Part Four: Project Eight – Stage One.

Exploring the qualities of yarn.

Hours of ‘just looking thankyou’ in wool barns and ‘op-shops’ to build up supply’s of wool,yarns, natural, man-made and regenerated fibres.

A hunt around has produced some oddities such as armature wire, raffia, plastic covered wire, binder twine and knitted and crocheted garments for unpicking.

There is a down side to the collection of quantities of various weights and types of yarns not only as far as the expense is involved but also the storing and identifying of each item for later retrieval. Knowing where to obtain such materials is important if and when required for later use whether it be from specialist shops or by mail order. The secret is to know what the user will require for a specific project so that it can be obtained in sufficient quantity before hand avoiding the problem of not either having enough or the supplier ‘has since closed down’.