Dear Kristine Kelly thank you for very educational video about cotton,because I only can wear clothes made with cotton my skin is sensitive to any kind of wool , but I knit whole my life and I am enjoying it so thanks again!🙏👍♥🙋
This video was so timely for me! I was driving though the West Texas Panhandle and I passed miles and miles of cotton. I got the notice for this video on the day I was driving through there. I remember driving through Plainview, Texas years ago after they had harvested cotton and there was fine red dust everywhere, including our windshield and the sides of the road were covered with wisps of cotton. I looked like it had snowed! Thanks for the interesting video!
Thank you for this video. It was very usefull and I've learned a lot! I'm about to buy my first cotton yarn for summer project 😊. Regards from Slovenia!
Thank you for this lesson! I have several skeins of pima acrylic blend and didn't know what to do with them. This helped me narrow down my options. Instead of a summer sweater, I think I'll make a tank top and matching shrug =)
Dr. Kelly, I just want to thank you sooo much for all the research and presentation you did on lighting. That episode has changed my life immensely. I knit and also weave. I was hampered in my newly located weaving studio from upstairs to downstairs. I went out and bought new bulbs based on your recommendations and my eyes have been "opened"! I just wanted to tell you how grateful I am to ALL your episodes but that one in particular hit home with me. Thanks again! Tom
Hi Tom -- so nice to hear this, and I'm glad you benefited from the information. Thank you for watching and for taking the time to leave this kind comment. XO
An excellent, informative and well researched video as always. Thanks for all your work in presenting them to us. As I live in Greece I have knit with a lot of cotton and we have a company here called El. D Mouzakis which produces the well known Πεταλούδας or Butterfly Super 10, a mercerised double knitting cotton. Interestingly, when I first tried to buy it here in Greece it was not available and when I called the company they told me their entire production was exported, but now I can buy it here. Originally, the cotton was grown here in Greece but now it is imported from Egypt. I have knit a lot of summer tops with it and I find it pleasant to knit with and lovely to wear but it does lack stretch. We also have readily available non mercerised cotton but it seems to mainly come from Italy and is not glossy. I have used it for garments and also dish cloths.
When I first lived in Greece there were Greek yarn companies such as Mallia Molokotou who produced lovely 100% wool yarns, and in our LYS there was really only Greek yarn available. Now all the mills have closed down and even yarn labelled as Greek is made in Italy or elsewhere. Now in our LYS we have Turkish yarns with a few Italian and English. There was a also large scale production of flokati woollen rugs and carpets here - no more! I find it very sad. When I tried to find a Greek yarn for a swap, the only thing I found was cotton.
Excellent video. Very informative and helpful. I have a pair of cotton socks that must be over 60 years old; wish I could make another pair or two. I think my grandmother made them for my grandfather; he died around 1956. They fit snugly, not sliding down. I cannot find a pattern that looks like them, yet I feel sure they are a classic style. I would like to learn to knit cotton socks, despite limited experience.
Hello -- thanks for your comment. How neat to have those socks that your grandmother made. If I were making cotton socks, I would choose a yarn with a tiny bit of nylon blended with the cotton to help with elasticity. A cotton/nylon blend would be easier to work with than plain cotton. 💙💙💙
I'd like to hear you evaluate cotton and cotton blend knitting yarns. I like them but often wonder if they're worth the work of knitting an entire garment from them.
Hello -- I like your suggestion, and what would you be interested in knowing about cotton yarn beyond what I covered in this video? Your thoughts would help me focus on what people want to know. Thanks!
Arabic people who "settled" in Spain. That sentence gave me a chuckle....! Thank you for another fantastic and informative video. I learn so much by watching!
Hi Kris, again another great video. I appreciate the time you must put in researching and organizing for each one. I always learn from them. I too have a knit kit, mine does not have the counter button and I don't believe you can lock it. Love it even though I seem to most of the contents spread around in different bags, haha.
I subscribed to make it easier to find this series. I don't knit but I started to learn how to crochet and I want to learn about the qualities and processing different fibres. As I live in a hot climate I like wearing cotton: I have purchased lots of 100% cotton yarn but I think cotton blend would be better: I cannot imagine wearing anything cotton during monsoon season because when it becomes wet it will become heavy and stretch out of shape! I'm also worried about all the bugs that eat natural fibres: while I had a folded T-shirt that was infested with termites, my clothes nearby made from polyester were intact! Though I'm sure that once they had devoured the cotton they would have gone for the other fabric. (It's the same with furniture: they love rattan (baper & cardboard) but are not so keen on chipboard. BTW, has cotton from cotton trees ever been used to make textiles? I imagine yes by artists only because the tree isn't cultivated, so the seedpods are small and one tree doesn't produce many of them; the quality is quite likely very poor.
I just stumbled upon your podcast this summer. You have a very informative podcast! Thanks for sharing about cotton. Looking forward to learning more about blocking in the next video. In the future, could you discuss hemp fiber? (Maybe show a sample of it being used?)
Hi Denise! Thank you so much. :) Actually, you have read my mind! I am working on an upcoming video featuring hemp and other bast fibers, so keep an eye out for that. ♥
Love your show so much. I learn something new every episode. Thanks for taking the time to research all these great topics and for sharing your knowledge with us. Can't wait for the next one😘🇨🇦
This was an awesome episode! I was a fashion marketing major in college. I had to take a textile class along with a history class in fashion and textiles. I still love learning about Fabrics and now more about yarns. Since I love in Florida I tend to knit with cotton yarns more. I am also a knit Knitted Knockers for local breast cancer survivors. One of the suggested yarns is an Ulta Pima. Now after watching this episode, I understand why they choose this particular fiber!! Thank you!! I enjoy watching you videos!!
Hi Amanda! I love that you were a fashion marketing major! :) It's fabulous that you knit for the cancer charity -- that's such a great one. Thanks so much for watching. ♥
Thanks so much for the great lesson on cotton. I always new there was a reason I like sheets made with Egyptian and pima cotton. They are so worth the expense in my view. Last forever! I will be picking up a couple of these gadgets for sure.
Thank you for summarizing all this information into one video. I learned so much about this fibre and look forward to seeing what you'll come up with in a future episode.
I look forward to next week's video about blocking, especially how to block something large (an xl shawl for example), when you are unable to crawl around on the floor!
yes thx you for all your work my dear !!! very interesting podcast info! when i was a new knitter a few yrs ago i didnt know dishcloth yarn faded or people didnt use handcrafter yarn for garments . heh. so i made myself a neckwarmer in a triangle mini shawl shape . it is soft and a pretty gradient from turquoise to lime green and i really like it . it does up with a fancy antique button that fit into a yarn over ,lol. soo thx again and God bless you .
Thank you for an awesome show. Cotton is my favorite fabric to wear and my favorite yarn to use for knitting. I learned to knit with cotton, so I initially found wool difficult to knit because of its stretch. I am excited about your upcoming episode about blocking. I am using wool more often to knit, and it benefits from blocking. Having used largely cotton, my knowledge and experience with it is limited.
Having grown up in the western part of Texas where cotton is grown thanks to irrigation I was familiar with some of the aspects of cotton. However, you gave me more info and I learned some things I didn't know. I knit a lot with reclaimed cotton derived from sweaters purchased at thrift stores. I use it mostly for things like bath mats, dish clothes, kitchen towels, etc.
Wow. This video was amazing! Chock-full of information that flows logically and answers any questions with pictures and videos to illustrate points. This needs to be shown in every classroom during the Cotton Gin chapter!! Very very well done.
Always love learning new things and your videos never disappoint. Thanks so much for all the time and effort you put in to making these excellent short courses. Much appreciated and anticipated!
Very informative. It was really interesting. I've been doing a lot of cotton knitting this summer, making dishclothes to practice new stitches, getting my guage so I can knit dish clothes, and more recently have been working on a couple of kitchen rugs. I use cotton/polyester blends, like 85% cotton and 15% polyester. I did this because a friend was telling how hard pure cotton is to knit with. The blend I use makes soft and stretchy dishclothes that I really like. I've been using mostly Lily Sugar and Cream cotton blend yarn and Premier Home. The price is right for a new knitter like me (I've knit on and off in the past but without thinking about skills, now thanks to all these great knitting podcasts, I'm trying new techniques and stitches and thinking a lot about skills, so in that sense I'm a totally new knitter). Love your podcast! And love that you're from the midwest too. I'm from a small town up near the Wisconsin border in north central Illinois.
Well sort of. :-) I'm from north central Illinois and boy my heart is there more and more (many nieces and nephews and their children, not to mention my antique generation of the famliy ...) but currently I live in North Carolina near Chapel Hill. Still I definitely think of you as a neighbor! :-) Catching up on your posts as we speak. Thanks so much for writing back!
Finally catching up on your podcast! I really enjoyed learning about cotton. I knew there were different kinds but never took the time to look into it. It did make me wonder about knitting/crochet uses in the cotton yarns available to us and why some popular brands are so inexpensive. I recently read about a lady who saves the cotton from pill bottles for practice on her spinning wheel. I've started to collect them now too but haven't spun it up yet.
Hi Dr Kelly, enjoyed your history of cotton video. You mentioned that cotton disintegrates in vinegar. Would you not recommend using the popular vinegar mixtures with cotton dishcloths?
Hi Pat -- I'm not sure what the popular vinegar mixtures are, but if you are talking about the laundry ...using vinegar in the laundry shouldn't hurt the dishcloths because it is so diluted in water.
What a great topic. I am so glad I watched your video on cotton! I was knitting with cotton just now when I found your video. Do you know which yarns are made with the higher quality cottons? I like using cotton yarn to make icords that I want to use as drawstrings in my project bags. I like that they don't stretch as much as natural fibers or acrylic.
Hello! That's so great! I actually just added some links to some ELS cotton yarns in the information box, so you can check them out. You might be able to find some others as well. I love your idea of the cotton i-cords! ♥
My husband tested how well money washes when he left a $5 bill in his pocket today. If washed allow to air dry. I imagine it could be dried in the dryer but was not going to try it.
I want to substitute 100% cotton DK for DK wool in a pattern for a trendy "granny square" skirt for my granddaughter. What adjustments would you consider to compensate for the lack of stretch in the cotton, if any, Kristine???
Hi Carol! I would not use 100% cotton for that. I would recommend a cotton blend with at least a little nylon or wool in it. It will still feel like cotton. Otherwise I'm afraid you will end up with a stretched-out garment that is not wearable.
I love your videos!! This was really informative. Many know the negative side to cotton but this was very positive. One thing, among the many facts you shared, is that cotton is also grows in the wild. Also learning about the knit kit is freat. As with any gadgets you may need more than one!! Lol.
Thanks for letting me know about this podcast. I'm a relatively new watcher of your podcasts, so I wasn't aware of this one on cotton. I did learn quite a lot about cotton, which will be very helpful in the future. I have a lot of allergies and sensitivities, so I normally wear a lot of cotton. I was wondering why some of it shrank easily and wore out quickly. Now I have a better idea of the different types. The only thing I'd like more info on would be a review of the different types of cotton yarns available, and the blends. Thanks again!
This was SO informative! Thank you. (sigh about local inventor Eli Whitney and his invention that increased the profitability of slavery, which had been declining.)
Very interesting... Thank you.. As a quilter, Good cotton..in bith fabrics and threads has been important to ,e.. I am currently knitting some dishcloths, and finding cotton a little different to work with tha wool: or acrylic,, No give, fir sure:: Byt: it’s OK,.
Thanks for another awesomely informative episode. So much great information about cotton!Thanks also for the review of the Knit Kit and the tip about it being on sale. I got one for my mom and one for myself!
Hi Cayenne -- yay! I'm so glad you got those on sale. They have really gone up in price since I got mine, but the sale made the price about what I paid 8 years ago. Thanks for watching! ♥♥♥
Dear Kristine Kelly thank you for very educational video about cotton,because I only can wear clothes made with cotton my skin is sensitive to any kind of wool , but I knit whole my life and I am enjoying it so thanks again!🙏👍♥🙋
My husband bought me that knit kit about 8 years ago! Still my favorite gadget ❤️
Thank you! This was extremely interesting abd informative.
thank you, very informative. well researched!
So cool, thank you for teaching us , best professor !
This is great! Thank you.
Always such interesting information. Thank your from Australia. 🐨👍🏼
Hi Lesley -- thanks for your sweet comment, and thank you for watching. ♥
Thanks for so much interesting information
Hi Kimberly! Thanks for watching. ♥
I love your videos
Thanks, Vicki! ♥
I just learned so much from you. Thanks!!
Hello -- thanks for letting me know. ♥
Blocking!!! Perfect
Hi Kat -- oh good! Glad that is something you're interested in. :)
This video was so timely for me! I was driving though the West Texas Panhandle and I passed miles and miles of cotton. I got the notice for this video on the day I was driving through there. I remember driving through Plainview, Texas years ago after they had harvested cotton and there was fine red dust everywhere, including our windshield and the sides of the road were covered with wisps of cotton. I looked like it had snowed! Thanks for the interesting video!
Hi Maggie -- oh that is such serendipity! :) Thanks for sharing your interesting experiences. ♥
Thank you for this video. It was very usefull and I've learned a lot! I'm about to buy my first cotton yarn for summer project 😊. Regards from Slovenia!
How did your project work out, Natasa? Did it retain odor and sag like "love368" warned above???
Awesome!
Hi Deb -- thanks! Nice to see you here. :)
Thank you for this lesson! I have several skeins of pima acrylic blend and didn't know what to do with them. This helped me narrow down my options. Instead of a summer sweater, I think I'll make a tank top and matching shrug =)
Hi Susie -- that sounds awesome! I'm glad you found the information useful. Thanks for watching. ♥
Thank you for the very informative video, I found it very interesting, it is surprising just how much you take for granted about the products you buy
Hi Joanne -- thanks for commenting and for watching! ♥
Wonderful presentation - I learned so much!
Hi Laura! Thanks for letting me know -- I'm really glad. ♥
Dr. Kelly, I just want to thank you sooo much for all the research and presentation you did on lighting. That episode has changed my life immensely. I knit and also weave. I was hampered in my newly located weaving studio from upstairs to downstairs. I went out and bought new bulbs based on your recommendations and my eyes have been "opened"! I just wanted to tell you how grateful I am to ALL your episodes but that one in particular hit home with me. Thanks again!
Tom
Hi Tom -- so nice to hear this, and I'm glad you benefited from the information. Thank you for watching and for taking the time to leave this kind comment. XO
An excellent, informative and well researched video as always. Thanks for all your work in presenting them to us. As I live in Greece I have knit with a lot of cotton and we have a company here called El. D Mouzakis which produces the well known Πεταλούδας or Butterfly Super 10, a mercerised double knitting cotton. Interestingly, when I first tried to buy it here in Greece it was not available and when I called the company they told me their entire production was exported, but now I can buy it here. Originally, the cotton was grown here in Greece but now it is imported from Egypt. I have knit a lot of summer tops with it and I find it pleasant to knit with and lovely to wear but it does lack stretch. We also have readily available non mercerised cotton but it seems to mainly come from Italy and is not glossy. I have used it for garments and also dish cloths.
When I first lived in Greece there were Greek yarn companies such as Mallia Molokotou who produced lovely 100% wool yarns, and in our LYS there was really only Greek yarn available. Now all the mills have closed down and even yarn labelled as Greek is made in Italy or elsewhere. Now in our LYS we have Turkish yarns with a few Italian and English. There was a also large scale production of flokati woollen rugs and carpets here - no more! I find it very sad. When I tried to find a Greek yarn for a swap, the only thing I found was cotton.
Excellent video. Very informative and helpful. I have a pair of cotton socks that must be over 60 years old; wish I could make another pair or two. I think my grandmother made them for my grandfather; he died around 1956. They fit snugly, not sliding down. I cannot find a pattern that looks like them, yet I feel sure they are a classic style. I would like to learn to knit cotton socks, despite limited experience.
Hello -- thanks for your comment. How neat to have those socks that your grandmother made. If I were making cotton socks, I would choose a yarn with a tiny bit of nylon blended with the cotton to help with elasticity. A cotton/nylon blend would be easier to work with than plain cotton. 💙💙💙
I'd like to hear you evaluate cotton and cotton blend knitting yarns. I like them but often wonder if they're worth the work of knitting an entire garment from them.
Hello -- I like your suggestion, and what would you be interested in knowing about cotton yarn beyond what I covered in this video? Your thoughts would help me focus on what people want to know. Thanks!
Arabic people who "settled" in Spain. That sentence gave me a chuckle....! Thank you for another fantastic and informative video. I learn so much by watching!
Hello! So glad you found it interesting -- thanks for leaving a comment. Yes, trying to stay positive and culturally sensitive. :)
Hi Kris, again another great video. I appreciate the time you must put in researching and organizing for each one. I always learn from them. I too have a knit kit, mine does not have the counter button and I don't believe you can lock it. Love it even though I seem to most of the contents spread around in different bags, haha.
Hi Diane! Thanks so much. I appreciate your support and friendship. ♥
I subscribed to make it easier to find this series. I don't knit but I started to learn how to crochet and I want to learn about the qualities and processing different fibres. As I live in a hot climate I like wearing cotton: I have purchased lots of 100% cotton yarn but I think cotton blend would be better: I cannot imagine wearing anything cotton during monsoon season because when it becomes wet it will become heavy and stretch out of shape! I'm also worried about all the bugs that eat natural fibres: while I had a folded T-shirt that was infested with termites, my clothes nearby made from polyester were intact! Though I'm sure that once they had devoured the cotton they would have gone for the other fabric. (It's the same with furniture: they love rattan (baper & cardboard) but are not so keen on chipboard.
BTW, has cotton from cotton trees ever been used to make textiles? I imagine yes by artists only because the tree isn't cultivated, so the seedpods are small and one tree doesn't produce many of them; the quality is quite likely very poor.
I just stumbled upon your podcast this summer. You have a very informative podcast! Thanks for sharing about cotton. Looking forward to learning more about blocking in the next video. In the future, could you discuss hemp fiber? (Maybe show a sample of it being used?)
Hi Denise! Thank you so much. :) Actually, you have read my mind! I am working on an upcoming video featuring hemp and other bast fibers, so keep an eye out for that. ♥
Kristine Kelly AWESOME!
oh my gosh! I enjoyed your show so much. Thank you for the education. going to send it to all of my friends.
Hi Jane! Oh you are so sweet. Thank you for watching. ♥
And again ... great new information! Thank you.
Hi -- thanks for watching! ♥
I'd love to see you block a round item on wires. I am tackling a pie shawl and it seems as though the blocking would be a bit more difficult?
Hi Rhonda! I don't think I have a round item to demonstrate, but I will still show you how it's done. :)
Kristine Kelly thank you!
Love cotton! Definitely a very knowledgeable podcast. Thanks
Hi Pamela ! Thanks so much for your sweet comment, and thank you for watching. ♥
Love your show so much. I learn something new every episode. Thanks for taking the time to research all these great topics and for sharing your knowledge with us. Can't wait for the next one😘🇨🇦
Hello, and thank you for your nice comment. XO
This was an awesome episode! I was a fashion marketing major in college. I had to take a textile class along with a history class in fashion and textiles. I still love learning about Fabrics and now more about yarns. Since I love in Florida I tend to knit with cotton yarns more. I am also a knit Knitted Knockers for local breast cancer survivors. One of the suggested yarns is an Ulta Pima. Now after watching this episode, I understand why they choose this particular fiber!! Thank you!! I enjoy watching you videos!!
Hi Amanda! I love that you were a fashion marketing major! :) It's fabulous that you knit for the cancer charity -- that's such a great one. Thanks so much for watching. ♥
Thank you for sharing.
Hi Aggie -- thanks for watching. ♥
Thanks so much for the great lesson on cotton. I always new there was a reason I like sheets made with Egyptian and pima cotton. They are so worth the expense in my view. Last forever! I will be picking up a couple of these gadgets for sure.
Hi Cindy -- I agree about the higher quality sheets. I can't stand the cheap ones that pill so badly. I hope you enjoy your Knit Kits! :)
Very informative. Enjoyed the video.
I love the way in which you podcast about knitting, but educate at the same time! Thank you so much!
Thanks, Debra -- I appreciate your watching! ♥
Thank you for summarizing all this information into one video. I learned so much about this fibre and look forward to seeing what you'll come up with in a future episode.
Hello, and thank you so much! ♥
I’m sorry I’m bernadette. Thanks! Great channel!
I look forward to next week's video about blocking, especially how to block something large (an xl shawl for example), when you are unable to crawl around on the floor!
Hi Caro -- nice to hear from you! Oh good -- glad to hear you're looking forward to my next one. XO
yes thx you for all your work my dear !!! very interesting podcast info! when i was a new knitter a few yrs ago i didnt know dishcloth yarn faded or people didnt use handcrafter yarn for garments . heh. so i made myself a neckwarmer in a triangle mini shawl shape . it is soft and a pretty gradient from turquoise to lime green and i really like it . it does up with a fancy antique button that fit into a yarn over ,lol. soo thx again and God bless you .
Thanks, Barbara -- I appreciate your sharing your experiences. Thanks for watching. XO
Thank you for an awesome show. Cotton is my favorite fabric to wear and my favorite yarn to use for knitting. I learned to knit with cotton, so I initially found wool difficult to knit because of its stretch.
I am excited about your upcoming episode about blocking. I am using wool more often to knit, and it benefits from blocking. Having used largely cotton, my knowledge and experience with it is limited.
Is cotton good for socks?
Having grown up in the western part of Texas where cotton is grown thanks to irrigation I was familiar with some of the aspects of cotton. However, you gave me more info and I learned some things I didn't know. I knit a lot with reclaimed cotton derived from sweaters purchased at thrift stores. I use it mostly for things like bath mats, dish clothes, kitchen towels, etc.
Hi Greta! I think that is awesome. I should do a video sometime about recycled yarn. :)
Wow. This video was amazing! Chock-full of information that flows logically and answers any questions with pictures and videos to illustrate points. This needs to be shown in every classroom during the Cotton Gin chapter!! Very very well done.
Thanks so much for the great info! I also love the knit kit and your nail polish color 😀
Hi Jen! Oh thank you. :) And thanks for watching. ♥
Always love learning new things and your videos never disappoint. Thanks so much for all the time and effort you put in to making these excellent short courses. Much appreciated and anticipated!
Hi Lori -- thank you so much! ♥
I love working with cotton u show is wonderful I love it 😍
Hi Gail -- thanks so much! XO
Very informative. It was really interesting. I've been doing a lot of cotton knitting this summer, making dishclothes to practice new stitches, getting my guage so I can knit dish clothes, and more recently have been working on a couple of kitchen rugs. I use cotton/polyester blends, like 85% cotton and 15% polyester. I did this because a friend was telling how hard pure cotton is to knit with. The blend I use makes soft and stretchy dishclothes that I really like. I've been using mostly Lily Sugar and Cream cotton blend yarn and Premier Home. The price is right for a new knitter like me (I've knit on and off in the past but without thinking about skills, now thanks to all these great knitting podcasts, I'm trying new techniques and stitches and thinking a lot about skills, so in that sense I'm a totally new knitter). Love your podcast! And love that you're from the midwest too. I'm from a small town up near the Wisconsin border in north central Illinois.
Hi Nan! It sounds like we are almost neighbors. :) Your knitting progress sounds awesome. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. ♥
Well sort of. :-) I'm from north central Illinois and boy my heart is there more and more (many nieces and nephews and their children, not to mention my antique generation of the famliy ...) but currently I live in North Carolina near Chapel Hill. Still I definitely think of you as a neighbor! :-) Catching up on your posts as we speak. Thanks so much for writing back!
WoW...love the knowledge that you shared...thanks...I have to gent the knit kit....great discovery...great Christmas girl
We've been having some unheard of nice weather where I am lately too! Thanks for doing the research so you can share it with us all!
Hello -- and thanks for your comment. I hope your fabulous weather continues. :)
Finally catching up on your podcast! I really enjoyed learning about cotton. I knew there were different kinds but never took the time to look into it. It did make me wonder about knitting/crochet uses in the cotton yarns available to us and why some popular brands are so inexpensive. I recently read about a lady who saves the cotton from pill bottles for practice on her spinning wheel. I've started to collect them now too but haven't spun it up yet.
As always, learned so much! Thank you!
Hi Vikki -- so nice to hear from you. :)
I am doing latch hook do you think I could use the cotton for that let me know
Hi Dr Kelly, enjoyed your history of cotton video. You mentioned that cotton disintegrates in vinegar. Would you not recommend using the popular vinegar mixtures with cotton dishcloths?
Hi Pat -- I'm not sure what the popular vinegar mixtures are, but if you are talking about the laundry ...using vinegar in the laundry shouldn't hurt the dishcloths because it is so diluted in water.
What a great topic. I am so glad I watched your video on cotton! I was knitting with cotton just now when I found your video. Do you know which yarns are made with the higher quality cottons? I like using cotton yarn to make icords that I want to use as drawstrings in my project bags. I like that they don't stretch as much as natural fibers or acrylic.
Hello! That's so great! I actually just added some links to some ELS cotton yarns in the information box, so you can check them out. You might be able to find some others as well. I love your idea of the cotton i-cords! ♥
My husband tested how well money washes when he left a $5 bill in his pocket today. If washed allow to air dry. I imagine it could be dried in the dryer but was not going to try it.
Hi Dawn -- LOL! I think one good thing about doing laundry is that you get to keep any money you find, right?! :)
I want to substitute 100% cotton DK for DK wool in a pattern for a trendy "granny square" skirt for my granddaughter. What adjustments would you consider to compensate for the lack of stretch in the cotton, if any, Kristine???
Hi Carol! I would not use 100% cotton for that. I would recommend a cotton blend with at least a little nylon or wool in it. It will still feel like cotton. Otherwise I'm afraid you will end up with a stretched-out garment that is not wearable.
I love your videos!! This was really informative. Many know the negative side to cotton but this was very positive. One thing, among the many facts you shared, is that cotton is also grows in the wild. Also learning about the knit kit is freat. As with any gadgets you may need more than one!! Lol.
Hi Chris! Thanks so much. :) Yes, more gadgets can't ever be bad, lol! ♥
I used mercerised cotton for a weaving project for both the warp and the weft. The warp kept stretching and had to be tightened constantly.
A suggestion for a future podcast which I think might be quite interesting: folklore and myths in knitting, spinning, wool, etc.
Hi Carolyn -- I love that idea and will definitely add it to my list for future videos. Thank you! ♥
Thanks for letting me know about this podcast. I'm a relatively new watcher of your podcasts, so I wasn't aware of this one on cotton. I did learn quite a lot about cotton, which will be very helpful in the future. I have a lot of allergies and sensitivities, so I normally wear a lot of cotton. I was wondering why some of it shrank easily and wore out quickly. Now I have a better idea of the different types. The only thing I'd like more info on would be a review of the different types of cotton yarns available, and the blends. Thanks again!
This was SO informative! Thank you.
(sigh about local inventor Eli Whitney and his invention that increased the profitability of slavery, which had been declining.)
Hello! Yes, I know. :( Thanks for watching. ♥
Very interesting... Thank you.. As a quilter, Good cotton..in bith fabrics and threads has been important to ,e.. I am currently knitting some dishcloths, and finding cotton a little different to work with tha wool: or acrylic,, No give, fir sure:: Byt: it’s OK,.
Im dreading to knit cotton because they are odor retain and sag,knitting small things is ok but somerhing big like clothes is a big no no
Thanks for another awesomely informative episode. So much great information about cotton!Thanks also for the review of the Knit Kit and the tip about it being on sale. I got one for my mom and one for myself!
Hi Cayenne -- yay! I'm so glad you got those on sale. They have really gone up in price since I got mine, but the sale made the price about what I paid 8 years ago. Thanks for watching! ♥♥♥