Tags: Gauge

23 Jul 2010, Comments (2)

The Power of the Swatch

Author: Kat

In the world of knitting, there are few things that I dislike much more than pooling yarn. And, as a wise knitter once said, all “striping” yarn will pool with the right needle, pattern, gauge combination.

So, the question is how do you avoid pooling?

I have two examples for you… and as you can see, in each item, while there is still some “color puddling” it is not drastically obvious, nor does it distract from the design of the object.

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