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To: alwaysconservative

What size needles did you use for the Bright&Lofty? I've got a skein that I want to use, but the needles I was using (#5) kept splitting it...


25 posted on 11/10/2005 8:48:32 AM PST by LongElegantLegs (Yarn-ho.)
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To: LongElegantLegs

I used #11 for one and #13 for the other two, and frankly, preferred the larger, as it was a looser, softer scarf (and only 15 stitches per row!). Splitting WAS more of a problem with this yarn than the others, but I learned to just slide off the little "extras" after I slid off the knitted stitch to the other needle, and the irregularity of the yarn seemed to "cover" my occasional little boo-boos. It also helped me to have really loose tension on this yarn, so this wasn't the one I worked on when I was feeling anxious, LOL!


26 posted on 11/10/2005 9:07:06 AM PST by alwaysconservative (Everything I ever needed to know about Islam, I learned on 9/11)
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To: LongElegantLegs

PS. At 15 stitches per row, I thought one skein made a nice and decently-sized scarf. An earlier one I made with Bright and Lofty called for 25 stitches per row, using two skeins, and I thought it was much too wide for practical use. JMO, though.


28 posted on 11/10/2005 9:10:37 AM PST by alwaysconservative (Everything I ever needed to know about Islam, I learned on 9/11)
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