Knitting craft books

by Megan
(Los Angeles, CA)

Hi Linda,

I was hoping you could give me a little advice.

I'm an intermediate knitter/crocheter. Today I bought some great books by Debbie Bliss featuring her gorgeous baby patterns for my baby boy.

Well, as is always the case, authors like that list a specific brand of yarn that is not only hard to find, but also darned expensive!!

I know that you can read the label to figure out an alternative yarn selection, but I don't know how to do that. That's why I'm writing... to see if you could show me how to figure out what other kind of yarn to use in order to get similar results.

Thanks so much!
Megan