false 528137 1 Not all yarns are alike. Some make our hearts and hands sing, some get the job done without much fanfare, and some cause nothing but frustration and disappointment. The gorgeous pair of socks that emerged from their first bath twice as long as when they went in. The delicate baby sweater that started pilling before it even came off the needles. The stunning colorwork scarf that you can&#8217;t wear because the yarn feels like sandpaper against your neck. If only there were a way to read a skein and know how it would behave and what it wanted to become before you invested your time, energy, and money in it. Now there is! With <i>The Knitter&#8217;s Book of Yarn</i>, you&#8217;ll learn how to unleash your inner yarn whisperer.<br><br>In these pages, Clara Parkes provides in-depth insight into a vast selection of yarns, giving you the inside stories behind the most common fiber types, preparations, spins, and ply combinations used by large-scale manufacturers and importers, medium-sized companies, boutique dye shops, community spinneries, and old-fashioned sheep farms. And, because we learn best by doing, Parkes went to some of the most creative and inquisitive design minds of the knitting world to provide a wide assortment of patterns created to highlight the qualities (and minimize the drawbacks) of specific types of yarns.<br><br><i>The Knitter&#8217;s Book of Yarn</i> will teach you everything you need to know about yarn: How it&#8217;s made, who makes it, how it gets to you, and what it longs to become. The next time you pick up a skein, you won&#8217;t have to wonder what to do with it. You&#8217;ll just know&#8211;the way any yarn whisperer would. 515882 16 10 2007 The Knitter's Book of Yarn: The Ultimate Guide to Choosing, Using, and Enjoying Yarn total:197|5:107|4:69|3:17|2:2|1:2| 197 868 285 49 5 2 false false Fri Oct 12 08:20:32 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 11:22:07 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Oct 21 11:02:10 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 11:02:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jul 06 10:54:39 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 17:44:41 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 10:54:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 19:32:36 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 19:36:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Aug 05 17:17:16 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 10 16:28:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 00:45:17 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 05 00:46:49 -0800 2007 1 1 false false Tue Jun 17 07:39:33 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 07:40:57 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 05:40:20 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 05:41:59 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Tue Aug 26 07:03:03 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 07:04:25 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Apr 12 08:02:48 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 14:30:34 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 08:02:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 08:02:15 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 21:46:40 -0700 2008
I'm not wild about the pattern selection, though of course taste in knitting patterns is really subjective. So I'd be much more likely to buy this book if more of the...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 06 08:07:09 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 08:09:19 -0800 2009
I know that qiviut is the warmest yarn (and expensive). That you can knit with opossum. And that rayon used to be called "wood silk".

I know the difference between woolen spun and worsted.

I know why merino feels so dang good.

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after finishing: Lots of useful information, lots of stuff to think about. Patterns kind of ehhh, but I'm not really a pattern kind of person to begin with. A fair amount of folksy mysticism about Letting The Yarn Speak at the end, which was amusing and sort of embarrassing but n...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 15:36:04 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 15:36:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 13:37:22 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 13:37:22 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jul 31 11:12:45 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 11:12:45 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 19:19:23 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 19:20:22 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jul 05 19:59:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 19:59:18 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue May 20 20:14:32 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 18:46:13 -0700 2008
... dateline June 2008... officially ordered my own personal copy of this book. T...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 27 09:47:20 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 14 18:51:07 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=528137