noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
different
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After knitting some simple woven fabrics using a single colour of weaving yarn , why not experiment with different yarn combinations.
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A colour changer will appeal to anyone who likes to use a lot of colour or different yarn textures when pattern knitting.
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By selecting an interesting range of different types of yarn or unusual colour combinations, it is possible to knit beautiful fabrics.
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If you need to use a different yarn here are a few tips.
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The width of these stripes can be varied and different yarns can be used as in this sample.
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Choose two different weaving yarns and lay each of these over about half the needles.
fine
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If this still doesn't grip it enough, take the fine yarn around the tension disc rather then just through.
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Our women spun fine yarns in their own cottages, and supplemented the earnings of their husbands....
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To overcome this, try using every other needle or a very fine backing yarn .
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Once again we worked as a Club, being issued with fine slub yarns and complicated patterns.
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Q Whilst still on double jacquard, can you only use the finer yarns ?
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A fine yarn for a light-weight garment will give you smaller motifs.
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It is effective whether you use delicate fine yarns or a simple four ply.
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Three and four colour knitting is usually more successful using full needle rib and fine yarns with the ribber.
good
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But it was a good yarn , just the same.
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It may be a contradiction in textile terms but these weavers spin a good yarn .
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Thomas Deloney may have used a little poetic licence to embroider a good yarn .
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A good linen and yarn market was by now held in the town every Saturday, having been established in 1762.
main
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Sew this with matching cotton, or the main yarn .
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To knit punch lace the main yarn is threaded through feeder 2.
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Cast on using the weaving brushes or waste yarn , then change to main yarn. 3.
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The weaving yarn is laid into the stocking stitch knitted with the main yarn following a pattern.
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The needles for the stitches which will be knitted with colour one from the main yarn feed.
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Normally punch lace is shown knitted with a cotton thread that is the same colour as a main yarn .
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Pick up first row of main yarn .
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So far, in all the examples I've given, the main yarn was a medium thickness yarn.
thick
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This means that you can use thicker yarns , the ones you use for ordinary single-bed Fair Isle.
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There are hundreds of black button eyes and a thick nest of yarn for the hair.
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This is ideal for thick yarns and pile knitting, but not for ordinary work.
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The thicker yarns give a fabric that is particularly well suited to winter wear for warm sweaters, jackets and ski wear.
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You will need to adjust the tension dial to accommodate the rather thicker yarn you are using. 3.
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He has found the thicker yarn ends are best doubled up or used treble to make blankets on the chunky machine.
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A thicker yarn will give you larger motifs.
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When weaving with a thick yarn , you will probably find that it won't feed through the yarn mast.
waste
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Unravel waste yarn after work has been removed from machine.
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The only patterns available were for hand knitting and no one had mentioned mock rib or using waste yarn .
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Cast on using the weaving brushes or waste yarn , then change to main yarn. 3.
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A scheme to measure the waste yarn has been introduced.
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Thread with waste yarn and knit 4 rows on the main bed only.
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I took the garment pieces off on waste yarn .
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Remove waste yarn , join second shoulder.
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Release waste yarn and hook up to jacket front in the usual way.
weaving
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Just change the weaving yarn from one side to the other at the end of every row.
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The weaving yarn should always be on the leading edge of the carriage.
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On Silver and Knitmaster machines, you position it in the weaving yarn guide.
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In fact, any difficult yarns of this type are easier to weave if the weaving yarn is waxed.
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If you are using a plain weaving yarn , particularly one of medium thickness, then the punchcard usually supplies the design.
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Several different colours or types of weaving yarn can be used for extra interest.
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Knitweave can be thought of as a stocking stitch fabric with the weaving yarn caught into it on the purl side.
■ NOUN
mast
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On Brother and Toyota machines it positions itself automatically when left to hang freely between the yarn mast and knitting.
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There was no coned yarn , no row counter, no yarn mast , no wool winder - and no competition!
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The tension disc at the top of the yarn mast will need adjusting for the thread.
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You can in fact have almost as many yarn masts as you like attached to the back of the machine.
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Well, have you ever looked at the yarn mast and tension spring?
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The yarn to be woven should be threaded through the second side of the yarn mast .
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When weaving with a thick yarn , you will probably find that it won't feed through the yarn mast .
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On Brother and Toyota machines, just let the yarn hang between the yarn mast and the edge of the knitting.
■ VERB
knit
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By medium thickness, I mean a yarn that knits stocking stitch at tension four to six on your machine.
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Thread with waste yarn and knit 4 rows on the main bed only.
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If it doesn't, the motif yarn may knit into the background.
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The hat can be knitted in almost any yarn which will knit at the given stitch size in half Fisherman's rib.
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Cast on over this number, in waste yarn and knit about 10 rows.
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Using yarn from bobbin, knit back by hand through each back bed needle.
knitted
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This one is knitted in a linen-mix yarn which washes well and feels especially soft to touch.
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The weaving yarn is laid into the stocking stitch knitted with the main yarn following a pattern.
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Tuck is knitted with one yarn in the main feeder of the machine.
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It was very well knitted and the gorgeous yarn used set it off to perfection.
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The hat can be knitted in almost any yarn which will knit at the given stitch size in half Fisherman's rib.
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That is, they think it's knitted in the same yarns and feels just the same as single -bed Fair Isle.
lay
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Again, start with Card 1 for ease of laying in the yarns .
spin
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Corso is no dope, and he spins a fascinating yarn .
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In wintertime the spinners gathered together in their cottages to spin and knit the yarn .
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Our women spun fine yarns in their own cottages, and supplemented the earnings of their husbands....
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It may be a contradiction in textile terms but these weavers spin a good yarn .
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She liked to spin yarn , sing, and dance.
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He could spin a yarn , and you had to take what he said with a pinch of salt.
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The extra strength of synthetic fibre allows Evergreen to spin finer yarns with efficiency.
use
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This means that you can use thicker yarns , the ones you use for ordinary single-bed Fair Isle.
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In addition, any weaver caught using illegally dyed yarns could be sentenced to having his right arm cut off.
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I used a grey yarn to embroider the body and antennae.
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The only patterns available were for hand knitting and no one had mentioned mock rib or using waste yarn .
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The linker is easy to use with smooth yarns , but textured yarns can be difficult to cast off.
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If you are using a plain weaving yarn , particularly one of medium thickness, then the punchcard usually supplies the design.
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For your first attempt at weaving, use a medium thickness yarn for both the background and the weaving yarn.
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For the dark contrast colour, use a matt yarn in black, dark green, brown or other dark colour.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a rattling good yarn/story/read
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On one level, it is vastly entertaining and a rattling good read.
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We bet the Weatherfield Advertiser was a rattling good read under Ken's editorship.
spin a tale/story/yarn
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He could spin a yarn, and you had to take what he said with a pinch of salt.
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Joe was in top form, spinning stories, issuing pronunciamentos, dropping withering quips at every opportunity.
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She liked to spin yarn, sing, and dance.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the above yarns will be available from your local Spectrum stockist together with a full range of supporting pattern leaflets and books.
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Finally, don't ignore the possibilities of basic four-ply yarns.
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For those afflicted with the notion that national politics is on the level and two-dimensional, the following yarn is logical.
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In fact, any difficult yarns of this type are easier to weave if the weaving yarn is waxed.
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Sew this with matching cotton, or the main yarn .
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Take yarn under the needle in E position nearest to the knitting.
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There are hundreds of black button eyes and a thick nest of yarn for the hair.
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You will need to adjust the tension dial to accommodate the rather thicker yarn you are using. 3.