Needles and Tension USED IN THIS BOOK
To make it easy for you the following paragraph shows you how to use the Needle and Tension charts below.
| For example: | BABY'S CROSS-OVER PULLOVER (See page [16]) | |
| Wool...3 ply Beehive. | Size...3 mos. | |
| Needles...No. 11. | Tension...8½ sts. | |
(The • shows how this reading was made)
| WOOLS USED and the SIZES OF NEEDLES USED FOR | ||||||
| •3mos. | 6mos. | 9mos. | 1Year | 1½years | 2years | |
| 3 ply Beehive Non-Shrink Baby Wool | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| 2 ply Beehive Fingering | 12 | 11 | 10 | |||
| •3 ply Beehive Fingering | •11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
| 4 ply Beehive Fingering | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| 4 ply Miss Canada Andalusian | 11 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 4 ply Miss Canada Fingering | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| Miss Canada Crochet-Knitting Wool | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| Beehive Lustre Crepe | 11 | 10 | 9 | |||
| Fuzzy Wuzzy Angora | 9 | 8 | 7 | |||
TENSION: When using the above wools and needles, be sure your work measures the exact tension as given below:
| WOOLS USED | SIZE OF NEEDLES For each size of needle used, the correct number of stitches to 1 inch is given below. Work to produce this tension exactly. | |||||||
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||
| 3 ply Beehive Non-Shrink Baby Wool | 8½ | 9 | 9½ | N | ||||
| 2 ply Beehive Fingering | 8½ | 9 | 9½ | |||||
| 3 ply Beehive Fingering | 7½ | 8 | •8½ | |||||
| 4 ply Beehive Fingering | 6½ | 7 | 7½ | |||||
| 4 ply Miss Canada Andalusian | 7½ | 8 | 8½ | |||||
| 4 ply Miss Canada Fingering | 6½ | 7 | 7½ | |||||
| Miss Canada Crochet-Knitting Wool | 6½ | 7 | 7½ | |||||
| Beehive Lustre Crepe | 6½ | 7 | 7½ | |||||
| Fuzzy Wuzzy Angora | 5½ | 6 | 6½ | |||||
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