Quality knitting wools

Press, 26 April 1979, Page 12

Quality knitting wools

Nothing can replace pure wool as a knitting yarn, for both hand and machine-knitting. Novelty yarns may give unusual and interesting effects, but for all-round serviceability and comfort, in all temperatures, wool is the best bet for home-knitters today. Billie and Geoffrey Simpson of Simpsons Sewing Centre : have been in the knitting retail business for 20 years, and they quite unreservedly recommend pure wool for its washing qualities, appearance and durability. Among the new season's wools at Simpsons Sewing Centre, there is “Aotea Suffolk,” a new brand of double-knit wool that is beautifully soft and knits up very neatly. Its downy texture makes it a pleasant wool for hand-knitting and it also runs well on machines. Aotea also offer a good range of 4-ply wools. The handy 125 g balls come in a fvide choice of colours.

and are very popular with machine-knitters, because they run so freely and require few knots to join the balls. For hand-knitters who want to use 4-ply, Aotea’s 50g balls of “Old English” are ideal, with a new lineup of fashion colours for winter ’79. For fair-isle knitters using four colours, Simpsons recommend their Aotea 2-ply, which is also suitable for woollen lacework. Both Billie and Geoffrey Simpson feel it is false economy to buy anything but the best quality wool available. A good woollen yarn is not only pleasant to work with, but the finished product is worth the effort and wears well. As far as knitting-machines go, inferior wool can be positively harmful, increasing the need for maintenance and replacement of machine parts. With a well-loomed wool, mach-ine-knitting is a joy and the end product a professional one.