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Changing yarn weights for knitting?

Hi, I was shopping for a new knitting project last week, and I found a pattern that I liked, but it called for lace weight yarn, which the store I was in did not haveThe owner suggested I could use sock weight yarn instead, so I went ahead and picked out some beautiful yarn, came home and knitted a swatch, my gauge was correct on the recommended needle sizeThough now that I have thought about it a bit, is this going to work? I trusted the store owner, she has 25 years of experience and gives classes, but now that I have thought about it, I don't think that you are supposed to change yarn weightsHelp!

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The store owner won't lead you wrongShe knows the effort put into knitting a piece and she wants to make sure you are a happy customer who will return again and againIf your gauge is correct it should be okDepending on the size of your swatch you might want to knit a larger swatch to make sure the yarn drapes similarly to the yarn originally called for in the patternMost of the time I too can't find the yarn called for in a pattern or decide it is too expensive and substitute a similar yarn with good results as long as the fiber is similar to what is recommended in the patternWool blends and acrylic will respond in a similar way but substituting cotton for wool will not respond the same way.
Yep you easily canBass boats oftentimes have slightly extra of a flatter hull layout to circulate by using shallower or weedy water, maximum bass boats have a solid horsepower to weight ratio and easily carry out fairly nicelyfairly of front room form seats they are going to probaly have pedestal or stool form seats for fishing and in all probability some style of container for containing fish yet whilst it has the horsepower you may play with them and nevertheless capture fish, the superb of the two worldsone element, bass boats are oftentimes slightly shallow for tough water so skedaddle whilst it get stormy.
I have a Nitro bass boat and love itI've never fished any lakes north of Arkansas but I hear that the Great Lakes can get really rough so you should consider a boat with a deep-V hull like a lake boat.
Try asking this in the Boats and Boating SectionMost of us in this section don't have any boats to my knowledgeKayaks, Float Tubes, and shore fishing.

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