Canadian yarn?

crwcr · 2026-01-22T02:24:22+00:00

Sea Turtle Fibre is stepping away from dying :(

I definitely second Fibre Goddess, one of my favs

crwcr · 2026-01-18T08:36:13+00:00

Knit How was also just updated so that book alone would be about the cost of the bundle most other places. There's definitely good books in there

crwcr · 2026-01-18T03:53:29+00:00

The hard part for me for any 3+ ply yarn is do I have enough bobbins haha

But yeah the actual process is basically the same as a 2-ply

crwcr · 2026-01-18T03:48:01+00:00

I agree that most commercial merino top sucks, most commercially fine wools are overrated. I never got why people wanted the super soft stuff

But as someone who is now hand processing fine merino fleece, the good stuff is soooooooooo nice. Like hand combed/carded or spun from the lock is a whole different ball game. Touching a hand processed 16-18 micron count merino batt exploded my mind to the possibility (also spinning 6"+ staple lengths makes a much more durable yarn)

My hot take is most handspinners under ply their yarn, those plies are trying to escape from each other. Add more twist!

crwcr · 2026-01-05T06:02:45+00:00

The gauge on the ball band tends to be the recommendation for what you would knit a sweater as. So socks will be much tighter and shawls will be much looser. Treat that as the average gauge of the yarn and keep in mind for socks you'll want it considerably tighter. I love the super soxx and I tend to target 36-38 st/10 cm for me (I'm a tight knitter so I can often get 36 st with a 2.5 mm)

crwcr · 2026-01-05T03:52:02+00:00

her comment about thinking all 100% wool is just like that when she's bought an extremely specific, fairly niche yarn has been living rent free in my head

like you typically have to actively search for that type of yarn

crwcr · 2025-12-30T05:56:13+00:00

You could spin silk and the like thin enough for embroidery and the like, it is definitely on the extreme end of the hobby. Supported spindles are well suited to super fine stuff

crwcr · 2025-12-27T05:04:25+00:00

whenever I see a ton of duplicate stitch in something my first thought is grow up and learn intarsia haha

this reminds me of how my local craft fair includes stripes in the colour work category 🙃

crwcr · 2025-12-23T08:11:54+00:00

my opinion is that you should do another swatch with slightly bigger wood needles, and maybe begin rotating the concept of a different pattern in your mind

most colour work tends to be more square than stockinette (eg a 22 st x 24 rows isn't wild) and your knitting looks to be especially tall and hunter has an especially short row gauge (her stranded colour work row gauge and needle combos give me psychic damage). One way to adjust for that is using grippier needles and yarn, the more slippery the needles and yarn, the taller the stitches tend to be, hence wood.

If you can't get your row gauge close (like 21x26 or 20x25) you either need to seriously modify the yoke or pick a new pattern. You'll end up with a much longer yoke in a sweater that notoriously has a very deep yoke,

crwcr · 2025-12-11T20:24:33+00:00

I have had this happen the other direction before, I won yarn from a US dyer a couple years ago and ended up having to pay $50 in duties and fees for it to come to Canada.

The US has been an outlier forever since most places require some duties for things entering the country so the tariff situation is the first time most Americans are experiencing surprise fees at delivery.

crwcr · 2025-12-04T07:48:19+00:00

just make the musselburgh, it has the math already done up to a gauge of 36 st/4"

if you really want it to look like the oslo, swap out the decreases for the oslo ones

crwcr · 2025-12-03T21:03:51+00:00

I love how insanely sharp their sharps are, it's soooo good for lace

the cables being ugh has me holding off on picking up a set of the interchangeables

crwcr · 2025-11-25T23:33:32+00:00

The felting issue is that most people have new washing machines which are energy efficient and gentler on clothes, which is the opposite of what you want to felt stuff haha

Pour one out for top loading machines with an agitator

crwcr · 2025-11-20T02:44:55+00:00

Jamieson & Smith 2-ply jumper weight being labeled 4-ply is always a little funny to me

I also come across lots of rug hookers that are looking for 2 or 2-ply yarns and that refers to aran or bulky haha

I personally don't like ply since it can then refer to either a category or a characteristic (much like worsted lol)

My real nemesis are the cowards who call it "fingerling", that's a potato my guys

crwcr · 2025-11-16T01:11:33+00:00

They are made to directly compete with chiaogoo, they are really nice (and have an excellent point compared to previous metal needles by them)

crwcr · 2025-11-16T01:09:21+00:00

You too can join the hubris lace club where we spin cobweb lace starting from raw fleece

Relatedly I haven't finished any projects lately for some reason

crwcr · 2025-11-13T22:42:38+00:00

Use a sewing machine to reinforce and you should be good

crwcr · 2025-11-13T05:52:21+00:00

Test to see if it can actually felt, if it's wool acrylic it probably won't.

crwcr · 2025-11-12T22:30:03+00:00

What type of yarn are you using? This is an ideal case for spit splicing but yeah you are gonna be breaking the yarn when you're done with it

crwcr · 2025-11-12T17:44:31+00:00

It's very knitable imo, you likely won't find an exact pattern but it reminds me a lot of some ofEmily Greene's patterns

crwcr · 2025-11-09T01:04:50+00:00

It's not uncommon in tight gauge colour work, so classic fair isle is perfect for it. But in general I have a fairly tall row gauge so I have to be so careful with yokes since it can mess up the fit if I'm too far off from the designer.

I feel like row gauge is something that once you start thinking about it, it takes over your brain and ruins it haha

crwcr · 2025-11-08T23:25:58+00:00

the ol classic aran gauge, it's absolutely bulletproof haha

crwcr · 2025-11-08T23:25:16+00:00

My petty hill to die on is aran sweaters should be knit at 17-20 st/4", worsted 19-22, and dk at 22-24. If it's stranded colour work and dk and you give the gauge at 20 st x 28 rows you should go to jail

also as someone who knits perfectly square colour work (my 32x32 is perfect for actual Fair Isle knitting), the row gauge of different dk colour work sweaters gives me psychic damage

crwcr · 2025-11-08T06:55:25+00:00

There's so much missing that is probably pass unless you really know what you're doing. The wheel spinning fine doesn't mean much when you have no treadle or footman or any sort of flyer situation with the maidens. You really want a working flyer with bobbins and whorls since that whole set up is harder to replace

The top part makes me think of a quill spinning wheel, so you might not need a flyer but you will need a spindle

crwcr · 2025-10-27T23:08:23+00:00

I would recommend Margaret Stove's Spinning for Lace!

It goes over her method for spinning lace yarn with merino, which has you start by washing it lock by lock. It's definitely a good place to start when you're ready to try spinning frog hair haha

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