In order to be able to use the same symbols internationally, there are standard symbols for both the gauge and for how to care for the item made from the yarn. You will start seeing the following standard symbols from the Craft Yarn Council in magazines and on yarn labels: http://www.yarnstandards.com/. Here are the laundry symbols for yarn care: http://www.worldknit.com/howto/yarncare.html.

The ISO Latin codes for all of the "funny symbols" used in Guttag and Horning's handbook are found on page 224 of [Guttag-Horning93]. Type the characters on the right hand side when using LSL. If you are reading the handbook in print form, you might want to tape a copy of that page to your wall. See section 2.25 Where can I find LaTeX or TeX macros for LSL?, for details on how to get your specification to print out like the handbook. See similar questions...

The information on the yarn label is helpful in selecting the type of yarn and number of skeins needed for a project. This information includes: yarn brand name, yarn fiber content (acrylic, cotton, wool, etc. See similar questions...

The Federal Trade Commission has developed a series of symbols to explain how you should care for your garment. Click here for the complete list, with explanations for each. pdf File. Cool, soft, comfortable, the principal clothing fiber of the world. Its production is one of the major factors in world prosperity and economic stability. Cotton "breathes". What would we do without cotton? Since cotton wrinkles, polyester was added to give it wash and wear properties for a busy world. See similar questions...

The symbols in this document such as \-> and \GS+ are the ASCII representation of the special HP48 graphical characters. See the section "Character Translations" in the manual for a complete table of symbols <--> ASCII representations. See similar questions...

These are Good Codes used to identify the roms. You can see what they mean by viewing the Good Code List. See similar questions...

Each symbol is composed of the first two letters of the genus+first two letters of the species+first letter of the terminal infraspecific name+tiebreaking number (if needed). Genus and family symbols are the first five (genus) or six (family) letters of the name, plus tiebreaking number (if needed). Symbols were first used in the Soil Conservation Service’s National List of Scientific Plant Names (NLSPN), and have been perpetuated in the PLANTS system. See similar questions...

Yarn is a unique story-telling environment on The Daily Jolt. Read a few yarns to get the idea, or jump right in and start your own, give the reader two choices, and wait for others to write the next chapter! See similar questions...

The printers themselves should be able to handle any type of symbology, just as they do any other graphic, however, certain precautions need to be taken when printing bar codes as graphics (please see "Guidelines for Printing Quality Symbols"). The software used to drive the printer may require minor upgrades. See similar questions...

Debugging symbols are stripped from distibuted Cygwin binaries, so any symbols that you see in gdb are basically meaningless. It is also a good idea to use the latest code in case the bug has been fixed, so we recommend trying the latest snapshot from http://cygwin.com/snapshots/ or building the DLL from CVS. To build a debugging version of the Cygwin DLL, you will need to follow the instructions at http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.programming.building-cygwin. See similar questions...

The story of the Tortoise and the Hare was, as you know, about a race. There are certainly a lot of “hare-brained” diets out there which invariably promise “quick and easy” weight loss, usually by means of starvation, deprivation and/or strenuous exercise. The problem with quick weight loss, however, is that it almost never lasts. That's because the "weight" being lost is primarily the loss of water and muscle, rather than the loss of stored body fat. See similar questions...

KMFDM was on WaxTrax! for about 10 years prior to disbanding. The albums ATTAK and STURM & DRANG, and the single BOOTS were on Metropolis Records. WWIII was released on Sanctuary Records, but due to difference with the label KMFDM is currently signed with Metropolis Records. See similar questions...

Yeah right! (only kidding) Who has time to do this? If you have a ball winder and it only takes you a few minutes, and you really want to, go ahead and wind all your skeins into balls (be sure to do it loosely not to stretch the yarn). Then put them into a paper bag or one of those gift bags, on the floor by your feet, as you work. They will roll around in the bag and you won’t have to go chasing it around the room. Hee Hee. I use the center pull on my skeins whenever possible. See similar questions...

If your worsted weight yarn is too thin to get 4 stitches to the inch, doubling it will make it into a bulky yarn that will be very stiff knitted at 4 to the inch. Better to add a strand of fingering weight yarn. See similar questions...

Yarn numbering system ?V a system expressing the size of a yarn as a relation ship between its length and associated mass. See similar questions...