关于线材（四）
羊毛 wool
Probably the best known knitting material，“wool”can be obtained from a number of different animals,but in a knitting context it is a term most often used to refer specially to the wool of a sheep.
可能是最为人所了解的编织材料。wool可能从很多不同的动物身上获得，但在编织的上下文中，这个词最通常特指来源于绵羊的羊毛。
Wool allergies
羊毛过敏
allergy：敏感，过敏
Many people find they are allergic to wool.
有些人发现他们对羊毛过敏。
Some people find they have an allergy to lanolin—from the Latin lana(wool),and oleum(oil).
一些人发现自己对羊毛脂过敏—来源于拉丁文lana(羊毛)和oleum（油脂)。
be allergic to =have（has）an allergy to
Many people,though not actually allergic to either wool or lanolin,find that they are sensitive to wool-perhaps a hangover from ichy school jumpers and uncomfortable winter hats.
而有些人可能对羊毛或羊毛脂都不过敏，却发现对羊毛敏感—或许来自于发痒的学校运动衫或冬天不舒服的帽子。
Alpaca is a good alternative to wool for many people as it does not contain the lanolin which cause allergies in some wears.
羊驼毛是个好的代替，因为它不含对于一些人导致过敏的羊毛脂。
棉 cotton
During medieval times people were surprised to find that the cotton fibers that were being imported from Asia were plant-based.The fibres were so similar to the fluffy white fibre of sheep it was decided that the fibres must be sheared from Plant-borne sheep.
在中世纪，人们惊讶的发现从亚洲进口的棉花纤维产于植物。这种纤维与雪白蓬松的羊毛如此相近，被认为是从树上长的羊身上剃下来的。
This belief is summed up by John Mandeville,writing in 1350:'There grew in India a wonderful tree which bore tiny lambs on the endes of its branches.These branches were so pliable that they bent down to allow the lambs to feed when they are hungrie.'
这种看法由曼德维利（英国旅行作家）在1350年写到：“在印度生长着一种神奇的树，其枝头生长小羊羔。这些枝条如此柔韧，当羊羔饿的时候会弯下来让它们被喂养”。
这种说法很有趣对吧！
花式线 novelty yarns
Novelty yarns are often suggested as being a good choice for beginners knitter's，as various fluffy extras can hide the odd mistake and dropped stitch,but the same protrusion that hide the mistakes from view can also conspire to hide the stitches on the needles from view and as such can be difficult to knit.
花式线常被建议给初学者使用，由于其多样的蓬松能隐藏奇怪的错误和掉针，但是同样突出的问题是那样也隐藏了错误，视线被遮挡也不容易编织。
个人建议初学者选择羊毛或者棉线进行学习。
关于编织英语漫谈
（学英语，聊编织）
编织属于个人爱好，平常也要工作，照顾老人带孩子。这个栏目源于作为一个曾经的英语专业毕业生想结合英语和大家分享一些编织的内容。
可能会讲一些基础知识，可能是一些技巧，也可能就是一段喜欢的话。大家和我都很忙，尽量不想太长，每天花几分钟有个提高也很好。
英语的原文都是在专业的书籍上摘抄的，下面翻译或点评都是自己写的，可能有不准确的地方甚至错误，希望大家指出。
一句话或是一个知识点可能会参考好几本书，这里就不把参考书籍名称写出来了。另外图片也是在网络上找的。如果涉及侵权，请告诉我删除，谢谢！