[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Latch Hook Canvas

Sun Jun 16 18:39:31 UTC 2024

Hi Jean, so, where were you when Mom and I were making those patches. Big smile.

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Hmm. Repairing broken horizontal bar of canvas. Thinking out loud here, maybe get some strong thread or a yarn and weave it from one intact vertical bar across to the next vertical bar or two. Tie it off snugly and then latch over it. It won't show. It only has to support one stitch, but should be secured to verticals left and right. 

Jean

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Hi Bernice, by "Cross String" do you mean the horizontal bar (going from the 9 o'clock to 3 o'clock position or the vertical thread? My Mom God Rest Her Soul showed me how to put a patch on the back over the split thread. It didn't show, and, was repaired.
Jean, any repair ideas?

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I also have done many wall hangings. I have worked from kits and blank mats. I bought a device to cut my own yarn. You thread the yarn into it and keep on cranking. It cuts the yarn in even lengths of yarn. I also had an adjustable frame on 2 x frame legs. I think it must have gotten lost in a move, because I haven't seen it in many years. 
I was making a hanging called a pot of daisies, and a cross string broke. Any suggestions on making a repair?
Bernice

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Hi Jean,

I have made many latch hook wall hangings but not any for some years now. I am excited to hear about the sites you shared. Where do you get your yarn? Is it pre-cut yarn or do you cut your own?

I am not certain what size my squares are. Some of my patterns were purchased as a kit, so whatever the kits usually are, is what I use. I have run across bad canvas, strands breaking and sagging and that is no fun. That reminds me, do you purchase blank canvas for your projects, and if so where. I have mostly seen kits, not plain canvas and pre-cut yarn. The kits have pre-cut yarn but the colors are unsorted. 

Many years back I taught a class on KK to make a puppy laying in the grass with flowers. Mine turned out well, but it was from a kit and the yarn was rather short, so it kept coming out of the squares at random places. 
I had a pattern I made of an owl and it was from a braille book called row upon row by Marie Porter. It used two lengths of yarnm and was great for a textured pattern.
Enough babbling from me. Just excited to read of your latch hooking.

May God bless you.
 Cathy F

> On Jun 15, 2024, at 2:13 PM, Jean via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Oops, sent this from a wrong email address that wasn't subscribed to 
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> Hi all,
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> Concerning latch hook canvas, there are two grid sizes common in the 
> US and Canada. 3.75 holes per inch, and 5 holes per inch.
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> I have always used the 3.75-mesh canvas. 
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> However, I have recently come across a designer whose patterns are all 
> accessible with a bit of leg work to convert Excel spreadsheets of the 
> grid symbols to text. He puts up new patterns very regularly, and I 
> now have over
> 60 patterns to choose from. Yay! 
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> He designs most of his patterns to be done on the 5-mesh canvas. The 
> designs are then more detailed and condensed. Think of a higher 
> resolution. He says they will all work on the 3.75 canvas as well, but 
> will be 25 percent larger on the larger gauge canvas.
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> My question is for anyone who has used the 5-mesh canvas. I know one 
> person who has used it. Looking for more thoughts. If you have used 
> it, how easy was it to count the squares by touch and not miss holes, 
> etc.? If you had other issues, what were they? I'm thinking of trying 
> a small pattern and se how it goes on the 5-mesh. But before I invest 
> in materials, I want to have an idea of other people's experiences. I 
> know that a different latch hook tool is needed, and that 
> cheap-quality canvas makes for problems with either size. I know where to get both a 5-mesh tool and good-quality canvas.
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> Thoughts appreciated. 
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> Jean
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