Dec
Knit Tips Episode 3
From now on I’m going to try to link anything I talk about in the video (shops, designers, etc.) in the blog post about the video so you have a handy guide. I haven’t done this with the first two videos, but if you need anything from those videos please just leave me a message on the blog and I’ll send you any links or further info you need.
Today’s video goes over yarns with ‘halos’ and how that can affect gauge. I also talk about knitting for people who say they have wool allergies. Please do not misunderstand me: wool allergies are real and are just as dangerous as any other allergy and should be treated as such. However there is a bit of a tendency towards claiming to have a wool allergy from people who just don’t like certain types of wool. Namely scratchy itchy wool. I don’t blame them! I don’t like scratchy itchy wools either! The video today isn’t so much a tutorial as it is a little chat. Also keep in mind that my opinions on wool intolerances are just that; an opinion. Feel free to disregard them as just that, I mean no ill will towards people with legitimate allergies. I have a bevy of allergies to everything from over the counter cosmetics to traditional perfume so I understand allergies. I also have a pretty long list of intolerances though as well (synthetic fibers being at the top of that list) and I recognize them as that; not true allergies but things I am just really not fond of.
Anyways, there are no products or people mentioned in this video but I did find one link that may be helpful to people wondering about wool allergies. Here is an article in which an allergy nurse discusses wool allergies and wool irritations that I found interesting.
Here is today’s video:
I also have a finished project to show off! I finally finished the sample knit for that beautiful FibroFibers handspun that Jen sent me. The pattern is currently in testing and tech editing mode and should be available shortly.
More tomorrow!
18Dec
I didn’t know that wool allergies tend to be lanolin allergies! That’s good to know. I am (unfortunately) one of those people with mohair sensitivities. It makes my face/eyes swell and makes sinus my allergies go crazy. It also makes my hands itch. It seems to be an allergy that builds with time/exposure as well. I started out slightly sensitive and over the last few years it has become completely intolerable. So, all of my mohair and mohair blends recently found a new home.