yarnyarn /jɑːn $ jɑːrn/ ●○○ noun 
[uncountable] thick thread made of cotton or wool, which is used to knit things2[countable] informal a story of adventures, travels etc, usually made more exciting and interesting by adding things that never really happened: 
The old captain would often spin (=tell) us a yarn about life aboard ship.► see thesaurus at story
WORD ORIGINyarn
Origin:
Old English gearnEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- All the above yarns will be available from your local Spectrum stockist together with a full range of supporting pattern leaflets and books.
- Finally, don't ignore the possibilities of basic four-ply yarns.
- For those afflicted with the notion that national politics is on the level and two-dimensional, the following yarn is logical.
- In fact, any difficult yarns of this type are easier to weave if the weaving yarn is waxed.
- Sew this with matching cotton, or the main yarn.
- Take yarn under the needle in E position nearest to the knitting.
- There are hundreds of black button eyes and a thick nest of yarn for the hair.
- You will need to adjust the tension dial to accommodate the rather thicker yarn you are using. 3.
THESAURUS
a description of how something happened that is intended to entertain people, and may be true or imaginary: · a ghost story· a love story· It’s a story about a man who loses his memory.· a book of short stories
a story about strange imaginary events, or exciting events that happened in the past: · a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen· I loved hearing tales of his travels.
noun [countable, uncountable] a very old imaginary story about gods and magical creatures: · an ancient myth· Greek and Roman myths
noun [countable, uncountable] an old story about brave people or magical events that are probably not true: · popular legends of the creation of the world· According to legend, King Arthur was buried there.
a traditional imaginary short story that teaches a moral lesson, especially a story about animals: · the fable of the tortoise and the hare· a Chinese fable
a story told in a long book, film, or poem which is about great or exciting events, especially in history: · an epic about 13th-century Scottish hero William Wallace
a story about a series of events that take place over a long period of time, especially events involving one family: · a family saga beginning in the 1880s
informal a long exciting story that is not completely true: · The movie’s a rattling good yarn and full of action.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The old captain would often spin (=tell) us a yarn about life aboard ship.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
The old captain would often spin (=tell) us a yarn about life aboard ship.· After knitting some simple woven fabrics using a single colour of weaving yarn, why not experiment with different yarn combinations.· A colour changer will appeal to anyone who likes to use a lot of colour or different yarn textures when pattern knitting.· By selecting an interesting range of different types of yarn or unusual colour combinations, it is possible to knit beautiful fabrics.· If you need to use a different yarn here are a few tips.· The width of these stripes can be varied and different yarns can be used as in this sample.· Choose two different weaving yarns and lay each of these over about half the needles.
· If this still doesn't grip it enough, take the fine yarn around the tension disc rather then just through.· Our women spun fine yarns in their own cottages, and supplemented the earnings of their husbands....· To overcome this, try using every other needle or a very fine backing yarn.· Once again we worked as a Club, being issued with fine slub yarns and complicated patterns.· Q Whilst still on double jacquard, can you only use the finer yarns?· A fine yarn for a light-weight garment will give you smaller motifs.· It is effective whether you use delicate fine yarns or a simple four ply.· Three and four colour knitting is usually more successful using full needle rib and fine yarns with the ribber.
· But it was a good yarn, just the same.· It may be a contradiction in textile terms but these weavers spin a good yarn.· Thomas Deloney may have used a little poetic licence to embroider a good yarn.· A good linen and yarn market was by now held in the town every Saturday, having been established in 1762.
· Sew this with matching cotton, or the main yarn.· To knit punch lace the main yarn is threaded through feeder 2.· Cast on using the weaving brushes or waste yarn, then change to main yarn. 3.· The weaving yarn is laid into the stocking stitch knitted with the main yarn following a pattern.· The needles for the stitches which will be knitted with colour one from the main yarn feed.· Normally punch lace is shown knitted with a cotton thread that is the same colour as a main yarn.· Pick up first row of main yarn.· So far, in all the examples I've given, the main yarn was a medium thickness yarn.
· This means that you can use thicker yarns, the ones you use for ordinary single-bed Fair Isle.· There are hundreds of black button eyes and a thick nest of yarn for the hair.· This is ideal for thick yarns and pile knitting, but not for ordinary work.· The thicker yarns give a fabric that is particularly well suited to winter wear for warm sweaters, jackets and ski wear.· You will need to adjust the tension dial to accommodate the rather thicker yarn you are using. 3.· He has found the thicker yarn ends are best doubled up or used treble to make blankets on the chunky machine.· A thicker yarn will give you larger motifs.· When weaving with a thick yarn, you will probably find that it won't feed through the yarn mast.
· Unravel waste yarn after work has been removed from machine.· The only patterns available were for hand knitting and no one had mentioned mock rib or using waste yarn.· Cast on using the weaving brushes or waste yarn, then change to main yarn. 3.· A scheme to measure the waste yarn has been introduced.· Thread with waste yarn and knit 4 rows on the main bed only.· I took the garment pieces off on waste yarn.· Remove waste yarn, join second shoulder.· Release waste yarn and hook up to jacket front in the usual way.
· Just change the weaving yarn from one side to the other at the end of every row.· The weaving yarn should always be on the leading edge of the carriage.· On Silver and Knitmaster machines, you position it in the weaving yarn guide.· In fact, any difficult yarns of this type are easier to weave if the weaving yarn is waxed.· If you are using a plain weaving yarn, particularly one of medium thickness, then the punchcard usually supplies the design.· Several different colours or types of weaving yarn can be used for extra interest.· Knitweave can be thought of as a stocking stitch fabric with the weaving yarn caught into it on the purl side.
NOUN· On Brother and Toyota machines it positions itself automatically when left to hang freely between the yarn mast and knitting.· There was no coned yarn, no row counter, no yarn mast, no wool winder - and no competition!· The tension disc at the top of the yarn mast will need adjusting for the thread.· You can in fact have almost as many yarn masts as you like attached to the back of the machine.· Well, have you ever looked at the yarn mast and tension spring?· The yarn to be woven should be threaded through the second side of the yarn mast.· When weaving with a thick yarn, you will probably find that it won't feed through the yarn mast.· On Brother and Toyota machines, just let the yarn hang between the yarn mast and the edge of the knitting.
VERB· By medium thickness, I mean a yarn that knits stocking stitch at tension four to six on your machine.· Thread with waste yarn and knit 4 rows on the main bed only.· If it doesn't, the motif yarn may knit into the background.· The hat can be knitted in almost any yarn which will knit at the given stitch size in half Fisherman's rib.· Cast on over this number, in waste yarn and knit about 10 rows.· Using yarn from bobbin, knit back by hand through each back bed needle.
· This one is knitted in a linen-mix yarn which washes well and feels especially soft to touch.· The weaving yarn is laid into the stocking stitch knitted with the main yarn following a pattern.· Tuck is knitted with one yarn in the main feeder of the machine.· It was very well knitted and the gorgeous yarn used set it off to perfection.· The hat can be knitted in almost any yarn which will knit at the given stitch size in half Fisherman's rib.· That is, they think it's knitted in the same yarns and feels just the same as single -bed Fair Isle.
· Again, start with Card 1 for ease of laying in the yarns.
· Corso is no dope, and he spins a fascinating yarn.· In wintertime the spinners gathered together in their cottages to spin and knit the yarn.· Our women spun fine yarns in their own cottages, and supplemented the earnings of their husbands....· It may be a contradiction in textile terms but these weavers spin a good yarn.· She liked to spin yarn, sing, and dance.· He could spin a yarn, and you had to take what he said with a pinch of salt.· The extra strength of synthetic fibre allows Evergreen to spin finer yarns with efficiency.
· This means that you can use thicker yarns, the ones you use for ordinary single-bed Fair Isle.· In addition, any weaver caught using illegally dyed yarns could be sentenced to having his right arm cut off.· I used a grey yarn to embroider the body and antennae.· The only patterns available were for hand knitting and no one had mentioned mock rib or using waste yarn.· The linker is easy to use with smooth yarns, but textured yarns can be difficult to cast off.· If you are using a plain weaving yarn, particularly one of medium thickness, then the punchcard usually supplies the design.· For your first attempt at weaving, use a medium thickness yarn for both the background and the weaving yarn.· For the dark contrast colour, use a matt yarn in black, dark green, brown or other dark colour.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1- On one level, it is vastly entertaining and a rattling good read.
- We bet the Weatherfield Advertiser was a rattling good read under Ken's editorship.
- He could spin a yarn, and you had to take what he said with a pinch of salt.
- Joe was in top form, spinning stories, issuing pronunciamentos, dropping withering quips at every opportunity.
- She liked to spin yarn, sing, and dance.
[uncountable] thick thread made of cotton or wool, which is used to knit things2[countable] informal a story of adventures, travels etc, usually made more exciting and interesting by adding things that never really happened: The old captain would often spin (=tell) us a yarn about life aboard ship.► see thesaurus at story