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Marilynn Massé-Tori asked this
month’s star question. Marilynn
wins the yarn to knit this lovely
cardigan in Stylecraft Belissima,
in a colour of her choice,
courtesy of Stylecraft.If you have a question for
Sarah Hazell, email
[email protected]
or write to Ask Sarah, Knitting,
GMC Publications, 86 High Street,
Lewes, East Sussex BN7 1XN.YOUR VIEWSDO BETTER FOR
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I enjoy Knitting but think the
magazine could do more from an
environmental perspective at the
intersection with the customer. This
month’s magazine (Knitting 203,
February 2020) was enrobed in plastic
and also featured in the news section a
polyester faux fur yarn.
The yarn industry has a big part to
play in promoting a return to natural and
biodegradable clothing and given what
we now know about the microplastics in
our waterways from polyester garments,
[polyester] yarns aren’t environmentally
responsible choices.
There are two things that the
magazine could consider to mitigate
these two issues: incorporate
supplements into the magazine as a
perforated centre fold pull-out, and
ofer a caveat with polyester ibresTwitter: @KnittingMag • Pinterest: knittingmag1 • Facebook: KnittingMagazine
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Show us what you’re knitting on Favourite Make Fridays at facebook.com/KnittingMagazine.STAR LETTER PRIZE
Linsey Duncan-Pitt wins six balls
of Debbie Bliss’s yarn Piper in a
shade of her choice to knit the
stunning Katye jumper,
courtesy of lovecrafts.com.that they should be washed in a washbag
designed to capture shed ibres.
Linsey Duncan-Pitt, by emailEd says: Thanks very much for your
message Linsey, and please be assured that
we share your concerns about plastic waste.
At Knitting we are very keen to reduce our
environmental footprint and encourage
others to do so. We are always looking for
better ways to package the magazine and at
this stage we have found that our recyclable
plastic envelopes (marked with the recycling
logo) work out best. However, we will
continue to strive to ind better ways.yarn needs to be brought forward and then
taken around the needle, (yfrn). An increase
between two knit stitches is a simple yarn
forward (yf) or yarn over needle (yon)
between a purl and a knit stitch. Decreasing
is much easier. K2tog is universal and the
UK slip one, knit one, pass the slipped stitch
over is often replaced in the UK now with
the US ssk – slip, slip, knit – because it gives
a much neater inish. However, if you are
new to this technique, be sure to slip the
stitches knitwise, insert left-hand needle
into the fronts of these two stitches and
then knit them together from this position.
Most patterns have a comprehensive list
of abbreviations and many now include a
conversion table for UK and US equivalents.
I think this is a really positive move and
demonstrates the willingness of the knitting
community to share. When it comes to
needle sizes and determining yarn types I
always have to refer to a conversion chart as
I tend to mix up my sport and my worsted!
To ind out more, try these websites:
10rowsaday.com
yarnover.net
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LETTERWHAT’S ON YOUR NEEDLES?
Laura Janette Baker
swapped colours for
her second sock to
make sure she didn’t
run out of yarn -
makes them
even funkier!Jo Brown knitted
Sarah Hatton’s
gorgeous Greenup
Gill cardigan from
The Fibre Co,
featured in Knitting
187, November 2018.Sheila Philly
Cheesesteak
Hallworth
has knitted
this cute bunny
in a sweater.PHOTOGRAPH: ROMOLO TAVANI/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM