Classic Elite Yarns Yarn

Classic Elite Yarns

Classic Elite Yarns distributes a line of yarn made of natural materials to create clothing and other types of knitted projects. The yarn comes in various weights, colors, and shades, including self-striping. The yarn is used for knitting, crocheting, weaving, and other yarn arts.

Materials include wool, cotton, bamboo, flax, alpaca, angora, yak, and mohair. Often, fibers are blended to create unique, flexible, and soft yarns. For example, equal parts linen, which is derived from flax, wool, and baby alpaca are combined to create a long-lasting, lustrous yarn. Blending fibers used in cold and warm weather produces a material that can be used during seasonal transitions. When the temperatures get lower, the wool and alpaca can provide added warmth. When the temperatures rise, linen keeps you cool with its naturally evaporative qualities.

Classic Elite Yarns come in various weights, which means thicknesses. Thickness impacts the final look of woven, knitted, and crocheted products. Weight determines the amount of time needed to complete a project. Thick, bulky yarn will finish more quickly than a super-fine type. Classic Elite Yarns utilizes terms commonly used to indicate a yarn's thickness. Information will also include the size of the needle needed to work on the yarn. Each product will include this information. Some common weights and their finished products include:

• Fine/sport weight: Baby clothes and light sweaters
• Light worsted/double knitting: Lightweight scarves and sweaters
• Medium/worsted weight: Throws, mittens, gloves, and sweaters
• Bulky/chunky: Jackets, rugs, and blankets

These are multicolored, variegated yarns that change color gradually as they are being used. In rotation, colors change from one to the next. This eventually creates stripes of color. Using different patterns and stitches will produce differing color schemes. This type of colored yarn can have as few as two colors but it usually has many. Classic Elite has several different varieties of self-striping yarn.

Proper care of these materials can help to maintain your yarns appearance and functionality. It is important to read and follow care instructions listed with each yarn product to ensure that they are cleaned properly. Different fiber combinations require differing care protocols. Some are both machine- and hand-washable while some are hand-washable only. Water temperature will be specified on certain products. Choose mild detergents or detergents formulated to wash natural materials. Some can be dried in dryers. However, some should only be laid flat and air-dried.