I ran across an awesome resource a long time ago, and I use it so often that it’s just assumed that everyone knows what it is. What is it? Well, hang on there, it’s so awesome that it deserves an introduction like no other.
So you find this great pattern you just have to knit, but would love to knit it in something other than the yarn called for. What to do? Unless you’re a walking yarn encyclopedia you just log on to this wonderful resource, bring up the yarn specified in the pattern and it will tell you the weight, yardage, company, fiber content and just about everything else you’d want to know about it. Is it Ravelry? Well, yes, Ravelry is an awesome resource unto it’s own, but for the “everything you ever wanted to know about just about every kind of yarn out there” there’s none other than…..
I have some old Needleworks magazines and they have some great patterns but the yarns are no longer available. Any ideas of how I can knit these or finding out about older yarns?
Hi,
See if you can do an internet search for these yarns. You might not be able to buy them, but if you can get a general idea of what weight yarn and how many yards/meters per skein or hank, you can go to http://www.yarndex.com and find a substitution there.
Good luck!
Terrye
I have a pattern for a round baby afghan (42″ in diameter) using Baby Sport – H crochet hook, if . . .
I use a Bulky weight yarn and increase the hook to an N might that be okay to use the same pattern? (ie: be about 64″ in diameter). Or does someone have a round/circular pattern for and adult?
The baby pattern I have is found on the Bernat website and it’s called Round Blanket to Crochet.
I put in all the information and it either gave me the “sorry” line or it matched it up to itself. Not helpful.
I am trying to find a substitute yarn for Lion Brand Organic Cotton Worse weight to knit a baby hoodie can you help
Lion Brand has a page on substitutions, but of course the look wouldn’t be the same. (https://www.lionbrand.com/cgi-bin/yarnInfo.cgi?equivalents=1) Their regular organic cotton was much like any other nice cotton yarn. The Nature’s Choice organic had a crinkled look to it. A lot of the similar yarns I can think of (bernat cottontots, for one) have been discontinued, too. Knit Picks Simply Cotton is nice, and also has an organic version.
I am trying to get to Yarndex.com, but several different links take me to LoveKnitting.com. Can you help?
Yarndex was a project of Yarnmarket, which was purchased by LoveKnitting. I think they just got rid of that URL at some point and made it forward to their main site. You can search for it on the Internet Archive (archive.org), or maybe Ravelry can help answer your questions.