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Depending on the exact yarn weight and the gauge of the knitter or crocheter and how tight or loose the yarn is held, the gauge listed below can vary.The type of yarn can also affect the look of the item, so if it’s thicker yarn the item will look bulkier compared to yarn that is thinner. For this reason it is important to check the gauge of ...
It is endemic to South America and is found in the eastern Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, its natural habitat being subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The flame-faced tanager is a distinctive-looking species with black and opalescent -green upperparts, opalescent-green and buff underparts, and a deep-red and yellow ...
This list of the most commonly challenged books in the United States refers to books sought to be removed or otherwise restricted from public access, typically from a library or a school curriculum. This list is primarily based on U.S. data gathered by the American Library Association 's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), which gathers data ...
The Craft Yarn Council of America promotes a standardized industry system for measuring yarn weight, where weights are numbered from 0 (finest) to 7 (thickest). [31] Each weight can be described by a number and name: Size 0 yarn is called Lace, size 1 is Super Fine, size 2 is Fine, size 3 is Light, size 4 is Medium, size 5 is Bulky, size 6 is ...
List of books by Mary Berry; List of books by Enid Blyton; List of works by Jorge Luis Borges; List of works by Ray Bradbury; List of books by Frank Macfarlane Burnet; List of books by Barbara Cartland; List of books by G. K. Chesterton; List of books by Agatha Christie; List of books by Jacques Derrida; List of works by Neil Gaiman; List of ...
Anglo-American Relations at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919; Angry White Men; Animal Ethics in the Wild; Animal Liberation (book) Animal Rights Without Liberation; Animal Theology; Animals' Rights; The Anita Bryant Story; Another Day in the Death of America; Another Gospel; Another Man's War; The Ant and the Elephant; Anthem (novella) The ...
Mohair is a very soft yarn when compared with other natural and synthetic fibers. Due to mohair's lacking prominent, protruding scales along the hair's surface, it is often blended with wool or alpaca. Blending the heavily scaled wool helps the smooth mohair fibers hold their shape and stick together when spun into yarn.
The company was founded in 1878 by a group of notions and dry goods salesmen that included current CEO Adam Blumenthal’s great great-grandfather, Reuben. [4] During the 1930s under the leadership of Isidor, Lion Brand imported yarns from Europe, supplementing production rather than manufacturing yarns in the U.S.