crochet anyone ?

Justamum

greenpixey wrote: »

Is there a way to starch an item made out of acrylic yarn? I'm in the process of crocheting the Mad Hatter's hat in full size (either child or adult, not sure yet) and I'd like it to be strong enough to wear...or at least not collapse
The only way I know of is for smaller items and that is to use hairspray

any tips or ideas

Edit: Not sure if it makes any difference but I'm using a much smaller sized hook than recommended for the yarn so it is quite tight as it is at the moment.

Have you tried the spray starch? I'm sure somewhere in the recesses of my mind that I've heard there's a way of stiffening things like that using a sugar solution - I could be talking out of my (Mad Hatter's) hat though!

ETA - I've just found this - http://en.allexperts.com/q/Crochet-3235/thread-stiff.htm

(you have to scroll past the sponsored links!)

Bella79

done another few rounds on my granny blanket tonight, grr it takes me sooooo long to crochet

Hardup_Hester

I've made a pastel blanket out of granny squares, a ripple blanket out of pink, red & white wool & a green & cream lapblanket. I love Attic 24, but as I have to work with what I am given rather than going & buying wool I can't do anything as lovely as hers. I have been given some mohair oddments in lavender, grey & blue, I think I'll make a scarf with it, though not a ruffle one. I'll see what other wool I have for that.
Hugs Hester

mambury

really struggling here!!


At the moment all I am trying to do is crochet a simple (supposedly!) sqaure in rows with single stiches and I am getting sooooooooo cross with it. INo matter how loose I try to do it , the stiches get tighter, I can't see where I am supposed to put the hook in and then I struggle to get the hook through.

MIL has tried yesterday to show me what to do but she can only crochet in doubles and in squares.....

I have tried different thickeness of wool and different sized needles but I still struggle each time

Help!


My next stop is you tube....wish me luck
mambury

greenpixey

mambury wrote: »

really struggling here!!
At the moment all I am trying to do is crochet a simple (supposedly!) sqaure in rows with single stiches and I am getting sooooooooo cross with it. INo matter how loose I try to do it , the stiches get tighter, I can't see where I am supposed to put the hook in and then I struggle to get the hook through.
MIL has tried yesterday to show me what to do but she can only crochet in doubles and in squares.....
I have tried different thickeness of wool and different sized needles but I still struggle each time
Help!
My next stop is you tube....wish me luck
mambury

I can only see it getting tighter if you are tightening the yarn after each stitch.
Do a stitch but don't pull the wool tighter...you got to give it a bit of slack otherwise you will have trouble getting the hook through. when you do the next row

mirry

Hi everyone , I have just made my first project , a scarf and hat for my daughter and I am so chuffed with the outcome:D.

I have now found a pattern for fingerless gloves , and it says I need needles size H , my needles are all numbers so can anyone advise what number I need please .

Thanks for reading.

prfungi

mirry wrote: »

Hi everyone , I have just made my first project , a scarf and hat for my daughter and I am so chuffed with the outcome:D.

I have now found a pattern for fingerless gloves , and it says I need needles size H , my needles are all numbers so can anyone advise what number I need please .

Thanks for reading.

Hi mirry, well done with your first project. The american sizes are tricky aren't they, I have this link bookmarked & find it useful :

http://www.kcgtrading.com/conversioncharts.html

luv
Pam:rudolf:

Bella79

mambury wrote: »

really struggling here!!


At the moment all I am trying to do is crochet a simple (supposedly!) sqaure in rows with single stiches and I am getting sooooooooo cross with it. INo matter how loose I try to do it , the stiches get tighter, I can't see where I am supposed to put the hook in and then I struggle to get the hook through.

MIL has tried yesterday to show me what to do but she can only crochet in doubles and in squares.....

I have tried different thickeness of wool and different sized needles but I still struggle each time

Help!


My next stop is you tube....wish me luck
mambury

Hi

I learned with these tutorials there great

http://www.youtube.com/tjw1963

she covers everything and really simple to understand and follow , it could help

lisa x

Bella79

Ive made another curly scarf for me, and one for daughter so thats 3 in 5 days not bad lol

Bella79

Thought id bump this thread, have u all been hooking lately ? lol, ive jst made my first few hexagons to hopefully make up into a blanket