| Dear Phyllis and knitbuds!
I designed for Fingerlakes Woollen Mill, years ago, in their regular
yarns and Unspun. I always use a long-tail Cast On. With the Unspun, handle
it like you were handling fairy dust! Don't pull your CO sts tightly against
the needle, so if that means you need to cast onto a smaller needle so
as not to make too large loops, then do it. I also wasn't knitting tight
gauges with it, AND I knit a sort of untensioned continental, so the yarn
wasn't wrapped a couple times around any finger, which could lead to breakage.
I found that once I was cast on, I had more probs with the yarn breaking
because I would jerk it from the wheel, forgetting it's delicate nature.
So, it's best to keep long lengths pulled out from the wheel, ahead of
your knitting. It does make an air-light fabric, but I still prefer spun
yarn!
Copyright Dawn Brocco
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