Knitting craft books
by Megan
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 ------------------------ Hi Megan, Yes this is a common problem, some of the yarn is far beyond the budget of most folks. Here is a couple of tips. First you must check out the gauge on the yarn wrapper. See how many stitches and rows per inch. Than find a yarn you are happy with and compare that gauge to the one for the pattern. Say you need 10 stitches 5 rows for 4 inches Than compare that to your new yarn choice. Also check and see the amount of the yarn per skein. You will need to buy the same amount of ounces even if the skein count is different. Hope this helps, Linda ----------------------------------------- Click here to read or post comments. |