Knitting is a favorite way of spending time, more and more often not with grandmothers, but with modern progressive youth. The desire to create masterpieces with one's own hands is explained by many reasons, and one of them is a wide variety of yarn. So many colors and textures today can be used to knit simple socks, booties or an original dress. Which yarn to choose based on its qualities? Let's try to figure it out together.
Types of Yarn
Depending on which product you plan to knit, you should also choose threads. For example, for knitting warm things, wool and its varieties are most often used. They are based on natural fibers (they are obtained from the wool of sheep, camels, goats), so this kind of rough wool yarn It has good heat retention, high hygroscopicity (that is, it easily absorbs moisture and at the same time remains dry). These varieties are ideal for knitting products that will be decorated with smooth, embossed or multi-color patterns. From such wool monjo knit warm sweaters, socks, hats, scarves, mittens.
It is worth remembering that
this kind of coarse wool yarn
(in its pure form) will not differ in wear resistance, spools can form on the products, they will stretch during washing. That is why fibers of plant or synthetic origin are often added to wool. Thanks to such additives, the yarn will be silky, elastic, and even durable. So, angora, mohair, merino wool - all this is a kind of coarse wool yarn, which is soft to the touch and quite warm. Knitting from it is just an amazing process.
Blend wool is very popular. For example, angora is obtained from rabbit fur, however, this variety is not durable. Merino wool is more popular - it is a kind of coarse wool yarn that is obtained from sheep's wool. Long and fluffy, it perfectly retains heat, it is elastic, the patterns will be clear and embossed.
If you need thin wool yarn for knitting, then you should pay attention to cotton. Its fibers are distinguished by density, strength, comfort when wearing clothes from it. But after the product has been stretched out of it, it will not take its original shape. Mohair, cashmere, alpaca are also varieties of wool yarn, however, they cost a little more. Start
For knitters it is better to choose yarn in which wool is combined with acrylic. Firstly, it is convenient to use, does not get confused, does not crease. Secondly, products from it are well stretched, but retain their shape. Thirdly, the thread is strong, and therefore any pattern is obtained from it - openwork, aran or a simple pigtail.
Any yarn - woolen, cotton, linen - this is an excellent material for knitting. When choosing, you should proceed from the features of the future product. As a rule, the description of it already indicates the type of yarn, the thickness of the thread, and so on. Ideally, these requirements should be taken into account - in this case, the related product will maximally correspond to the picture that attracted you. Yarn “Troitskaya”, “Podmoskovnaya”, “Pehorskaya”, “Simeonovskaya” is very loved by needlewomen. Among foreign analogues, Vita, Baby, CEAM, Brilliant and many other varieties are in demand.