Hooked again
I picked up the crochet hook this Christmas (and forgot it at my parents place together with my 4mm dpn´s - sigh).
My experience tells me that one of my favorite yarns, Lucca, peels a lot if you use it for stockinette and clothing. So instead of the planned sweater with this yarn, I´m going to make a crochet shawl.
There´s not that many patterns around? I wonder why. There are loads of knitted shawls, but crochet? Unless you want to do filet - and I don´t.
I tried to locate the pattern for an old shawl I made, but it is no where on the net to be found. I´ll make a better photo later - maybe some of you know about it?
Anyway, I´m making a Seraphina Shawl, the instructions are complex and confusing - they make the pattern seem harder than it is - but once you get it, it´s piece of cake.
I´m making a fairly tight fabric, more of a blanket shawl than a fluffy soft one, and this I´m not sure about. So I put it on hold, will have to make a swatch using a bigger hook.
7 comments:
I was just dreaming about starting a sweater using Lucca Fino when I read your post. Do you have any experience with using Lucca Fino for garments? Does it peel as well?
In my experience, from using it for baby clothes, it does...
Anne (hverkenfuglellerfisk.dk) has the same experience as far as I know.
Too bad - it´s such a jummi yarn!
Maybe the superwash version is better?
Hej Mette
Du laver så mange fine ting!
Jeg har lige lånt et - vistnok ældgammelt - hæfte med ALVERDENS strikke- og hæklemønstre i (850 stk). Det ligner et tykt tillæg til et ugeblad og stammer fra "Mon Tricot". Der kan du finde mange smukke hæklemønstre, bl.a. nogen yndige blomster - og med det krative talent du har må det være en snild sag at sætte et sjal sammen så...... Jeg tænker at der må findes tilsvarende bøger hvor du kan finde mønstre?
Venlig hilsen Inge
Ja, Inge - der er ikke andet for, men jeg tror nu det har lange udsigter i øjeblikket ;-)
Min mor bruger Lucca-garn, når hun væver babyplaider og når de har været en tur i vaskemaskinen er de det blødeste og mest yummi, man kan tænke sig. Ellers er jeg helt enig med dig, Lucca er ligesom for blødt til at holde formen i strik. Måske skulle det have været tvundet lidt fastere ?
Det lyder som nogle lækre plaider! Bruger hun superwash (fuldrer den mindre?)?
Nej, hun bruger den almindelige udgave, men vi/hun har planer om at afprøve superwash-kvaliteten, dog som strik.
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