Comments on: How To Create Thicker Texture

By: stephy_kim

stephy_kim — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:37:36 +0000

I am a newbie to crochet. I wrongly bought a lot of baby yarns from ebay. Now that i have seen this article and read some of your comments. I know what i will do now to create thicker texture.

Thank you everyone for sharing

By: Peggy

Peggy — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:03:01 +0000

Back in the ’70′s I made a friend a baby coat/sweater from a pattern that called for 3 strands — a crochet string, a baby weight, and a worsted weight. It came out beautifully and was fun to make. Her daughter was able to wear it as a coat and then a sweater until she was 4.

My only problem — I misplaced the pattern. I’m keeping an eye out for it — it had a shawl color, wrapped around with a belt to hold it in place, and was shown in shades of green. If this pattern rings a bell with any one, please reply. I made it in 1979 — and she’s now 33 years old!

By: Peggy

Peggy — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:59:15 +0000

I’m about to make a cat blanket for a local rescue group in Pittsburgh. All the group wants is a 17″ x 17″ piece in acrylic. I’m thinking a double-strand of acrylic yarns with a large hook will do the trick. A member of Three Rivers Crochet, the CGOA Chapter in Pgh, has introduced us to this project. A great way to use up extra yarn and/or try out a new stitch. (My cat Christopher agrees!)

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:30:49 +0000

I just did this recently using the dishcloth pattern from Francine Touku on Ravelry, too. It made a great dishcloth. I have arthritis in my hands, too, and I usually crochet tightly. Using two threads helped me to use a lighter grip and weave, so my hands were less clenched. Since then, I’ve tried using a larger hook size for several projects, but not always successful. Can’t get my stitches even! Any suggestions? Thanks.

By: Marlene

Marlene — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:32:32 +0000

When I first began knitting and crocheting, I made a lot of scarves. I always used a combination
of 3 kinds of yarn, like ribbon or trellis, eyelash or fun fur, and regular yarn. The variety of textures was much more interesting than straight yarn. (This did not, however, allow any fancy stitch work to show.)

By: AnnieM

AnnieM — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:03:03 +0000

I’ve never tried this with yarn, but lately I’ve been working a jewelry pattern that uses 1/8″ satin ribbon, and I like the double-strand effect much better than single. The color effect is interesting, plus it makes more convincing “beads” than the single-strand version.

By: Darlene in North GA

Darlene in North GA — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:12:37 +0000

Yep, sure does. I’ve made 2 scarves and a hat over the Christmas holiday using 2 worsted weight yarns – one plain, one with metallic thread shot through it. They came out great – at least, the recipients loved them.

By: Asprin

Asprin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:31:09 +0000

This also seems to work if you buy yarn that is too fine to work with your crochet hooks.

By: Heidi

Heidi — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:29:33 +0000

Would this also work with knitting?

By: Heidi

Heidi — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:28:50 +0000

I love the effect it makes when you use two different colours! I’ll have to try this sometime!