I currently use a ruler.
There are some clunky square wooden Wraps Per Inch Gauges intended for
weavers, some with the wraps for different yarn thickness printed on, some
with rings which could be used as key rings, for sale all over the net. I
just thought this would be an attractive use for
I tried wrapping threads around both a wooden dowel and cardboard BUT
there is one major problem to that method (sorry Brenda) UNLESS you use
a constant tension on your thread as you wind it you can change the
number of wraps per inch quite significantly. I experimented using a
loose hand tensi
Hi Jean
I just use a piece of paper with two parallel lines drawn on it.
The instructions are at:
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/misc/misc.htm
but the photo does really need re-doing as it's not very sharp.
Brenda
> In a knitting magazine I bought last week there's an item on wool sta
In a knitting magazine I bought last week there's an item on wool stashes.
It gives the wraps per inch of the different plies of wool so you can
identify whether you have double knitting wool or 4-ply equivalent or
whatever. They show a couple of wooden gauges for winding the wool round and
one
