Weight and crochet stitch

When doing crocheting a motif choose a motif and stitch it in various forms of yarns.Stitch it in sport weight, worsted  weight ,and fuzzy yarns. Do use an appropriate size hook for each yarn.This is called as the trial and error method. You will be able to see that how the size of the yarn affects the appearance of the motif. The hooks play an important part in the drape of a motif.Hence this technique will help you to determine which motif you would prefer to use for a garment or projects.It is a nice way when you are making cozy afghan because we use many such motifs.

Yarns associated with crocheting

When I started to learn crocheting I found out that the yarns/threads used for crochetting is very different from the yarns that I use for knitting.Each type of yarns requires specific hook sizes. Hence one has to be careful when using hooks to the type of yarns you want to use. Giving you a list of yarns that will be suitable for crocheting both cotton and woollen yarns. All these are available in India.Remember that for crocheting most of the people use cotton yarns as they are more flexible for crocheting doilies,as doiles are worked in circles and must have a soft handfeel. It is to be noted that doilies are used as a decorative piece and must drape well.

Anchor knitting cotton is Tkt10
Redrose Knitting Cotton is Tkt10.
Anchor Redheart is Tkt20.
Anchor Tkt20 is known as Mercerised Crochet Cotton
Anchor Tkt40  is known as Mercerised Crochet Cotton
[the above two tks come  in 20 gm balls]
Laura Kniting Cotton [Tkt4] is referred as Worsted Weight Cotton yarn.

Normally for yarns/wool, there is no ticket number. Its is referred by ply or weight of the yarn.
2ply,3ply are called Light weight or fingering weight yarns.
4ply,vardhman millenium,vardhman double colour is called sport weight yarns.
8ply can be called as bulky yarn.
Bulky/chunky acrylic can be called as super bulky yarn.

So much for today. once I stat crocheting will advice the correct hook sizes

Happy crocheting