#crochet samples

[samanthalanetextiles]

crochet material experiments ft. textured yarns, beads, straws, recycled materials and embroidery

[interlockingpatches]

Cathedral Radio. Interlocking / double filet crochet. #3 (tan) and #10 (black) cotton crochet thread, 2.75mm hook.

I did this in a marathon session yesterday, which I wouldn't exactly recommend! That gauge is also not perfect. Doing it again, I would either size down for a stiffer fabric or size up for smoother lines and more "relaxed" fill areas, but this would look perfectly nice with proper blocking and/or hanging rods.

Post stitches forming the outlines around the speaker holes make a really nice recessed texture, though I wouldn't use them again on the leftmost edge, where they just make things muddy.

[crochetpiece]

*I'm following a crochet pattern for a little potion bottle, which has ~350 stitches in color in the body which i'll be taking the percentages of this poll to color it! I'll be following the pattern for Amor the Love Potion from Melanie Morita's book "Hooked on Amigurumi" if you're interested in following along

[sensenotsense]

As a kpoppie that crochets I finally hit the rite of passage of crocheting a pc holder. This is my test one, but pretty happy for my first attempt 😋

[paintings-drawings-sketches-ohmy]

Surely there is no way this will go wrong at all

[king-carnivore-creations]

Crocheting again!

I'm using this pattern from Mijo Crochet

[malevolententity]

i want to watch some aop tonight/tomorrow but i dont know what to make so can yall pick for me? i have ideas on what yarn id use for each project i just dont know which to start.

all these patterns are free on ravelry!

ghost chicken coaster dragon egg bandana bookshelf

[coridallasmultipass]

Halloween costume hint:

(The stitch marker and the word that describes this colour-pattern of yarn [or fabric] are 2 more hints.)

[orchidrabbit]

i have recently started learning how to crochet and do the magic circle technique but i was curious about how popular and well used it is. i have my own opinions about it but i dont want to skew the results.

[squittenchet]

I wanna make something cursed.

Let’s start with a base animal.

[savage-rhi]

✨️Kinda magenta?✨️

[beenovel]

"you'd never know I was autistic if I didn't tell you" says the girl (me) who takes crochet to restaurants to show my mom what I'm working on. Literally like twenty sample pieces of different stitches I've learned. Just stuffed loose in my pockets.

[interlockingpatches]

okay! let's take a look at the Halloween Hootenanny samples and the yarn, thread and hooks I used to make them:

These are all #10 cotton thread (both colours in all cases), all made with a 1.40mm hook except Witch, who got 1.50 because that orchid thread is a bit fine and tends to work up tight. Witch also has a Pinstripe Blanket border with rounded corners, plus an extra sl round (blo), again to make up for the finer thread. Jack-o-Lantern has a Pinstripe Blanket border with square corners; Cauldron Bubbles has Classic Pinstripe, and Eyeball Jawbreaker has Quick "Borderless."

Both of these use #3 cotton thread for Colour B (backgrounds) and #10 for outines. Flying Owl used a 2.10mm hook and has a Pinstripe Blanket border. Black Widow used a 2.75mm hook and has a Floating Border (Colour A only), which didn't work amaaaazing with the finer thread, but I think with repeated washing it'll sort itself out.

Moving up in heft, these both use a lighter-weight cotton yarn for background colours. Scaredy Cat uses fine weight wool for Colour A, was made with a 4.0mm hook and has a Quick "Borderless" border. Witch Finger has #3 cotton outlines; it was made with a 3.75mm hook and has a Classic Pinstripe border, which I have to say just always looks kinda shabby in yarn.

Last are the heavyweight samples. Both have dishrag cotton for Colour B and worsted-weight wool for outlines. Both have Pinstripe Blanket borders, with Ms. Frankenstein modelling rounded corners and Wax Fangs sporting square. 4.0mm hook for both.

[arianaofimladris]

Googling a tutorial (any tutorial, I guess) for crocheting a shawl is so weird when you're a leftie, everything is "the wrong way" xd. I have fallen in love with triangle ombre shawls, and while I don't intend to make anything complicated, I did want to try the simplest thing I found (moss stitch). I'm glad my leftie gran showed me how to make a chain ages ago, it was easier.

I'm still not going to learn, I guess, but my doll got a tiny shawl from my trying.

[eviefrie]

okay question for my fellow fibercrafts ppl out there

brought to you by me taking a project off blocking boards and realizing i still need to weave in ends 🙃

[annascraftsroom]

Tunisian Crochet and hook size

I've noticed that a lot of tutorials suggest going with a larger hook then you would for normal crochet, or at least larger then the label says. One of the reasons for this is that it is supposedly going to help combat the curling many Tunisian crochet stitches is prone to.

Does it really help? I'd say not enough to warrant the suggestion to be followed blindly. The below image shows three samples of Tunisian Simple Stitch. The top one is done with a 4mm hook (which is the suggested on the yarn label), then the middle with a 5mm hook and the last with a 6mm hook. On the sample scale, they curl just the same.

What are the drawbacks on going with a larger hook?

One I see is that if you use a too large hook for the yarn, the right end stitches seem to get sloppier. See image below.

The bottom sample is the one done with a 6mm hook, the middle one with a 5mm hook and the top one is the 4mm hook. To me both the 4mm and 5mm looks decent, but the 6mm looks sloppy.

The left side edge is not as impacted by change of hook size as the right edge is.

The feel is of course also a bit different, the one using a 5mm hook feels thinner and less dense then the 4mm one. The difference in feel is not as noticeable between the 5mm and 6mm sample however.

So what does this mean, which would be the best option?

Well that depends on if you are a tight or loose crocheter, you should always sample and see what works best for you. For me I'm torn between the 4mm and 5mm sample, both works equally well.

None of the samples have been properly blocked so to determine which one to use I would need to do that as well as that would also impact how the finished piece behaves.

In this case, all samples are done with a cheap polyester yarn, using metal hooks.