Is there a standard understanding of what diameter means with respect to skeining yarn? I would assume that it means the length of the skein, the long dimension of the ovoid shape. It’s just that as i read the instructions and look at the pictures in Linda La Belle’s The Yarn Lover’s Guide to Hand Dyeing it seems that the pictures show skeins that seem like they must be different than deduced from that definition.
For example, reviewing the “faux ikat dyeing” technique, a total of 140 yards is to be skeined into a 10 yd diameter skein. My interpretation of diameter would then mean that a circuit was 20 yards, so the 140 yards would make seven circuits. The illustration shows more than seven strands in the circuit, though, and the resists applied more closely than the two per yard calculated from the 40 to the skein would produce if the skein is 20 yds in circumference.
Also, must find what a larks head knot is. It’s part of the instructions but never described.
If you google “larks head knot” there’s plenty of information about how to make it, including videos. I can’t help with skein diameter because I’ve never heard of it!
Thanks, there are indeed plenty of tutorials! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyzUmetVJFA That’s a familiar looking knot, i had no idea it had a name. I suppose it’s a fairly common knot for knitters?
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