THE YARN

    Ancient art of knitting throughout many centuries brought pleasure as to skilled workers, and those who carried the things executed by them. Only three things are necessary for creation of an openwork curtain, a warm sweater or a cozy plaid: skill, spokes or a hook and a yarn.

   The modern clothes connected on spokes or a hook, are beautiful and convenient. Executed by the hands, it very strongly differs from those products which can be got in shop. Here the imagination of the needlewoman is to the full shown, and connected on spokes or a model hook can become the present masterpiece of skill and a subject of envy of associates.

    By means of spokes and a hook it is possible to create knitted things of different forms and a structure. The hook is quite often used as the assistant by those who prefers to knit only on spokes. It is easy to them to lift "the escaped" loop, to type a great number of loops on an auxiliary spoke, to tie cloth edges, to connect ready details of a product, to execute furnish in the form of buttons, florets, a finishing band.

    Unlike spokes and a yarn, skill can't be bought, therefore, to learn well to knit, the patience and assiduous work is necessary. However the choice of tools and materials will be the first step on a way to manufacturing of beautiful knitted things.

    Yarn choice

    The choice of a yarn for a product will be the following theme for conversation. It defines quality and appearance of a product. What yarn will approach for clothes of the stout woman? Choosing a yarn, it is necessary to be guided by two basic criteria - beauty and a practicality. The modern market of a yarn can meet desires even the choosiest women. That should be preferred? Certainly, to natural fibres. Them concern: wool, flax, a clap, viscose and silk. On sale there is also a various yarn from the mixed fibres – wool with synthetics, silk with a clap, flax with a clap, a clap with viscose and so on. From all variety it is necessary to prefer natural fibres as the skin should "breathe" but only the natural fibre allows to feel comfortable. The preference is given to natural fibres because knitted cloths for large women should be the big sizes, and acryle has unpleasant feature strongly to be extended and deformed. For winter clothes it is necessary to give preference to woolen fibres (various grades of wool, a mohair, mohair, the alpaca and so on). Flax and a clap are good also. The summer clothes are based on flax, a clap, viscose and silk. Viscose and silk also are in the lead at a choice of a yarn for creation of evening elegant knitted ensembles.

    It is necessary to talk about a choice of a yarn for furnish and a product decor. Here there are no restrictions. All spectrum of colors of the yarn given in the market, to services. Any design yarn – with Lurex, a grass, a boucle, fur imitation – all it will allow you to create unique and unique things, and also will help to show the imagination.

    Color. Now on sale there is a yarn of various shades: red, orange, dark blue, green, yellow, violet … the yarn combining in one hank of some colors – a melange yarn Is issued also. Yarn coloring occurs in lots. Hanks of a yarn of different parties can differ on color, and this distinction will be especially appreciable at product manufacturing in places of transition from one hank to another. Therefore it is necessary to buy at once all necessary quantity of a yarn for manufacturing of a concrete product.

Yarn weight. On sale there is a yarn of the various invoice – from superthin to supervolume. The kind of a ready knitted product depends on yarn weight. Therefore, if you knit a product on the sample the weight and type of a yarn which should be used is underlined.

Yarn kinds. The best and most expensive yarn is made of natural wool. In it fibres of different length and quality are connected. Known versions of a wool yarn are Angora, merino, camel and a mohair.

       The Angora wool represents спряденный in a thread soft and easy down of the Angora rabbit. Usually to down fibres the woolen, cotton or silk thread forming a basis is added. Without such additive the knitted cloth will quickly be felted.

       Merino wool is made only of the wool of the first-rate quality received from sheep-merinosov. The best grade of a merino yarn considers Australian.

       The camel wool also is in great demand. Depending on quality threads of different grades and cost are issued. The softest and expensive wool receive from young camels. As a rule, the camel wool don't paint: she has pleasant natural color from is light - to dark brown and doesn't need toning.

       Magnificent products turn out from a mohair – wool of the Angora goats. Such wool long, thin, strong also possesses beautiful silky shine. Natural color of a mohair – snow-white, but it is easily painted in the diversified tone. As a rule, mohair threads incorporate with synthetic or usual woolen is allows products not to get out of the shape at long a sock or frequent washing.

        The cotton yarn is used basically for creation of summer models of clothes, as it more thin and smooth. Such natural materials as flax and silk, are applied only as additives to every possible threads from an artificial fibre.

        The synthetic yarn completely made of artificial fibres, differs good characteristics. It is beautiful, has an unusual structure, is easily erased, products from it don't need in отпаривании. However the synthetic yarn concedes to natural fibres as badly keeps heat, practically doesn't absorb sweat and skin allocation, and sometimes and interferes with an easy approach of air to a body.