switching to cotton

[chenef]

Hi everyone, this is a great forum

I'm kind of a new knitter but a very ambitious one

I'm wandering if it's possible, in general, to replace wool/acrylic yarn with cotton? Here in Israel we have a very short winter so cotton is more "appropriate" to our weather...

Thanks!

Chen

[GrumpyGramma]

Hi. Welcome to KH.
I use cotton or acrylic yarn, not wool because of allergies. If the gauge works out and I like the way it looks, I'll use cotton. Just keep in mind that cotton will look different and may have a different stretch to it so it could mean you want to make your garment a little larger or smaller and your finished items may look different from the pictures. I'd suggest making up some items such as dish cloths or scarves and seeing what it's like. Then you can know what to expect. Enjoy knitting.