. . Happy New Year.. . We'll get started with a Happy New Year. and my famous Confetti.. . I appreciate your being here, and I. appreciate your support from Knit It Now.. . Let's today, I'm going to turn that off.. . Let's today forget about fires,. forget about snow, and ice and storms. . and wind and politics and all the awful. stuff that's going on in the world.. . And let's talk about knitting.. . Let's talk about what we love,. yarn, this favorite stuff.. . I got a needle stuck in my yarn here.. . Yarn that we absolutely love.. . Let's forget all that other stuff. and talk about something fun.. . Agreed?. . Let's talk about something fun and ignore. all the nastiness in the world.. . So the question started,. this whole thing started with,. . I've had a number of people say to me,. Sue, what yarn should I use?. . I don't know.. . That's my answer.. I don't know.. . So we're going to talk a little bit about. what yarn you should use,. . what your options are,. what your choices are,. . and quite a bit about the terminology. surrounding yarn,. . because we all talk in different. languages, literally,. . and as well as yarn is concerned.. . To improve my, I don't know, answer,. let's talk a little bit about yarn.. . Before we get started, however, I would. like to do a little bit of housekeeping.. . Recently, I put together a list of some. of the things that Knitted Now. . has done in .. . We We have really,. really improved the site.. . We're constantly growing.. . We never let any grass. grow under our feet.. . And there have been a number. of things that we've done.. . So I want to just point a few of them. out to you just real quickly here.. . You go to knititnow/. and you will go here.. . Sorry, there we go.. . And it's a whole listing of all. the stuff we did in .. . I won't go through all of these,. but some of the highlights are.... . Some of them were just more visual. and organizational structures,. . but some of them were new things.. . For example, our glossary,. we added entries to our glossary.. . If you come across a term like C-O-R or. C-O-L or C-O-B-H,. . whatever those abbreviations are,. and you don't know what they are,. . please check out the glossary and chances. are that your answer will be there.. . If not, let me know.. . If I've You missed something,. please let me know and we'll. . expand the glossary even more.. . The whole idea here is to take this.. . Some of it is vintage knowledge,. some of this is vintage terminology,. . and some of it is current terminology,. and explain it in a way that a new knitter. . can understand as well as this experienced. knitter is like, oh, yeah, that's what. . that means, C-O-L, carriage on the Left.. Duh.. . Okay.. And you can move on from there.. . So use the glossary.. . That grew this year.. . Our patterns grew somewhat.. . We did a bunch of improvements. to our patterns this year.. . We added tutorials. to the learning library.. . And someone asked me one time,. are you ever going to run. . out of things to talk about?. . No, probably not.. . Machine knitting is so much fun. and there's so many things. . that you can do with it.. . And we've had people in the past who have. been extremely clever with things that. . they can do with their knitting machine.. . So I like to share that.. . And my goal is to a lot. of that stuff together in one place.. . Our learning library is one. of the places we do that.. . We added some new search features. in our Stitch Pattern Library.. . If you've not visited our Stitch Pattern,. these are all links. . on this page, by the way.. . So this will take you right. to the Stitch Pattern library.. . We added some new organization there. and make it a little bit easier.. . Just some eye candy for you as far. as stitch patterns are concerned.. . Maybe stitch patterns that are not part. of your original collection. . of punch cards with your machine.. . Something different, something unusual. that you may not have seen before.. . We added LK cheat sheets.. . We have so many LK knitters,. so we added those cheat sheets.. . So I can go on and on. and on and on and on.. . I'll also just direct you to this page.. . It's knititnow/.. .. please go take a look and look. forward to what we're doing in .. . The last bit of housekeeping I want. to bring up is ways for you. . to get in touch with us.. . It just breaks my heart when I read. somewhere that someone said, well,. . I tried to contact them. and they didn't get back to me.. . I'm sorry.. . I'm a little I'm a lone soldier. here and I do the best I can.. . However, there are seven ways. that you can get in touch with us.. . You can pick up the phone,. send me an email, use the Contact Us. . section in the website,. go to our community.. . Please try using our community this year.. . The community is a great place to ask. a question because there are. . other knitters there as well.. . So if for some reason I'm playing hooky or. I'm sleeping and I can't answer your. . question, there are other knitters who can. answer your question or maybe make. . some comments on what you're thinking.. . Lots and lots of ways of getting in touch. with us, including the leave a message.. . We do have the chat on the. right-hand side here.. . We do have chat If I'm sitting in this. chair and I've turned it on,. . this should be green and you can chat. with me and we can just chat. . real time back and forth.. . And if we need to, we can actually. pick up the phone and speak.. . So that's just another way. of getting in touch with us.. . So please take advantage of all these. different ways of getting. . in touch with us.. . Okay, enough housekeeping,. enough housekeeping.. . Let me see.. We had a few more people joining us.. . Maryanne from Hungary.. . Oh, my gosh, Maryanne, I'm so excited. Suzanne is asking about my new location.. . My new location is great.. . I'm here in Southern California.. . I'm about an hour and a half away from all. those horrible fires that are going on,. . but we're not going to talk about that.. . So right now we're safe.. . I got my "go bag" packed. and let's hope I don't need it.. . So this one we're going. to talk about today.. . Someone asked, what yarn should I use?. . And instead of my, I don't know, I came up. with some things that we can talk about.. . The fiber, the yarn weight systems.. . How can we talk about yarn so that we're. all talking apples and apples?. . What about yarn for your machine?. . They consider drape in hand. with the yarn that you choose.. . And my favorite thing,. a get a quainted swatch.. . How else do you get to know about a yarn. than knitting a get a quainted swatch?. . So that's what we're. going to talk about today.. . All righty.. . So yarn on cones.. . We don't need yarn on cones.. . And I think most of us that are. here have discovered this.. . You don't have to have yarn on cones.. . There's this misconception.. . As soon as you say the words knitting. machine, someone expects you to be. . knitting from something. that looks like this.. . And honest to goodness,. truthfully, I hate these things.. . They're They're hard.. . I can't get excited about knitting. with something like this,. . but this is something that we had. available and a lot of folks. . still have available.. . What's nice about this is you don't. have a lot of ends to work in.. . You don't have to rewind it.. . They're great cones, but you. aren't limited to yarn on cones.. . In the past, here in the US, anyways,. a lot of people used yarn on cone.. . They used , skinny, skinny, skinny,. skinny yarn that's on cones in acrylic. . that they got as mill ends. from the mills making garments.. . Well, we don't have a whole lot. of manufacturing, sadly, anymore here,. . and there aren't those. mills that are all gone.. . So that yarn is just no longer. readily available to us.. . Plus, we've got so many more. fun things that we can use.. . Instead of holding something,. touching something like this,. . touching something like this. just makes my heart happy.. . And this is something that I'd rather. knit with than something like that.. . Even though I'm not running this through. my fingers as I do in hand knitting,. . I'm still able to enjoy nice yarn, and I. encourage you to enjoy nice yarn as well.. . So we don't need yarn on cones.. . The biggest question I think when. someone asks me, What yarn should I use?. . What do you knit?. . What do you like?. What do you want?. . What are you knitting?. Are you knitting blankets?. . Great.. . If you're knitting blankets,. you want a washable yarn, a washable wall,. . lots of acrylic Acrylic, whatever.. . Do you care about a lot of color choices?. . All of these things. come into consideration.. . I can't tell you what yarn to use. unless I know what you're going to knit.. . You're knitting sweaters for yourself?. . Well, let's talk about that.. . What fiber do you like?. . And this is all experience.. . I'm not going to tell you to,. you have to use cotton just because I like. . cotton, or I'm going to tell you to use. acrylic just because when I knit for my.... . Acrylic is great for the daughter-in-law. sweaters, the ones that throw. . everything in the wash.. . So what do you like?. . What fibers do you like?. . And each one of the fibers has their own. . characteristics that you need to learn.. . And this, again, is just experience,. just experience.. . Years ago, companies,. yarn companies, let's say Brother.. . Brother had a line of yarn of their own.. . So they had a line of yarn,. and they would publish magazines and they. . would publish articles and they. would create patterns for that yarn.. . And they would say, You must. use this yarn for this pattern.. . You must get this gage,. and here are color choices for you.. . Well, I don't know about you, but I. certainly don't want to knit that way.. . I prefer to choose my yarn. and choose what style I want.. . And maybe I'll use a pattern that somebody. comes up with, maybe something that I see. . on Ravelry or whatever,. and I'll duplicate it.. . But chances are % for it's sure that I. . am not going to match that person's gage.. . I spent way too much time when I. first started knitting matching gage.. . You don't need to do that anymore.. . We've got so many more options that you. don't have to follow. . somebody else's pattern.. Great.. . They've got great techniques in it.. Great.. . They've got great design elements in it.. . But you don't have to use the yarn. that brother suggested or. . somebody else suggested.. . Someone was looking for Trenzano,. Melore Trenzano yarn the other day, and. . they were going on and on and on and on.. . Everybody was going on and on about what. a wonderful yarn it was,. . and they wish they could still get it.. . Well, you can't still get it unless you. get it out of somebody's basement. . or somebody's stash and move on.. . Get something pretty that you can get. from from anywhere,. . that's something that you're going. to enjoy using and knit it at your gage.. . So the fibers, cotton, linen, wool,. blends, acrylic,. . not only what do you like,. but what works well with your machine.. . Again, this comes as experience.. . And we make recommendations as far as. things for example, cotton. . and linen have no stretch.. . I don't have any cotton on my desk here,. but they have no stretch at all.. . And so they can be a little. difficult on the machine.. . Cotton and linen can also bias when you're. knitting it on the knitting machine.. . Our stitches are so so uniform and regular. that we can end up with bias. . knitting with cotton.. . There are things you can do to work. around it, again, experience.. . But had a knitter recently said just got. . a brand new to them standard gage machine. . and had a whole lot of number weight. crochet cotton they wanted. . to knit something with.. . Okay, that's fine.. . Possible, sure.. . But likely, probably not a good idea,. especially for a beginner knitter.. . No stretch and the whole bias issue.. . So again, it is just recommendations.. . I can make recommendations till the cows. come home, but I don't know what you like.. . You might pick up a.... . Do a piece of knitting like. this one I've got here.. . And it's pretty and it's. served its purpose.. . It's got great stitch. definition for these cables.. . However, it feels terrible.. . I hate to tell you, but it feels awful.. . So lesson learned.. . I'll use this for something.. . I'll use this for something else.. . Maybe after I wash it, it'll feel better.. . But right now I'm not happy with it.. . So Again, experience,. experience, experience.. . Marjorie said she had trouble. getting in from her iPhone.. . I'm sorry, Marjorie, nothing's changed.. . We're still is in the same. format that we were using before.. . Cynthia is in the house.. . Welcome, Cynthia.. . Okay, so let's talk a little bit.. . Let's go back a little bit more to wool.. . Wool has some stretch to it.. . Maybe you don't like. wool against your body.. . Maybe you don't, you're. allergic to it, whatever.. . But wool blends are also very. popular and very easy to obtain.. . They've got the same stretch.. . They've got the washability.. . You might like wool blends.. . And Then there's the old acrylic,. which looks like I spelled wrong.. . My apologies.. You know what I'm talking about?. . The plastic stuff, right?. . The manmade stuff that we all use.. . It's great.. . Throw it in the washer, throw it in the. dryer, passes the daughter-in-law test.. . Acrilic also has some stretch to it.. . So there's nothing wrong with using. acrylic, but please don't. . limit yourself to that.. . Spread your wings a little bit. and try some different yarns.. . Yeah, we aren't using cones anymore.. . We are using balls and are we. going to have to rewind them?. . Yeah, but it's just the way it is.. . That's just the way things are these days.. . And just get over it.. . Get yourself a good ball winder and a. Swift and just take care of business.. . We'll talk real briefly about some of the. terminology here having to do with yarn.. . Let me do one thing so I. can see what I'm doing here.. . We've got some wool here in the top. left-hand corner, and this wool has four. . plies, and the word plies drives me crazy.. . Plies means,. think about somebody spinning,. . taking wool and carding it. and spinning it on a spinning wheel.. . When they spin it on a spinning wheel,. they're creating a strand of fibers.. . Those fibers all stick together. and you have a nice strand.. . My understanding is once upon a time,. there was some standards about. . the strands, the the weight and the length. and the size of strands,. . then you would apply them together.. . Those strands, you generally wouldn't just. knit with a strand of yarn,. . with one pli of yarn.. . That would be more like roving that you've. just taken from the sheep and you've made. . and you haven't really spun it too much.. . You're going to spin some strands.. . You're going to put those. strands together and make plies.. . You're going to plie the yarn.. . Again, that term, I'm going to talk about. this again a little bit,. . but this wool has four plies.. . They've taken four strands,. spun them together, and made. . a nice yarn that you can knit with.. . The acrylic on the right there is three. different colors,. . three plies of three different colors spun. together, which created. . a really pretty yarn.. . This moher that I keep. fondling is moher and silk.. . It's two plies, but it is skinny,. skinny, skinny, skinny, skinny.. . It is silk and moher, and it is.... . Let me just tell you what it is.. . I can't see it, sorry.. . It's a number zero, so it's really,. really fine,. . and they don't have suggested stitch gage. on it, so it's really,. . really tiny, fine yarn.. . I'm probably going to use it doubled.. . But you look at that, it is two plies.. . So this Then this other one that I'm. going to talk about is true bou.. . We see a lot of this new bamboo. yarn out in the marketplace.. . True bou is,. I hate to say it, but it's terrible.. . I tried crocheting with it.. . I couldn't manage to keep gage.. . I'd start out at one gage and I'd end. up in a completely different gage.. . Hand knitting, it's got like eight little. plies, teeny little, tiny little plies.. . Hand knitting, it splits the stitches.. . I haven't even tried. it on the machine yet.. . I think that yarn is I'm going. to get donated, but whatever.. . We talk about plies.. . All of these yarns are. made up of specific plies.. . The construction of yarn. as well can be different.. . You can have a thick and thin yarn,. something that just gets fatter. . and skinnier, fatter and skinnier.. . You have to be careful to make sure. that it fits in the hooks of your needles.. . Same thing with a bouquet yarn.. . So you've got a strand of yarn or some. yarns spun a couple of strandss together,. . and then you've got a little lump and some. strandss in the little lump,. . some strandss in the little lump.. . Those lumps create texture. in your finished garment.. . So some other words.. . I mentioned roving earlier.. . This is a good example of something. that's similar to roving.. . It isn't really It's. not very spun very much.. . It's very, very loose.. . It breaks very easily.. . Can you knit with it?. Sure.. . This is a little thick for even. a bulky machine, but you could try it.. . Then there are ribbon yarns,. Flat, flat ribbon yarns.. . Actually, knitting with ribbon. creates great texture fabrics.. . I believe Yeomen Yarns still carries. a ribbon yarn on cones,. . so it's something to try.. . Okay, let's get back here.. . Two plies together.. . We met some people here,. Some more new faces and names.. . Thank you.. . Terry says, Each plywood has been spun. with its fibers in the same direction.. . Thank you.. . That's a better explanation. than what I was giving you.. . I can't get to my chat here.. . Here we go.. . There we go.. . So then we talk about Pauline says,. Can you use four plywood and two plywood. . together on the machine making. a double knit yarn of six plywood.. . Yes, absolutely.. . But Pauline, you're using those terms,. and I'm going to get to that in a minute. . because you're using terms that I don't. use and people here. . where I live don't use.. . So we're going to talk a little bit about. some of the words that we use. . and the terminology we use.. . But to answer your question, yes,. you can put multiple plies together.. . And it's interesting.. . You see, sometimes they'll hold something. like this moher together with a solid yarn. . and makes a beautiful, beautiful fabric.. . You can hold the different. strands together.. . Terry says worsted spun.. . And again, worsted is another terminology. that's a technical. . terminology is how it's spun.. . And I'm not an expert on spinning,. and I apologize, but we also use. . the term worsted for a weight of yarn.. . Talk about confusing.. . You're using the same words. for something completely different.. . Joan is here normally in New Zealand.. . She's watching She's watching from Italy.. . Welcome, welcome.. . And Pauline is talking about one-ply,. two-ply, three-ply, four-ply.. . We'll talk about that in a minute.. . Marjorie says it's using the term play is. a way to describe yarn size. . weight that confuses me.. . Even Australia and Britain use the same. terms, but it seems. . to differ between them.. . So she likes to use lace, fingerings,. soft, sport, decay, and bulky.. . So that It leads us into, nice segue. into the next slide we have here.. . Let me get back to that.. . If you go to knititnow.. . Com/yarnguide,. and I will go there on my other screen so. . you can see a little bit better than this. We have a new chart that will help. . a little bit, I'm hoping,. with this terminology.. . Knit It Now.. . Should have had this cued up.. . I apologize.. . Yarn Guide.. . All right, so knititnow.. . Com, for Yarn Guide.. . So this page will give you some idea.. . This is from our blog, actually.. . And on it is a chart that we'll talk. a little bit about some of these terms.. . Now, it's been a struggle over the years. for yarn manufacturers and designers. . and knitters in general to talk about. apples and apples when it comes to yarn.. . The Craft Yarn Council here in the US has. come up with their numeric system,. . which is one way of doing it.. . We also here in the US,. we use some of these terms of categories. . of lace, super fine, fine, light,. medium, bulky, superweight.. . All of these terms terms are really,. really, really subjective.. . It's like I could talk about soc yarn and. you could talk about something that is.... . And you could say two-ply, right?. . Where you live, maybe you're thinking if. you're going to make socks out. . of something that's called two-fly.. . However, in reality,. using the word soc yarn is really tough. . because you can knit socks. out of anything, right?. . So that's so misleading,. and all of these terms are so subjective.. . Let me go back to the desk here.. . So in the UK, they talk about one. plie being that lace weight yarn.. . So this number zero that I've got here. could be a one plie, although it. . literally has two tiny little plies in it.. . Talk about confusing.. . In Australia, they talk. about that as two plie.. . One other way of comparison yarns is. to look at hand-knitting needle sizes.. . So if you're buying yarn that's got a ball. band, take a look at what. . the ball band says.. . And this particular one didn't.. . The bamboo, it is a number three.. . And It is a number three,. and it is a gage.. . I'm not seeing the gage.. . We're on glasses.. . Whatever it says right. on it what the gage is.. . You could use this chart and gage what. you're using by the. . hand-nitting needle size.. . That helps a little bit between. the number, if your yarn has a number. . on it, and the hand-knitting needle size.. . Also, we did include here what. . the gage was for some specific areas.. . To me, one of the most important ways.... . Let me go back to the chart.. . To me, this harkens back. to having cone yarn.. . Cone yarn used to be spoken,. referred to as yards per pound.. . And this is a very good way of gaging. . what the yarn you can use on your machine.. . So if we're talking a number two yarn,. a four-ply, which is very commonly. . used for a standard gage machine.. . It knits a to stitches per 4 inches,. and it has somewhere between. . 2, and 3, yards per pound.. . So yards per pound is a really, really,. really good gage, in my opinion,. . of comparing yarn weights.. . If you use our tool, we have a tool. here that's called Yards Per Pound tool.. . It gets down at the bottom here.. . You can look at your ball band and say,. okay, I have a yarn that's grams. . and it has, I don't know, I don't know,. yards or meters,. . if you wanted to do it that way.. . It's going to tell you the The tool will. tell you that it's 3,,. . 3, yards per pound.. . If you go back to that chart,. 3, yards per pound fits in this range. . right here, and it would work. on my standard gage machine.. . So we have that chart there.. . I really don't mean to confuse everything,. but I want you to understand. . that it is confusing.. . What's the best thing to do?. . Find a yarn you like,. try it, and knit with it.. . And use it, and use it,. and use it, and use it.. . If you like the way it washes,. if you like the way it drapes, if you. . like the way it knits, use that yarn.. . Don't do what I did.. . You see that yarn tree behind me?. . That's leftovers from years. of accumulating yarn.. . Then I probably I'm. probably never going to use.. . I jumped around when I. first started knitting.. . I'm a little, Oh, I'll try this.. Oh, I'll try this.. . I was never happy with any of it.. . I couldn't get correct gage.. . Nothing ever fit.. . It was just a mess until I discovered. finding a yarn that I like and using it,. . using it for all of my sweaters or. all of my scarves or whatever it is.. . And scarfs are a little bit different. because they don't have to fit, but. . get a yarn that you like and use it.. . Doesn't the yarn length per pound. different- Marjorie is asking,. . doesn't the yarn length per pound. different radically by material?. . I don't believe so.. . You can use little yarn gage.. . It looks like a little scale.. . I'll put a link to it in the show notes.. . And you weigh the yarn.. . So you weigh the yarn,. you measure the yarn, and you can tell. . how much yarn you're at per pound.. . I don't think that the fiber. makes a difference.. . So if you're talking about yarn numbers. like or ,. . we have a whole video on that.. . We have a couple of different things about. that in the learning I'll put. . links to that in the show notes.. . Jenny is saying the first number is. the number of strands and the second. . number relates to something. like the yards per pound.. . Absolutely.. So a is a skinny, skinny, skinny,. . skinny, skinny of a -wide strand.. . Let me see if I can find that image.. . Counts.. I think it's called Yarn Counts.. . So the title of this video is. Yarn Counts: What Do Those Numbers mean?. . Actually, it's not a video,. it's just a description here.. . But this will help you.. Here's this fixed.... . It's called a fixed-weight system.. . This is yet another attempt at people,. . knitters, weavers, spinners,. . to talk about apples and apples.. . This fixed-weight. system is what machines machine knitters. . adopted as far as cone yarn was concerned.. . So a one pli or one strand would be. this big, and eight would be this.. . So a two eight would be two strands. of this skinny, skinny, skinny one.. . And A 4, 8 would be four strands of that. eight, that skinny, skinny, skinny yarn.. . So if you have a chance, I will put this.. . It talks about how it comes off the sheep.. . If you have a chance, I will put a link to. that particular video in the show notes.. . Take a look and hopefully that will help. you understand a little bit. . more about those crazy numbers.. . Anne says it also depends on whether. it's a worsted or an N-M system.. . Yet another way of trying to compare. apples and apples for yarn.. . And I really don't mean. to confuse anybody.. . I just want you to be aware that if you're. confused, you're not alone because I think. . people for years and years and years. and years have been confused because. . they've tried all these crazy different. yarn systems to name what we do. . and what we use, our tools that we use.. . All right.. . And here I'm referring. to that same one, I guess.. . I forgot I had this slide.. . Forgive me.. . So we go back to what yarn should I use?. I don't know.. . What fiber do you like?. . Let's talk about what. these yarn systems are, what these. . words are, all these subjective terms.. . Let's think about what. those subjective terms are.. . If I'm talking to somebody in the UK and I. say four-ply, they know. . what I'm talking about.. . If I'm talking to someone in the US and I. say fingering weight yarn,. . they might know what I'm talking about.. . If I talk about stock weight or worsted. weight, worsted weight,. . not worsted style or worsted technique.. . Crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy.. . So something All you need to consider. is what yarn fits on your machine.. . Again, when I get a new knitter and they. say, I'm using this yarn,. . I'm having a terrible time,. I can't cast on, and I'm dropping. . stitches, and blah, blah, blah, whatever.. . The first question is,. what yarn are you using?. . And nine times out of , they're using. a yarn that's too heavy for their machine.. . As soon as they lighten up and they're. using a standard gage machine and they go. . grab a ball of stock yarn,. they're happy and they're on their way.. . So you need to understand what yarn. fits in the hooks of your needles.. . And yes, you can use a heavier weight yarn. on your machine by knitting every other. . needle, but please don't even let me talk. about that because I'll get up. . on my soapbox about that one.. . It's a machine's not designed. How's it going to do that.. . Use the yarn that's. appropriate for your machine.. . Another thing to consider is. the drape and the hand of the yarn.. . So you're looking at what fiber you want,. but how is this fiber going to feel?. . How's this yarn going to feel?. . Now, with all that being said about. choosing a yarn that's appropriate. . for your machine,. I picked up some yarn, and here it is.. . Knitpicks sent me an email and they said,. We have this brand new yarn.. . It's always so cool.. . It has this new fiber in it. called Cupro, I think it is.. . I have no idea what Cupro is.. . I'm sure they've explained it,. but I'm sure it's some a rayon,. . maybe a plant-based fiber of some sort.. . It's called Gossy.. . G-o-s-s-y.. . It's a very tightly twisted yarn.. . I really, really like tightly twisted. yarns because they show stitch definition.. . It is a number two, so it's fairly fine.. . It on the cusp of what should I use it,. which machine should I use it on.. . So I tried it on two machines.. . I put it on my standard gage machine,. and it really turned out pretty.. . It's very pretty.. . I got a gage of, I don't know, 7.. stitches and to the inch.. . Feels okay.. It's a little tight.. . I did it at a tension eight,. which is a clue.. . So if I'm knitting this yarn. at a little bit bigger tension.. . Maybe I could take this. down to my mid gage.. . So I did.. I put it on my LK at a tension three.. . And I got a little bit smaller swatch. here, but I wish you could feel it.. . It's just so much nicer. on my mid-gauge machine.. . So this is a little tight.. . To me, it's not going to drape as nicely.. . This is a little looser.. . The gage is similar.. . It's not completely different.. . It's and .. . So The row gage is very similar,. but it's very pretty.. . So my lesson learned. with this was, try it.. . If you have multiple machines,. you're not hooked into, locked into,. . oh, this is 2, yards per pound.. . I have to do this on my. standard gage machine.. . No, no, no.. . No, you try it on your other machine if. you have another machine. . and try it and see.. . I guess the theme for today is try it. and see what you like,. . because I can't tell you what you. like and I can't tell you what to use.. . So Anne says she's a mill processor.. . Anne, you need to educate. me as to some of this.. . And you're right, you don't want to.... . I don't want to you confused people. either, because do you agree, Anne,. . that there are all these terms,. and everybody uses them differently,. . and over the years they've changed,. and it really is confusing.. . So please educate me a little. bit and educate all of us.. . Maybe we'll I'm going to have you on,. Anne, and talk about making yarn.. . I would love that.. Thank you.. . All righty, let's get. back to our outline here.. . All right.. . So you consider your drape in hand.. . My little purple example here,. even though it knits okay on my standard. . gage machine, I'm really going. to like it much better on my mid gage.. . Something to consider.. . Okay, so Secondly,. how do you establish all this?. . I've been saying all along,. Try it, try it.. . See what you like, try it.. . I invested $9 in this ball of yarn.. . This to me is an excellent investment. of $9 to know whether I'm going. . to like this sweat or not.. . If I had just knit this on my standard. gage machine, knit the sweater, I probably. . would not have been happy with it.. . I invested $9 to find out that knitting. it on my LK was much preferable.. . The Get A Quint and Swatch is. something that's in the glossary.. . It's in our learning library.. . And I apologize for the noise.. . We've got workers here.. . I'll try and finish up. as quickly as I can.. . Get a quaint and swatch.. . Cast on, start knitting at the tightest. tension that you think is. . appropriate for the machine.. Knit a bit.. . Feel it, see what you think.. . Make a mark,. knit some more at a looser gage,. . maybe number two, knit some more,. feel it, and go from there and go on.. . Is it possible to keep the same yarn,. whichever stitch you knit?. . I'm not sure what you're saying,. Keep the same yarn.. . It depends on what you like, Marie-Jo.. . Give me more information, please.. . Again, I apologize for the noise.. . I hope it's not too bad.. . So we'll talk about a get. a quaint and swatch.. . I guess that It's in my message that I. need to quit chatting at you today.. . If anybody has any questions or anything. that they'd like to discuss with me,. . you've got seven ways. to get in touch with me.. . Please do.. . If you find something that's wrong. on the website or I've got a funny booboo. . like I had on in an earlier. slide, please let me know.. . I can't fix things if I don't know that. they're broken or if they're confusing.. . We had a knitter this morning tell. us that something was confusing.. . Actually, it was yesterday,. and we fixed it right then and there.. . And now all the people who saw the same. thing and didn't tell me,. . it's fixed, okay?. . But please tell me seven. ways to get in touch with me.. . February.. I'm going to predict.. . I'm making this as my prediction.. . We're going to predict we're. talking cables in February.. . I've been really digging deep into cables.. . You saw I showed one here earlier.. . Cables in February, reading charts,. how to incorporate cables on your. . knitting, what do they do to gage, and how. to make cables, and all that good stuff.. . So February cables will be. the first Wednesday of February.. . We will see you there.. . Thank you, everybody, again,. and happy knitting, and Happy New Year..