wool for knitting?

Tete_en_l'Air

I love Stylecraft Special DK - it comes in loads and loads of colours and is fairly cheap at £1.89 a ball in my local shop (it's widely available online though) - it's acrylic but lovely and soft and really easy to work with

PollyOnAMission

When I was knitting I got most of my wool on Ebay at a reasonable price.

kettlenic

Thanks for the great advice - the wool I bought is stylecraft DK in heather - glad it has been reccommended!! I am taking notes (literally) and will be following the good advice on offer

thank you

rachbc

Stylecraft isn't wool - its acrylic. As acrylic yarns go its pretty good but natural fibres will keep you warmer without being sweaty, though they are generall more expensive. Alpaca is currently my fav - soft and snuggly - and cheaper than cashmere!! Merino wool tends to be softer and smoother and less itchy than standard wool and wuld be a good choice, cheaper still would be cotton -which I'd use in preference to acrylic

beadgirl87

Hey,
I decided to learn to knit this week too! Haven't found videos very helpful, just the way I learn I guess. I was recommended to this website for lessons and I manged to do quite a bit on my first night. Have a look, there is a very simple way to cast on
http://weefolkart.com/content/wee-folk-art-knits.
Good luck!

nikki702

I have decided to learn to knit, I have never tried knitting before and have bought myself a knitted farm animals book and a knitted animal hats book. I have a lot to learn before I attempt any of those.

I was just looking on ebay at some of the recommend wool to make one of the hats and it is quite pricey.

I am going to order some knitting needles from ebay and see how I go

Thank you for the link