For those who have just decided to start knitting and for those who have been knitting for a long time, the choice of yarn will always be relevant. Not only the beauty of the product, but also the quality will depend on the right choice. So what should you pay attention to when choosing it, and are there universal options?
Now the shops sell yarn for every taste: from natural yarn, mixed or artificial, with lurex and sequins, melange and plain. Due to such a variety, often the needlewoman in the hands of not quite what is needed. So, what to look for when choosing a yarn.
For whom and what is the product intended for
Before buying your favorite yarn, you need to understand what you are going to knit from it and for whom. For children's products, yarn made of hypoallergenic material, with soft fibers and good air permeability, is suitable. For adult products, the main criteria are the minimum shrinkage of the product after washing, the yarn should not fade and cause skin irritation. For both children and adults, for warm garments, yarn made from merino wool, alpaca, cashmere, as well as with bamboo fibers is well suited. But due to the high cost of the material, not everyone will be able to afford such yarn. More often, experienced needlewomen who know how to handle it take yarn from 100% natural wool. For beginners, yarn from sheep or goat wool with the addition of synthetic fibers is suitable, which will not be inferior in thermal conductivity to products made from expensive fibers.
For summer clothes, cotton, linen or bamboo yarn is suitable. It is good if elastic thread is added. With it, the product will not stretch very much when worn and lose its shape.
Yarn length and thickness
It is recommended that you examine the label before purchasing yarn. It contains all the information from the manufacturer to the composition of the yarn, its thickness, footage and the number of knitting needles that need to be knitted.
In addition, it must be borne in mind that the thicker the thread, the larger the number of needles should be when working with it. From such a yarn, oversized bulky things will look spectacular. It is good to knit delicate things from thin yarn, things with a volumetric pattern. But in either case, before starting work, it is worth tying a sample in order to roughly understand how the product will look like.
If you are new to knitting and have taken a certain model from a magazine as an example, then you should follow the recommendations. As a rule, it describes in detail how thick the thread should be, what knitting needles to knit, and how much footage is needed for one size or another.
If only the pattern repeat is indicated, be sure to save the label, suddenly during the knitting process you will not have enough yarn to finish the product. This will save yourself the trouble of finding a similar thread.
These are just the basics when choosing yarn for knitting, they should be adhered to, but special cases are not excluded. Therefore, before you start knitting a thing, think carefully about your idea.
