https://kind.social/@keysaunt/112706316089961667 keysaunt@kind.social - I can’t wait to get started this morning and I plan to finish the day with quite a bit of cushion. It might get stormy this afternoon and I’m looking forward to it cooling the house because I am to the point now where part of the blanket is covering me and it’s only getting longer from here on out. #fiberarts #crochet #desertbusforhope #Craftalong #crafting #ghibliaesthetic #fanart #mastoart
Online topological crochet classes omg #crochet #FiberArts #math #topology
Mathematical crochet artist Shiyong Dong offering classes at the National Museum of Mathematics https://momath.org/onlinecrochet/
Le petit Tux
tout juste terminé au crochet pour un nouveau client 🙂
Il me reste encore des pelotes noires pour en refaire pour vous
2 versions grande ou petite taille sur https://www.doomyflocrochet.com
3 à 5 jours sur demande
Merci et partagez si vous aimez 🤗
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J'ai finalement mis des yeux 5mm au lieu de 6 pour le mini tux et ça va mieux amha
dispo sur demande sur https://www.doomyflocrochet.com
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I just had a knitting epiphany.
Needle size and yarn thickness are completely independent variables.
This should not have been a surprise, but I hadn't really thought about it.
My husband keeps complaining that knitted hats (even commercially knitted ones) aren't warm enough. It took a while for me to realize that he meant they felt drafty. And he's got a point. I just knitted a hat from a pattern and it's perfectly wearable, but the lost hat I was replacing was very dense and this one, not so much. The pattern called for worsted weight yarn on #7 needles at 22 st/4".
Now, I know that "lace" knitting happens by using thinner yarn and larger needles to get a very open structure. I just never really thought about the opposite. I had read at some point that a rule of thumb for selecting needle size was that the needle diameter should be close to twice the yarn thickness. Which makes sense. But, if I want a denser structure for a really warm item, could I just use smaller needles?
So, I used the leftover yarn from the last hat to do a swatch on #4 needles. And got 26 st/4". So, I knew that the needles size is the main determinant of gauge. But, I guess I just didn't think about all the implications of that. There's obviously got to be a lower limit. But this warrants further exploration. Because if I can get the same gauge with thicker yarn, that may solve the drafty hat problem.
I tend to be pretty tough on myself so this project was perfect for me. Picked up the pattern on Etsy but made some modifications. My wife will make a frame and it's going in my office. :-) #crossstitch #crafting #fiberarts #xstitch
