Knitting with Handspun Yarn

Now that you have managed to spin your own yarn, the next step is probably knitting with handspun yarn!

Are you a knitter?

Quite a few of the people who are attracted to handspinning tend to have some experience with knitting, but many do not.

This section of the web site is designed to assist novice knitters or those new to handspinning who are just not sure how to make the move from knitting with commercial yarn using commerical patterns to knitting with their own hand spun yarn.

Why would that be tricky?

Because the thickness of your handspun wool isn't necessarily doing to match up nicely with the standard thicknesses of commerical produced wool.

The topics included in this section include:

• Knitting with handspun tips
• What is the 'ply' equivalent of your handspun yarn?
• Modifying commercial patterns for handspun yarn

Click on any of the links above to locate pages on each of the topics.

If you have any suggestions for any other topics you think my be useful to visitors to this site, drop me a line through my contact page and I will look into adding the topic to the site.