Ecocashmere Samples
Some time ago, the owner of Hircus Filati received an email from a customer with a question and a suggestion. Before quoting it, I want to thank the kind lady because all customer suggestions are valuable support that allows us to improve our services. Here is the email:
Good morning,
I would like to offer a suggestion because I really like your site and I promote it, but I can't always buy from you because those who knit with needles to follow a pattern first need to know the correspondence between the yarn and the swatch.
Have you ever considered indicating, for the different yarns, the number of stitches and needles needed to make a 10 cm swatch? (...)
In this last order, for example, I would have preferred cashmere (as always), but I bought merino precisely because I was looking for a yarn that corresponded to the reference swatch (...)
Providing this information for all yarns is difficult, considering that many of them are only periodically available for sale and the quantities of yarn are limited (these are true unmissable opportunities).
However, there are also fine yarns that are always for sale: I'm talking about Ecocashmere, a quality yarn at a truly affordable price. For this type of yarn, the information suggested by the customer will certainly be a valuable help.
It seems necessary, however, to emphasize that the number of stitches and needles in a 10 x 10 cm swatch are approximate. This swatch should not replace the swatch that the customer will have to make. Why? Because the tension of the yarn might change, depending on the hand; some knit tighter, some looser. Therefore, it is important that each customer chooses the needle size appropriate for their own hand. The dimensions of the swatch, after washing, might also be different.
For making the swatch, other information is important.
Less experienced people think that it is necessary to make a swatch with precise measurements, i.e., 10cm x 10cm. Absolutely not. The swatch to be made should be larger, like the one you see in the photo. Only then will the number of stitches and needles in 10 cm, measured within the swatch, be valid support that will allow us to accurately calculate the number of stitches to cast on.
By clicking on download, you can download a free PDF document in which you will find a table of swatches made with Ecocashmere.
click here to open/download the ecocashmere-swatch-table
I hope it will be helpful for your next purchases.
