Last modified on
August 12, 2010
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Thick-and-Thin, Slubbed, Knot Yarns
What are slubs? " Slubs are thicker, less twisted areas in a basically thin, well-twisted singles yarn. It seems that when we are learning to spin we can only produce, to our dismay, slub yarn... Often slubby yarns are equated with handspun. Spinning mills try to approximate handspun with thick-and-thin yarns. Careful inspection of these commercial yarns reveals that the slubs occur with amazing regularity, and that they are uniform in size." For handspun yarns, slubs are naturally random and not so perfectly and equally sized. - source: Spinning Designer Yarns, Diane Varney
Awaiting arrival (August): Sesto Sento Drake [70% Merino Wool, 30% Acrylic], thick-and-thin, 100 m / 100g, 4 - 4.5 mm needles, "Noro-style" variegated colours.
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CIAO by Lana Grossa
FIBRE: 50% Superwash Merino, 50% Acrylic
YARN WEIGHT: Super Chunky
TENSION: 10x10cm (4"): 9 sts / 1 rows
NEEDLES: 8 - 10 mm (US No.13-15)
LENGTH: approx. 30 m / 36 yards
BALL WEIGHT: 50g
* machine wash | made in Italy
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JEWEL
by Cascade
FIBRE: 100% Peruvian Highland Wool
YARN WEIGHT: Chunky
TENSION: 1" =3.5 - 4.5 sts
NEEDLES: 5 - 6 mm (US No. 8-9 )
LENGTH: approx. 132 m / 147 yds
BALL WEIGHT: 100g
* hand wash | made in Peru
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ERBA by Lana Grossa
FIBRE: 60% Cotton, 40% Polyamide
YARN WEIGHT: Heavy Worsted
TENSION: 10x10 (4"): 18 sts / 28 rows
NEEDLES: 4.5 mm (US No.7)
LENGTH: approx. 105 m / 112 yards
BALL WEIGHT: 50g
* hand wash | made in Italy
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FLORES by Lang
FIBRE: 40% Cotton, 40% Polyamide /Nylon,
20% Polyester
YARN WEIGHT: Worsted (or Fancy)
TENSION: 18 sts / 27 rows
NEEDLES: 4 - 4.5 mm (US No.6-7)
LENGTH: approx. 85 m / 97 yds
BALL WEIGHT: 50g
* machine wash | made in Italy
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