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        Yarns

        - Many yarns are available for use in knitting. Choices differ in fiber content, texture, weight, and ply. A knitting yarn should be appropriate for both style and intended purpose. The most significant factor in yarn performance is the fiber content. Wool is a warm yarn, the most versitile because it can be spun in many weights and types. Its resiliency makes it especially desirable for garments. Linen and cotton are cool yarns, used mostly for summer garments and household items.

        A yarn's construction is crucial to its suitability for a purpose. Highly twisted yarns are smooth, easy to work with, generally durable, and suitable for any stitch pattern. Loosely twisted or homespun yarns are less durable, but have an appealing texture and give great warmth due to their high loft (fluffiness). Novelty yarns, in which plies of different thicknesses or fibers are twisted together, are exciting in texture, but less durable than smooth yarns and suited only to simple stitch patterns.

        The number of yarn plies is not a significant factor in yarn selection. It can indicate strength (four plies might be tougher than two), but never thickness, as plies can vary in diameter. Yarn thickness is usually expressed as a weight- light, medium or heavy.

        In selecting a garment yarn, good elasticity (stretch capasity) and recovery (return to original size) are desirable qualities. Bith comfort and fit retention depend on them. In a yarn for the home, ability to withstand many washings may be more important.

        Needles

        - There are three basic types of knitting needles - single-pointed, double-pointed, and circular. Needle size indicates the diameter of the needle. The thicker the needle, the larger the stitch. While there are no precise rules for needles and yarn relationship, generally thicker yarns should be worked with large needles and thinner yarns with small ones. If a needle is too large for the yarn, knit structure will be flimsy; if too small, texture will be too compact and inelastic.

        Knitting Patterns from Pernese Regions

        By tradition, each Hold has its own exclusive knit patter, and the style varies considerably between the Holds. Also by traditions, the patterns are knitted in plain yarns or dyed in each hold's dominant color.

        Regional Patterns
        Bay HeadTwisted Diamond
        Big Bay(Igen Sea Hold)Cable with alternating Double Cable
        Fort Sea HoldTriple Twisted Rib
        GreystonesTwisted columns, for the sarsenlike rocks that appear there.
        Half CircleTwisted V Stitch, which looks like endless rows of half circles, alternating with cable stitch and baubles.
        High ReachesStar and egg, (A Faire Isle pattern brought to Pern by colonists) The sweaters are often brightly coloured, mainly tan and blue, the hold colours, but banded with bright gold and red dyes made from lichen for greater visibility.
        Hold GarShell Stitch
        Ista HoldEmbossed or Raised leaf - the need for warm garments is almost unknown here, but the sea holders have sweaters and warm trous for faring in to cold seas. They make their sweaters in bright shades of orange and white, the hold colours. They also make them in fine cool fibers of cotton and sisal, popular for ladies' shawls.
        Lewis HoldCrossover Rib
        Misty HoldLattice Rib
        Nerat HoldScallop Shell Stitch
        Rocky HoldStar Stitch
        Ruatha and Ruatha River holdA distinctive smocked rib pattern.
        SattleChain and Moss cable
        Sea CliffMoire Stitch
        Tillek Sea HoldRaised knit pattern combined with travelling cable and double moss stitch. Knitting is a much practised skill in Tillek during storms and bad weather. Fosterlings learn the skill from the time they can pick up needles.
        Valley Holdreversed Arrowhead Cable - in deference to their Hold badge.

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