How to choose the right yarn for your projects by ARNE & CARLOS
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- In this week's tutorial we talk about different kinds of yarns and talk about choosing the right yarns for your projects.
ARNE & CARLOS
How to choose the right yarn for your projects by ARNE & CARLOS
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Who are we:
Scandinavians Arne Nerjordet and Carlos Zachrison are highly regarded designers, textile artists and authors. They are best known for their craft books and their original, colourful and visually striking designs. Their work is highly influenced by their Scandinavian background and their everyday life in rural Norway. They work under their artist name ARNE & CARLOS, which they established in 2002.
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Thank you. Pretty new to you, but not new to knitting. My grandmother from Finland and I have one of her knitting needles made of deer antler. I never knew her, she died before I was born, but she speaks to me through that knitting needle.❤
Welcome to our channel!
This is so sweet! Those needles are a precious heirloom!
Many people won't believe you but I do.
Your grandmother was a reindeer sherpherdess.
The reindeer told your grandmother many
fascinating stories to whisper while you knit. Bless you Sister. Write those stories into a book and show us what you were hearing while you knit. Millions will buy your book. As a Medicine Woman myself, I know I will buy it.
You are both absolutely right people to give an advice for wool choice🤩👍. Nice to get your advice. Thanks hips.
You are welcome!
Arne's sweater is EVERYTHING.
Thank you A & C. Both of you are a joy to listen to. I learn something new every time I tune in. God bless u two!
This was great. Thanks for taking the time to explain yarn !
Thank you very much. I was wondering about the experience yarns and wanted to try them. Now I know to use a blend. Very good information. 👍🏻❤️
I always wondered about viscose. I learned so much from this excellent video!
Loved this! Exactly what I needed! Very informative...from experienced pros!
Thanks guys!!! Great video! I love gaining knowledge from the experts 😉
Love your sweaters! 😄 and this was a great video. Thank you for posting. 💜💚💙💛❤️
I love the sweaters you two are wearing !!! I’m a lover of fair isle knitting !
There is that pattern again, I love it! I use pure Australian Merino for my projects, so soft and smooth the jumpers and cardigans last for generations. I do want to get the Reggia sock wool soon, happy knitting.
I love your videos (just discovered them and have been binge watching). I love this topic and I love your sock yarns. And I must say directly to Arne that I dearly loved the video you happened to do solo, about mending a Fair Isle style sweater to replace the missing colors. I am so glad you both do these videos and would be truly delighted for future solo ones, also, since you each have independent skills to share. Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your blooming and deeply creative life!
Thank you for explaining what to look for when choosing yarn, I now have a better understanding of what I need to look for. I always look forward to watching your programmes, especially when I get to see your wonderful home, garden and beautiful surroundings.
Great information! I enjoy your podcasts very much and I ❤️ the Polar Bears😊
Wow thank you so much that is great information. I wish I could knit like you guys.❤
Priceless information. Thank you for taking the time to share your invaluable experience. It will save me a lot and guide me to the right products.
I once was very excited to get a ball of 100% merino laceweight yarn. It was so thin, that it actually felted in my hand as I knit it. From then on I went with blends. Thank you Arne and Carlos!
Thank you, gentlemen, for sharing the wisdom from you expertise and experience. You're very enjoyable to watch. :-)
You guys always give some good info in your videos. Thanks
Thank you so much! This was very helpful! I learned a lot and can now make better choices when buying and blending yarns together. :)
Thank you for this great video. I've always basically had the 'feel' for the yarn I'm knitting with but never did understand the why of it. For instance, as a child I was given acrylic and knitted quite happily with it until one day someone gave me real wool yarn. What a difference! I've never really gone back to acrylic except as you say, in toys, etc. Thank you for explaining the differences in cashmere, alpaca and merino as well. Merino is my personal favourite for knitting and I like cotton for crochet. Cheers you two!
Thank you for this wonderful information. Very helpful!
Oh how I’d like to go shopping for yarn with you! Your hints and advise is just what I needed on a cold winter morning in Boston, MA USA. Please do more books and videos, love ❤️ the patterns
Hello, I’m for the Boston area also!
Thank you for a very informative video. This is great advice for the crocheters as well as the knitters in your audience. I experimented with many different fibres and blends for a crocheted brooch design and found that bulky-weight, hand-dyed 100% merino wool was by far the best choice. Expensive yarn but fabulous to work with.
Amazing! You guys helped me out a lot. I am really starting to get more serious about yarn and wanted to know what there is to know about yarn. Great job!
Thank you!
That was a great tutorial! Thank you. Very interesting about how "throwers" twist their yarn. I'm a new knitter doing socks, this was never explained to me. Since I originally started out knitting not twisting the yarn around my hand I will go back to how I was doing it. Great job gentlemen!
Thank you this was very helpful to me, I am presently knitting the fair isle hat Arne demonstrates on your site for my grandsons for christmas, I have 4 grandsons, I have already knitted the hat last year , twice, one for my youngest son, he is 26 and one for a friend with a wool blend. I decided to do the ones for my grandsons with 100% acrylic because wool needs extra care and their mother's work and anyway it is looking nice but not as nice as the wool blend. Thank you again , love your videos!
Thank youArne and Carlos for the info. I love the way you explain the fabric.
You are welcome, we are glad you found it useful.
Thank you! I only use acrylic yarn because I can't handle wool yarns and the others are too expensive for me. It's nice to hear positives about acrylic yarn and I hate when people snub me for using acrylic yarns. I love acrylic yarn! 🧶😊
Use the yarn that suits you!😊
I love watching your podcast great information about yarn I like working with wool.
This is really helpful! A lot of people don't think about this stuff. I'm sensitive to most wool, so I've had to research a bunch when I want to substitute in other fibers. I have a 100% alpaca poncho that I'm working on and I absolutely love it, but I am making this pattern knowing that it will probably stretch out.
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A great video!!! AN AMAZING GUIDE i didn't know I need it!!!
Thank you for all the good tips and the eplanation of every kind of yarn!!! :D
It was so interesting learning about the different fibre properties. I love the fact that using blends make for a luxurious and long lasting garment.
We are glad that you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the information of the different yarns.
This is amazing! :D I literally sat awestruck at your advice; And it's revolutionised the way I select/discern the right yarn for each project.
~ Although 98% of creations are gifted away, raw materials make a remarkable difference.
Thank you, Arne & Carlos ♡ for being a light to others :)
#BlessingsAlways Xx
I'm glad I found your channel
We are glad you found it too! We do weekly tutorials, every Sunday at 18 CET!
I just love you and your channel. ❤️ you are adorable, well spoken and kind.
Thank you both so much. ❤️
Hello Arne and Carlos thank you for a wonderful tutorial. I always favour pure wool but was really interested about your comments about combining yarns. I always find wool very itchy and it drives my skin wild so I will be trying wool combined with cashmere which sound gorgeous. As always you cheer me up on a Sunday evening and I always look forward to your posts. Have a wonderful week both of you, sending lots of hugs and loves to you and all your viewers all around the world.
Dorothy (from U.K.) 🙋🏻😘xxxxxx
Thank you for this video - it was very helpful for me.
I started a practice sock using worsted yarn and size 5 dpns, just to learn the parts So now, after watching this video I'm starting my first *actual* sock with an 80/20 wool/nylon blend that's tightly twisted. And I've been practicing your method of knitting, Arne, instead of my usual *throwing* , so as not to untwist the yarn. Thanks you guys, you're awesome!
This is sooo informative, thank you!
I really enjoy your videos very much thank you both of you
Soooooooooooo informative. This is a priceless video!!!! Thank you, is inadequate!!!
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Your sweaters! OMG so so nice, I love them both! 😘🧶🦙
Thank you Pam!
Thank you so much for all the information. I have not knitted in a long time and am loving your program.
You are welcome Sheryle!
The sweaters you're wearing are the most beautiful I've seen you in! They look wonderful on you.
Thank you!
Thank you very much for an enlightening video ❤
I found this video so helpful, I understanding a lot more now about yarns. THANK YOU.
You are welcome!
Wool and silk! I love them together. For most anything next to my skin, except socks. Drape, shine, shimmer, elasticity, water shedding ... and the combination takes dye colors so well! Thanks for this video!
Mary Belford Smith, can you tell me of any brands of wool/silk that you use? Thank you so much. I'm planning to crochet a long vest, possible with some granny squares in it, and I want it to be a spring-fall garment, not for cold winters. Thanks!
Knit Picks has wool/silk blends (Gloss DK as an example); Manos Del Uruguay, Malabrigo, Artyarns, There are many out there. Do an internet search for "wool silk blend yarn" and lots of information will show up. Good luck.
Thanks.
Thank you both, that was very informative... I absolutely love a blend of silk and merino 3ply yarn. It is so light to wear and nice against the skin.
Daphne Hannam, could you share any brands, or names of specific silk-and-merino yarns you have used and are satisfied with? Thank you. I plan to crochet a long vest.
I use "Yeoman" brand called Tibet... allow for a little shrinkage... Found at: tinyurl.com/ybl8srau
Thanks for your information on yarn. I needed to know and now I feel more confident in shopping for yarn. 😊🇺🇸Sally
I love watching your videos, your sweaters are so beautiful.
Thank you for the yarn lesson!!
Very useful information! Never read or heard that anywhere. I’m about 50 needles away from finishing knitting a lacy shirt in cotton (with 4% polyester), yarn originally for the pattern is 100% cotton, but discontinued, so I chose the closest one). I added 5 cm to the sleeves, because I always have to add some cm’s and these sleeves are extra short, but now I understand I should probably have added a little less.
Wool & mix it is! 👍🏼
Thank you for your comment and for watching!
that was great information! thank you, my experience with acrylic has been very positive ( we couldn't get anything better where I live for years) I have things that I either crocheted or knit thats lasted over 20 years easily but like you said all depends on quality . there are horrible acrylic yarns out there for sure. I would never recommend them to anyone. buy brand names only no matter what.
Could you recommend me some brands of acrylic yarn for knitting sweater which you think it's good quality, please !!! Many thanks
@@tamdangtm Where do you live? My husband has a sweater made with Bergère de France Barisienne. It was his only sweater, so he used it a lot. It was very nice during 20 years : almost no peeling, although he moves a lot and is big (sweaters peel sooner on bigger people). After that, he made a hole in an elbow : his mother mended it, and he still uses his sweater.
If you can not find this yarn, ask your neighbours : maybe you can find an old lady who will be pleased to help you.
Could you advise on how to tell what is good quality and what is rubbish? I expect everything available in local shops will be acrylic. Most of the labels will be in Chinese they're no good to me, and no way I can trust the sellers!
Great video as usual! It was fun meeting you both at the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle and hopefully you will get to California on your next USA tour.
Arne and Carlos, I’m a newbie to your channel as well as to the yarn world. I’m still tackling crocheting, but next I’ll focus on knitting. I’m learning so much from you two! Thanks for simply being and for having informative vids!.
P.S. The first vid of yours I ever watched was the lutefisk video. Who knew on that click it would bring me here haha!
I’m addicted to your videos. They are very informative, educational and fun.
❤️thank you!
I love ya’ll! 💕 🇺🇸I always learn so much valuable information from your videos. As a continental knitter, I am striving to kick my habit of twisting the yarn twice around my index finger and hold it properly as Arne teaches in the tensioning video, but it’s very hard to learn a new way of tensioning.
For yarn choices, I agree that an acrylic blend is better than 100%. I find that some acrylic is just as fuzzy as say, alpaca or mohair and can get in your eyes and if you wear contact lenses, this is a painful experience! Even when I wear my glasses, the fibers upset my eyes when knitting or crocheting with cheap acrylics. If acrylics are all you can afford, that’s fine, but try to find ones that are made well and always buy within your budget to make a project...100% cashmere socks -not my idea of true luxury but a cashmere scarf is, even if it’s a blend because I know that the person who made it put a lot of love into the gift along with the cashmere. Cheers, Jenn
I love using different fiber types for different projects though it can be interesting to make a poject several times with different fibers, you learn a lot by doing that!
For most projects I use wool or merino, sometimes in blends. I just bought merino yarn from an Austrian company with the advertising slogan of "the soft gold from Austria" - who can resist that?
The closest I came to using pure Alpaca was a Sandnes sock yarn with 70% Alpaca/30% Nylon. I wouldn't use those socks in my every day winter boots and the yarn does pill but the socks are incredibly soft. My feet stay warm and don't care about pilling ;)
Very helpful, thank you.
Your two of the Best Knitters I have ever seen 😀😀
Nicely explained not confused anymore.
Thank you so much for this information. I've watched quite a few yarn reviews, but they're mostly about (American) brands and not about the components that are used. And I live in the Netherlands so I want to buy a little closer to home.
What I like best is what you told about the behaviour and the coarseness of the different types of wool. The itching of some woollen garments drove me crazy as a child. No matter what we did: steam it, freeze it, bathe it in lanolin. Because of that I never dared to wear any woollen garments and I always stuck to acrylics. I'm confident enough now to give wool a try again, and on top of that: make it myself.
No worries, we are glad to be of help. Wool is such a great fibre, let us know which type you decide on for your next project.
Lucia the quilter, I’m a sock knitter, I’m learning a lot from you, thanks
Wow, I learned something new again, I am working with yarn everyday for some years😁Happy that mu almost finshed sweater is a blend off 70 wool and 30 alpaca..would be sour to have worked for months and then get holes in my fair isle next week.. I love wooly things and the smell of it🤗
We too!
there is great information in this episode! I'm so glad it popped up on my YOuTube, Thank you,.
Thank you for coming over!
Thank you for this video. Lots of people seem not to understand how important a yarn is when you do knitting, crochet or any handcraft. I am so lucky I had an education in which I learned about yarns, designs and handcrafts (but I didn't finish it, I didn't want to be a teacher in that way they educated there).
Wool is my favourite too. Here in the Netherlands too, like in Norway, it is possible to buy wool from local sheep, although you'll have to search for it (in very specialised yarn stores, and online).
Wool is our preferred fibre for knitted garments and is very versatile.
This was very informative. Thank you.
These guys are hilarious, very entertaining. Thanks for the info! Very instructive.
Thank you and stay safe!
Awe man I love the info! Thank you
You are welcome!
I would love to use wool but I knit for charity and could not afford to knit in wool. I need to make throw in machine projects. I love having you explain everything in your projects.
So glad I I found you guys! I am halfway through my first fair isle hat. I came up with so many questions. Yarn thickness for fair isle is still something I want to know more about. I have been using wool/ viscose because I can’t afford (I like merino) better wools and mixes. I swore off acrylic unless I want to practice color pooling or something. I received pure baby alpaca yarn but can’t figure out a project for it. At least you explained why and I am not alone with the difficult but luxurious yarn problem! I am only an intermediate knitter and dyslexic 😆.
Love this tutorial very useful thanks A&C
Love your sweater Carlos!
Thank you!
Thank you for this video. I've only been knitting for 2 years and crocheting for 1 and am just finding out that my garments are not holding up. A crocheted dress for a friend as gained 6" in length. I'm very disappointed. After learning my stitches and techniques, it's now time to learn about the yarn. Thank You!
You are welcome Donna!
this was very helpfull. thank you
Very informative! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for watching!
What sweater pattern is on Arne’s needles in this video? Simply lovely.
So much helpful info!
Thank you!
Love you two so much and your lovely polar bears! Enjoy all your tutorials. I also live in cold bear country high in the Colorado Rocky Mts, so have done lots of knitting my whole life. I also knit in the round when possible. Would love to see your favorite technique of knitting in fair isle in the round without a jog.
Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge, and offering many suggestions. Interesting to hear your industry experience. And grateful that you give so much value to people's work put into their knitting. I started handspinning to get access to fibres from different breeds of sheep; thus better controlling many aspects of the yarn (pilling, softness, strength, memory, drape, weight, itching, and twist direction too!). So much to learn, and you are so generous and kind in your sharing of knowledge.
WOW GOOD TIPS TO KNOW …. THANKS ❤️🙏😎
Love both sweaters
Very informative thank you
This was great! Thank you!!
You are welcome!
Arne I Love you sweater! Just my colors... Hälsningar från Finland 😊
I really loved this video! I wonder if you could make recommendations for types of yarn or blends for summer and for winter garments.
That is a good suggestion for a future tutorial!
wonderful information
So helpful.... thank you 😊
I loved your video on your vintage collection of sweaters but have to say the ones you are both wearing here are truly beautiful. Very fine yarn. I have to also totally agree with Arne, I also love pure wool. I use Jamieson and Smiths 4ply for colourwork/ Fairisle and find that cable work seems to stand prouder in yarn with a high wool content.xAngela. I am watching your older videos while patiently waiting for your return from your “staycation”. I recently made my husband a lopi sweater and found it did soften a little with a Eucalan soak and he loves it but I find it too coarse and scratchy myself.
I actually don't know anyone who wears a lopapeysa directly on the skin. It is usually worn as an outer or middle layer and works perfectly well for this purpose.
They are right now trying to develop a new blend of Icelandic wool which uses lamb wool to soften the lopi. Stay tuned.
Very informative, thank you.
Your advice is invaluable and for me very timely; I have alpaca yarn and was thinking of using it for a fair isle toque. I`m so glad I watched this.
I have to admit I'm a wool snob! Wool is so forgiving, adjusting an uneven tension somewhat and it reverts to its shape better than acrylic. It steams well when blocked. Acrylic sometimes even stretches with steaming. Wool is warmer to wear (a plus for me). Plus real wool also felts!
Your video was very helpful. Thank you so much.
You are welcome Margaret.
Great good! Thanks💜
Hi Arne & Carlos I really enjoyed your video that helped explain a lot so good yarn purchases can be made. I’m using Patons 100% Australian extra fine merino it’s so lovely to knit with. 🇦🇺🇦🇺thank you for sharing your knowledge, appreciated 👍🏻👍🏻
You are welcome, glad to be of help!
I really liked this ,very informative. Thku.. X
You are welcome
Thank you so much for the info; I've been knitting for about 10 years & I just learned Norwegian purling. I love it!
We have to pay attention to the type of needles we are using because sometimes it's easier to use plastic or wood, depends wich sort of fiber you want to work with.