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turningstringtothings · 13 days

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Had a little play with colourwork. 3 greens for a moss stitch washcloth, making the pattern live up to its name

#crochet #yarn #yarnspirations

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fiberintake · 1 year

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Progress report 💙💚

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halicocrochet · 9 months

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Jersey devil I did!! Made for a friend. Pattern will be up soon....

#crochetblr #crochet #amigurumi #jersey devil #cryptidposting #cryptid culture #cryptidcore #cryptid creature #cryptids #cryptid #yarnspirations #yarnblr

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slutforsza · 19 days

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coming out of my fiber art hiatus strong. crochet snail for my friends birthday :)) free pattern by billiebutton.me

#yarn crafts #yarnblr #yarnaddict #yarnspirations #crocheters of tumblr #crochetblr #crochetersofinstagram #crochetaddict #free crochet pattern #crochet pattern #crochet patterns #crocheting #crochet #amigurimi #snail #snailblr

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wittyknitter-504 · 8 months

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These images got pulled by this hell site!

Anyway, this is me modeling the first dress I ever made w my knitting machine. I love how mod she looks!

#wittyknitter504 #knittingnotquitting #knitting #knitblr #knitlife #gayboy #glam #addiexpressknittingmachine #addictedtoknitting #yarnspirations

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aquietlittlecorner · 7 months

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I'm in love with these socks!

#knitblr #knittersgonnaknit #knitterslife #knitting #knitter #yarnspirations #yarnlove #socks #pattern #fiber art #fiber crafts #craftblr #knitwear #knitlove #knitlife

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gaviicreates · 4 months

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Tips for Using Red Heart's All-in-One Granny

(From someone not trying to sell it to you)

And I mean that - I'm just another crafter who was skeptical but intrigued enough to want to give it a try. If you have no interest, this post isn't for you and I'm not going to tell you to go out and get it anyway. But if you are curious or intrigued like I was, or if you have it in your stash and are struggling, I wanted to share my thoughts and tips.

TIP 1: Know yourself as a crafter Who is this yarn for? Is it for me? That's a great question, and really the first thing you should ask yourself. Be aware of what you are working with and the goal of the yarn. This should be for someone that enjoys working with acrylics. If you work up granny squares often, or enjoy the process of a basic granny square, and will enjoy the seeing the colors change, you might enjoy this. Do you like playing yarn chicken, or does that stress you out? If living on the edge, is your cuppa of hot cocoa, you might find something with this product.

Maybe read through some of these tips if you aren't quite sure where you fall, and they might help you can decide if this type of yarn is up your alley.

TIP 2: Understand what you are trading.

Because there is still work involved - just a different type.

This yarn is going to work differently for everyone, and it's going to take time for you to figure out what works best for you. That'll be a lot of work on the front end, getting to know the yarn and your gauge and tension and how you want it to look, for a long term trade off of not having to weave in ends later on or having to choose colors at the beginning of the project (if that's part of this yarn that's appealing to you.)

You'll be making a lot of granny clusters, so strap in.

Tip 3: Find your own recipe

What helped me was not thinking of the goal as one whole granny square and then finding the right tension for it. I've only tried a little color pooling (I'm awful at it so far), but one thing that stuck with me was that it's more about the color than it is the gauge or stitch. You might sub a hdc if you have more yarn than needed, or pull tighter in areas, so not to sacrifice the way you need the colors to lay.

This is where that yarn chicken comes in - I thought of each row in the sequence as it's own challenge figuring out what I need for each part of the sequence. For me, I was willing to go up and down hook sizes. If you feel you need to change the cluster a bit, or alter the number of chains to get a row to work - I would encourage giving that a try and see how you like the aesthetic. Keep in mind there might still need to be some adjusting, and I am still learning and working with this yarn, but here's what I've been using as a starting point for myself.

Row 1: tight 5.0mm Row 2: relaxed 5.5mm Row 3: relaxed 5.5mm Row 4: relaxed 5.0mm Row 5: tight 5.0mm I've had to swap out for a 6mm for some, so I do have a third option easily at hand.

Successfully working the row so that the color change is happening when you want it, feels like a mini-version of how it feels to succeed at yarn chicken - without the risk of having to buy a whole new skein of yarn at a potentially different dye lot if you lose. In this case, just go back a bit in your row, alter something about what you just did to try again. You can either alter the whole row, or just go back a side or two depending whether you have too much yarn or too little.

It's like a puzzle and finding the right combination that works for you and for that particular part of the sequence. Something about it has been tickling the lizard brain for me.

Tip 4: Use this alternative for the starting chain 6 I am fairly tolerant to different ways to make the same thing, and I've done many a version of a granny square. But I can not emphasize enough how much I despise the way the main pattern recommends for the starting corner. If it's been working for you, great! But here's my gripe with it, and my solution.

The chain 6, 3dc in the beginning with the 2dc in that space at the end, as the pattern suggests, looks incredibly clunky in comparison to the other corners. Because of the way the join pulls the chain together, I consistently was still left with what felt like a gaping hole unrelated to gauge.

So if this is happening to you and you want to fix it - replace it with a stacked sc. You know that trick that helps you get straighter edges along the sides? It's that one. I am not a very good teacher - I have written words and pictures, and am not savvy with a video camera to explain how this works. So here's a video I can recommend that explains it well - Here. You just make a sc into the corner and one sc into the side of that stitch as the tutorial describes. When you get to the end of the granny round, 2dc into the final corner the way the pattern explains, and then join to the top of the stacked sc.

If you are worried about the amount of yarn, I've been able to work with this alteration. You are going to be doing enough making and frogging and making again in order to find your recipe that I recommend just doing this alternative from the beginning so you can account for it as you practice.

TIP 5: Don't relax on that final row

Remember, you're supposed to also have enough yardage to weave in, and more consistently than not, I was finding I had to go down a hook size AND tighten my tension to get row 5 to have enough yarn to close the row, let alone have some left over. As part of finding your recipe, you may just want to plan ahead for that. I haven't tried it yet with skipping the ch1 spaces in between the granny clusters, but I did think about it. So far, pulling tightly has worked, but I've had to give it a few tries.

TIP 6: Don't expect perfection

Look - I'm not going to dance around this. There are imperfections in the yarn. Most of the time, the spotting from other colors didn't bother me, personally. But I did have one situation pop up early on where the color inconsistency was confusing around what was supposed to be a color change. I went up to a loose 6mm to try to work through it, but I couldn't really tell what the intended end was supposed to be. In the end, I still got it to work relatively cleanly.

The 2dcs and join to end the row help blend the color transition, so just be aware of that if your color change is not happening *as* perfectly as you'd like. Since your double crochets that end the round are working around the previous row's stitches, they help to hide some of the transition. Plus, I found the goal of this worked better with the stacked sc than the ch 3 - another reason I am a big advocate for that.

TIP 7: You should be having fun

Try not to be discouraged when it doesn't work right away, because it won't. But if you are not finding the process of experimenting with the yarn fun, then just put it down. Maybe take a break and come back to it later if you just need to mentally reset, but this comes back to knowing yourself as a crafter if you want to give it another go.

Final Thoughts: I'd continue to use this. Right now I only have two skeins for practicing, but I could see myself getting some more to make a bigger project. And I could see the tiny wins of getting the color change aligned being a motivator for me, rather than a deterrent.

However, you will be "locked in", so to speak. The yarn was designed for one pattern, one sequence, and as cool as that is, it's also limiting. This isn't going to be a versatile yarn. More than anything, the process tickles the part of my brain that wants to succeed over a challenge, less so the creative part. And sometimes, that's ok. I know myself well enough as a crafter to know what WIP I need to pick up. Right now, I am having fun, and I'm planning to keep playing with it.

If anyone has additional tips and tricks, I'd love to hear them, and good luck if you're taking a go with this yarn.

I hope this was even a little bit helpful. Thanks for reading if you've made it this far :)

By the way, this colorway is called "Black Dove" and the second one I ordered was "Cyber Leaf" which is blacks and greens. Excited to keep working them both up.

#crochet #crocheting #crochetblr #yarnblr #red heart all in one granny #granny square #crochet tips #yarnspirations #red heart yarn #yarn crafts #long post

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roronoa-rae · 8 months

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crochet hottie 🧶

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jackalberrie · 1 year

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I finally finished this behemoth. It is heavy and soft, and large enough for two people

#crochet #yarnspirations #crafts #crochetlife #crochetlove #yarn #yarnaddict #yarnart

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rubiatinctorum · 4 months

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paton's classic wool worsted is such a good yarn and it kinda rots me that paton's is seemingly made by by yarnspirations just like just about everything else that i don't have to go online to buy because most yarnspirations yarns are either straight up acrylic or they're called something like WOOL-feel™ and you check the label expecting a bit of wool and it's like, 58% acrylic, 29% polyester, 6% asbestos, 6% recycled polyester, and 1% teflon. man you made such a good wool yarn with paton's classic wool worsted why did you have to stop there

#rubia speaks #knitting #crocheting #knit #crochet #yarn #wool #yarnspirations #their patterns are nice though. thanks for the patterns. i'm not making it in acrylic though sorry #paton's classic wool worsted #yarn crafts #yarn arts

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rthwrms · 9 months

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ITS DONNEEEE

pattern here

#crochet #tote bag #crochet bag #yarnspirations

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fiberintake · 1 year

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Endless stockinette 🥲

#i hate purls #hand knitted #knitblr #knittersgonnaknit #knitting #yarnblr #beginner knitter #knitlife #knittedsweater #knitters of tumblr #yarn crafts #yarnspirations #yarn blog #yarnlove

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halicocrochet · 4 months

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He's reading through his art book :))

Pattern is now up on etsy and ravelry! Will be up on ribblr in a few days (link here!)

#crochetblr #crochet #amigurumi #plushies #yarnblr #ooak doll #ooak #crochet pattern #yarn crafts #yarnspirations #ghiblifanart #castle in the sky #laputa

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slutforsza · 6 months

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two new bags for two wonderful people's birthdays!

#crochet #yarn crafts #yarnblr #crocheters of tumblr #crochetaddict #crocheting #yarnaddict #yarnspirations #crochetblr #crochet purse #fiberart

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wittyknitter-504 · 10 months

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I started knitting this Butterfly shawl on June 18th & today on July 11th, she's blocked & BEAUTIFUL !

She measures about 100 inches across and 48 down the center!

It took 1 ball of Apple Fiber Studio yarn in the colorway Coastal Shale (20% Super Fine Alpaca, 60% merino, 20% nylon) for the contrast color and 2 ball of Dream in Color Yarn Smooshy Cashmere in the colorway Anything Goes for the Main Color.

Pls reblog if you have a friend rich enough to afford to pay for 3 weeks of my time (or even if you don't LOL)

#wittyknitter504 #knittingnotquitting #knitblr #knitlife #realmenknit #knitshawl #gayboy #yarnspirations #knitting

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yarnysoup · 1 year

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Finished gift knit! This shift cowl will be going to my partner for Xmas. (It’s so cozy. Obvs gonna borrow it.) Used up some stash Noro Ito, then worked in some Noro Kureyon when I ran out of yarn.

Also experimented with hand embroidering a tag. It’s kinda cute and something I want to play around with in future projects:

#finished object #finished #knitting #knit #knitblr #yarnblr #yarnspirations

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