Lean-in to Linen 2: Swatching for your Linen Project & Tips for Knitting with 100% Linen

In the second video of three in our Lean-in the Linen KAL, Deanna shares her tips for swatching and knitting with 100% Linen yarn. Pro-tip - it's nothing like working with wool!
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[@janehebert5254]

So glad I found your channel. So informative, thank you!!

[@janm2473]

Hello, Robin!! I'm an absolute new knitter and I just purchased a few balls of beautiful pure linen from my local yarn shop. I'm starting with a washcloth.. size 3 dpn's. Thank you for these videos your sharing...

[@olive5890]

Didn't do your kal but this series is very useful! Hope you do more

[@janzy58]

This was really informative. Thank you for your help!

[@beepbopboop3221]

I guess I'm 1 step ahead since I don't use and joins with wool. I use one with cotton, but I forget what it's called. A particular knot. It's nice to know I can knit the ends in since I do that sometimes. I really like lace so I think I will like linen. I have a fingering wool/linen bland that I'm swatching for a sideways knit top to get some vertical visual lines from the hand dye color

[@222ouch]

this was great information. Thank you!

[@katinkamouissie3812]

So happy that I learn so much from you about linen.

[@robinrockwell2833]

I'm going to knit a shawl with linen. Since there is no fit involved, do I really need to make a swatch?

[@needlesinthehay6141]

Hi Robin, the main reason you would make a swatch in this case is to ensure you like the look of the fabric, but more importantly to make sure you will have enough yarn to finish your project!

[@janisgougeon3100]

I am swatching with linen and am having a great difficulty with the yarn twisting. I hand wound it into a ball from the skein and it was annoying even then. Do you think soaking it would solve this problem? I can see that this linen tee is going to be a challenge but I am determined to make it work.