended.
Step 3
Woolen threads warm well and are quite elastic, but after washing they can strongly "shrink" or stretch. There is also a risk of pellets. Woolen yarn is subdivided into subspecies depending on the animal whose fluff is used. The price for such threads directly depends on their quality.
Step 4
Cashmere, for example, is expensive, but makes garments remarkably warm and light. Fluffy fur of angora rabbits is used to make fluffy yarn, which is usually mixed with acrylic, merino wool. Things knitted from such threads must be cleaned very carefully and must not be washed.
Step 5
Mohair yarn is also a type of woolen product. For these threads, goat hair is taken. A thing knitted from mohair will be warm, light and fluffy.
Step 6
Cotton, silk and linen threads are used for knitting summer clothes. This yarn is lighter and less fleecy, and airy openwork products are obtained from it. But a cotton item can shrink very much after washing.
Step 7
Synthetic yarns are made from polyester, nylon, acrylic, rayon, polyamide, lycra, spandex and other man-made fibers. The acrylic thread turns out to be strong and holds the color well, the product from it will turn out to be cozy and warm.
Step 8
Viscose is made from cellulose, it is distinguished by pleasant softness and light sheen. But a thing made of such yarn can stretch a lot. Nylon is used in blended yarns to extend product life and maintain its shape after washing.
Step 9
A relatively new material "taktel" has all the best properties of synthetic fibers, it does not accumulate static electricity, is very strong and durable, allows the skin to breathe, and dries quickly.
Step 10
Silk yarn is very expensive. But its merits are undoubtedly great! Silk products are pleasant to wear in the heat, they do not lose their shape, they are perfectly breathable, they look simply excellent.
Step 11
Blended threads are a mix of several fibers. In fact, almost all yarn is blended. Knitting yarn is rarely made from just one fiber.
Step 12
Fancy or fancy yarn is made in a non-standard way, this is necessary so that you get an unusual thing as a result of your work. The thread can be composed of different ribbons, laces and fibers.
Step 13
Melange yarn consists of one type of fiber, dyed in different colors. When knitting, interesting effects from stains are obtained.
