I've uploaded 3 photos of lace related postcards to the Webshot Album at:
http://travel.webshots.com/album/578164179ICZtQA?vhost=travel
This is also a reminder that there are only 2 weeks now until the end of
August.
I'm still waiting to receive my postcards, but I'm hoping that I'm not
the
Hello fellow lacemakers,
Could someone please be so kind and tell me how many wraps per cm, fingering
or sock weight yarn is?
I have a pattern calling for either and have a nice linen that is 10 wraps per
cm.
Thanks in advance,
Irene Whitham
Surrey, BC
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Hello Irene
Have a look at
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/knittingyarns.htm
Brenda
On 18 Aug 2010, at 15:42, Whitham, Irene Steve wrote:
Could someone please be so kind and tell me how many wraps per cm, fingering
or sock weight yarn is?
I have a pattern calling for either
Brenda, thank you so much!
Irene Whitham
Surrey, BC
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That's really useful, and interesting - thank you, Brenda.
So is sock yarn the same thing as fingering?
Margery.
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Hello to One All!
In a word...Yes. Fingerling sock yarn are the same sized yarn.
On the needles: Civil War Circular Shawl - cobweb wt yarn with 214,889 sts
total in the shawl.
Working on a pair of socks in fingerling/sock wt to submit to Knitty.com for
their next issue.
Working on a pink
From what I understand of the American terms for knitting yarns 'sock yarn and
fingering are similar, if not the same.
I vaguely remember from years ago when my Grandma used to knit socks for my Dad
she used 3 ply wool which was described on the label as 'fingering' but I never
really knew
Brenda Paternoster paternos...@appleshack.com wrote:
From what I understand of the American terms for knitting yarns 'sock yarn and
fingering are similar, if not the same.
That's the way I've understood the terms. However, in Brenda's article on
yarns, the official numbering system
