[Nfb-krafters-korner] crochet

Tue Feb 4 18:45:41 UTC 2014

Lillie, boy it honestly depends on how you crochet how many skeins you will
use. Try twenty for a 60 by 70 inch afghan. Better to have to much then not
enough. You can always take back what you don't use. I am using a fairly
loose double crochet and bought twenty seven skeins for this seventy five by
seventy five afghan. I want though to make a wide border so will pull out
two or three skeins.

Lion Brand has a chart that wil help some. 

Can I change hooks, grown, not really. You will get a ballooning affect
which will look weird if not done right. I have a sweater pattern where you
change needles, I for the waste band and K for the body of the sweater. I
haven't looked at thatpattern in ages, so can't sware I remember the needle
sizes. 

Seriously, always do a small piece called a swotch to see if the size of the
needle is pleasant to the stitch and affect you want to achieve.  

So your choice to tare out or continue on with the same nedle, sorry.

Becky who has torn out many times, sy.
-----Original Message-----
From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Lillie Pennington
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 7:28 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] crochet

I am working on an afghan that is coming along slowly. Can I switch hooks in
the middle of a project. Also, how many balls of yarn does it take to
complete one?

Sent from my iPhone

> On Feb 3, 2014, at 7:11 PM, "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> I have a very big chunky crochet hook that I think is called a "Speed
stick"
> crochet hook.  I've had it for almost 10 years.  I got it at A.C.Moore.
> 
> Annette
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner 
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Powers, 
> Terry (NIH/NCI) [E]
> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 10:33 AM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] crochet
> 
> What is the largest a crochet hook comes in?
> Henry has a really large one, someone gave him and I like it.  I 
> bought a size p and q from Horizons for the Blind.  The q was lik the 
> one I had before and the p was so much smaller in the handle!
> His is maybe an inch and a half around at the handle or more.
> 
> Terry P.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Becky Frankeberger [mailto:b.butterfly at comcast.net]
> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 6:17 PM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] crochet
> 
> If I am understanding what you are asking, you want the chain side to 
> look like, say the single crochet row you ended on. If this is so, 
> single crochet along the chain side. Make your tails long enough to 
> tuck under as you crochet along that chain stitch. Then take the end 
> with a small  crochet hook and feed it stitch by stich inbetween the 
> loops of the stiches you just finished. Evrything gets tucked under. 
> Then once you have eight or so stitches of your tail tucked under, 
> gently pull the rest of the tail maybe a half inch and cut the tail 
> off. Then stretch out where you tugged the yarn and the end should 
> slip in the stitches. I use crochet hooks for lace to tuck the yarn under
the stitches.  It looks very neat and smooth.
> 
> Or just add fringe and tuck your end yarn under the fringe. 
> 
> warmly,
> 
> Becky with Jake still fluffing his tail for Dane Sophie
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner 
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Terry 
> Powers
> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 2:27 PM
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> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] crochet
> 
> 
> 
> Beckie or others;
> 
> I need to know how to end a croched scarf.  I would like it to look 
> like the beginning, if possible.
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> 
> Terry Powers
> 
> 
> 
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