Knitting Yarn

Yarn is the material used for knitting. Yarn is sold as ball or skein,s or it may be also in spools or cones for hand knitting. Yarn-band has a label around the balls or skeins, which describes the length, weight, and fiber content and dye lot. It also suggests the needle size and also the washing instructions. The common practice for knitters is to save the yarn band for future reference, if they might need any additional balls. Knitter uses the yarn from a single dye lot. If the skeins are used from a different dye lot even if the color is same, it produces a slightly different stripe, which is visible when it is knitted together. If the knitter has the dye lot information, they can buy the same yarn to complete the fabric. Thicker knitting needles are used for thicker yarns and thin needles are sufficient for thin yarns. When thicker yarn is used, the stitches are fewer and it takes less time to knit the piece. Bold patterns and motifs are produced with thicker yarns and the finer patterns are made with thin yarns. The thickness of the yarn is categorized as superfine, fine; light bulky, superbulky and medium.