Check-In Post - September 9th 2024

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

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Comments

[althea_valara]

Speaking only on physical weight: I checked two popular yarns on Ravelry:

https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/knit-picks-palette
Knit Picks Palette (100% wool, often used for colorwork)
Weight: Fingering (14 wpi) ?
Yardage: 231 yards (211 meters)
Unit weight: 50 grams (1.76 ounces)

https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/scheepjes-catona
Scheepjes Catona (100% cotton)
Weight: Fingering (14 wpi) ?
Yardage: 138 yards (126 meters)
Unit weight: 50 grams (1.76 ounces)

So you can see, the wool yarn has nearly 100 more yards per 50 grams than the cotton yarn. That means the cotton yard weighs more than the wool.

Just because a yarn is labeled "home" doesn't mean it's not good for garments. People have been making garments from 100% cotton yarn for ages. Just be aware that cotton that is not mercerized tends to fade in the wash.

Mercerizing is a treatment for cotton yarn that makes it more color-fast, stronger, and adds a sheen to it. I'd feel more confident about your yarn choice if it was mercerized. If it IS mercerized, it should definitely say so on the label, or you can look it up in either the Ravelry yarn database, or on YarnSub (I think that site is still around...)

The teal yarn is recommended for no. 3.5-4.5 crochet hooks in European size

Is that in millimeters? That should be okay then. I did a project search on Ravelry for crochet projects done with DK cotton yarn; most were done with a 4.0 mm (G) hook, with 3.5 mm (E) being the next popular.

This is a search on Ravelry for cotton crocheted cardigans:



So lots of people have done Worsted weight cardigans with cotton! I myself would be cautious but it might turn out fine.

If you're a Ravelry member and want to see the results of the above search, here's the link to it: https://ravel.me/4si16f

You can browse the projects people have made using that link and see how you like how they've come out.

Good luck with your project!

And thanks for your kind words about my cotton top. Here's my Ravelry project page for it: https://ravel.me/xnera/ot2