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What kind of yarn should I use to knit or crochet a swimsuit?

dominicnash45:

Looking to crochet (or knit) a bikini, but I need to know what kind of yarn to use and any links to sites with cute patterns would be helpful.

There’s a cotton/elastic yarn called Fixation (Cascade Yarns) that is quite stretchy.  Make sure you don’t stretch the yarn as you knit it so the fabric gets the stretch rather than pulling in.   I know there is a Fixation man’s thong (ha ha) on knitty.com but you’ll have to google for swimsuit patterns. 

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theheritagefoundation: What if families handled finances like the federal government does? The main breadwinner (American corporations) ran off to the Cayman Islands and took 90% of family budget along.  He’s got all the family assets and he’s never going to contribute to the household again, thanks to the Grover Norquist pledge, but he expects the family to pay for his bodyguards (the US military that protects US factories overseas whenever necessary) his passports, his retirement, and his legal system (companies like Exxon Mobil don’t have to pay for their own legal system to protect their oil leases and copyrights).   Then grandma gets sick and brother loses his job.  Breadwinner tells the family that Grandma can have a voucher for healthcare but brother can’t have any more unemployment benefits because “we’re broke.”    And Fox News and The Heritage Foundation acccuses grandma and brother of class warfare. It’s easy to fall into the trap that SPENDING is wrong, because in our own minds we as individuals try not to spend unnecessary funds.  But Medicare and Social Security and unemployment benefits in the middle of the deepest recession since the 30’s is NECESSARY spending.  Promising big oil that they will never have a change in the tax code (who elected Grover Norquist’s LOBBYING agency king?)  and telling seniors and the unemployed that we’re broke is a goddamn sin and a goddamn lie.  Period.  The Moneyed Class is STEALING from th 99% and calling it a gift.

theheritagefoundation:

What if families handled finances like the federal government does?

The main breadwinner (American corporations) ran off to the Cayman Islands and took 90% of family budget along.  He’s got all the family assets and he’s never going to contribute to the household again, thanks to the Grover Norquist pledge, but he expects the family to pay for his bodyguards (the US military that protects US factories overseas whenever necessary) his passports, his retirement, and his legal system (companies like Exxon Mobil don’t have to pay for their own legal system to protect their oil leases and copyrights).  
Then grandma gets sick and brother loses his job.  Breadwinner tells the family that Grandma can have a voucher for healthcare but brother can’t have any more unemployment benefits because “we’re broke.”    And Fox News and The Heritage Foundation acccuses grandma and brother of class warfare.
It’s easy to fall into the trap that SPENDING is wrong, because in our own minds we as individuals try not to spend unnecessary funds.  But Medicare and Social Security and unemployment benefits in the middle of the deepest recession since the 30’s is NECESSARY spending.  Promising big oil that they will never have a change in the tax code (who elected Grover Norquist’s LOBBYING agency king?)  and telling seniors and the unemployed that we’re broke is a goddamn sin and a goddamn lie.  Period.  The Moneyed Class is STEALING from th 99% and calling it a gift.