At 12:32 PM 4/16/04 -0700, Linda wrote: > Or is this is one of the Greater Mysteries?
According to two of my dictionaries, it's one of life's minor mysteries, but "fingering" *might* be from a french phrase meaning "fine grain". One says that it used to be "fingram", and goes on to define "fingering" as a *worsted* yarn. All the "fingering yarn" I've run into has been woolen, but I stopped using it at least twenty years ago because it wore out too fast, and do my fine knitting with embroidery yarn and 3/12 worsted. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's sunny and warm. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
