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Post by hipmamajen on Mar 14, 2009 18:01:05 GMT
I know I saw something about using wool blends, but I can't seem to find out how much wool they'd like it to have to be considered wool. For instance, Lion Brand Wool Ease is 20% wool and 80% acrylic, should I just include that with the acrylic squares? Some of the other blends are more like 80% wool, is that wooly enough? Or should I just mark what each square is, percentage and all, and let the joiners decide? I don't want to seem knit picky I'm just trying to make sure I'm doing it right so there's not a big mess at the other end trying to sort this all out.
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Post by Kerry on Mar 14, 2009 22:46:11 GMT
To be honest I'm not entirely sure about this one. I hope Sandy might be able to answer you when she gets a chance to have a read up (She's been having a couple of days off). What I've been doing is just noting down with each batch whats in it. At least that way they can group it with other like fibers and give them out accordingly to children.
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Post by Kalai on Mar 25, 2009 4:03:51 GMT
Hi Hipmamajen, sorry I'm only getting back to you now but I'm new to the whole forum thing! We accept any type of yarn at this point we just ask that you mark the parcels as you've said so that we can send the squares to the appropriate places. We wouldn't want children who sleep near an open flame to have blankets that are acrylic but the children in orphanages should be ok. Thanks so much for knitting and take care.
Regards
Kalai
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Post by sophie on May 4, 2009 1:49:36 GMT
Hi girls........I'm new today but here's what I'll do until I know more of whats goin on: I'm sending two squares at a time for now and not mix yarns. So...if I'm using 20%wool/80%acrylic then I'll make sure there both the same.
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jeanne
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Post by jeanne on May 5, 2009 12:08:41 GMT
I agree with popping a note inside with the squares giving the exact percentages of the yarn mixes so the ladies at the other end can decide where to put them.
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Post by Sophia on May 5, 2009 15:54:12 GMT
Testing.......can't seem to fine what they mean by I didn't enter my key word???
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Post by Sophia on May 5, 2009 15:56:39 GMT
Ok..........I think I got it now. I have to type in the scrambled letters each time I send a message right?
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kyla
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Post by kyla on May 5, 2009 16:44:49 GMT
You'll have to type in those scrambled letters every time unless you register and sign up for an account, then the system will know that you are a real human being instead of an internet spam robot.
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Post by grannieannie on May 5, 2009 17:18:16 GMT
THINKING “OUTSIDE THE SHEEP” Finding inexpensive 100% wool here in Canada is a challenge, however my daughter Wendy had some luck when she visited a “high end” wool shop in a village near us. They had some great buys (50% off) on ends and colours that hadn’t sold. Some of this 100% wool was a lighter weight than the worsted, but we solved the problem by buying a ball or two of wool sock yarn (actually it is 75% wool, 25% acrylic) which has a lot of yards per gram and when knitting squares using a double strand brings the whole thing up to the equivalent of worsted weight. In another high end shop I found some wildly coloured variegated 100% cotton yarn which is fine enough to combine with the lighter weight wools. Seems like there is about a mile in each ball and they were selling it off for $1.00/ball!! Mohair is another fibre that is not flammable, but is a horror to knit with because the end product stretches. I have had two big bags of 80% mohair/20% acrylic in the cupboard for years, and I can now use it for squares by knitting it with a strand of the sock wool or the cotton yarn which stabilizes the squares because it doesn’t stretch. Hopefully squares made with a high percentage of wool or other natural fibre will be safe for the kids living near open flame. It would be interesting to hear from the Soweto ladies just what percentage of the squares arriving can be used as “wool” blankets. Anyway, square-ladies - it’s probably worth checking the “high-end” shops periodically for sell offs and keeping an open mind when we find things like mohair on sale. For anyone living in the Toronto area, you might want to check out this website www.romniwools.com/ - a store on Queen Street west which has a whole basement of sell-offs. And this website www.yelp.ca/biz/romni-wool-toronto For comments by people who have shopped there. Sounds like an awesome place with amazing bargains, but I haven’t had a chance to get there yet. Happy Squaring Anne
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Post by Sophia on May 6, 2009 1:38:14 GMT
Thanks Kyla, but geez I thought I signed up with an account. Oh well............I'll try again..........
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